I do think the 998SFE is a great bike and actually I decided I will definitely buy one today. It's the last of a truly great line and for me the brilliant compactness and the looks of any of the 998 series are unequalled and may never be equalled. I think these should hold their value extremely well in the long term once they're all gone (won't be long), of that I am pretty sure.
However, just going back to my original main original question which so far I have no answer to-
Why has it got die cast cases when some other early 2002 S models have sand cast cases and what are the (technical) advantages of die cast versus sand cast cases? Maybe they slotted in the latest 999s motor which I know has die cast cases? I know a little about the manufacturing technique for each but not which is considered better to have and the reasons why. Or are sand cast and die cast actually as good as each other? Looking forward to some good technical discussion on this. Thanks in advance.
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