| My mate bought my old SPS and it has done 18,000 miles without any major trauma. It needed a new sprag clutch as the starter takes some stick firing it up with the hi comp pistons.
Early on in its life it had a few rockers replaced but none for the last 11,000 miles (and they were checked recently). Use a good 15/50, warm it up properly before riding and its been looked after by Cornerspeed and no problems since.
I still enjoy riding it now when we swap bikes.
The only other things done to it are general things that need doing on higher mileage Ducati's, i.e. set of clutch plates and the coolant header tank tends to leak a little on the seams, as its a complex moulding round the headstock and after a few years and repeated heat cycles they seem to give up the ghost, but from memory they're only about £35. I've had the same thing on my 996R recently as well, so its not just a SPS issue.
A good full service history is essential.
I personally wouldn't be worried about buying another as long as the history was right.  |