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[keefer]

998R except no substitute

[clint]

999S...You know it makes sense.:

Clint.


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[DAVE HARRIS]

Having both a 998R and a 999R (I know lucky bar steward), I can say without hestitation that the 998R is the bike to get.
Personally I love the plugged in feeling you get with the classic shape bike and the feel you get from the front tyre, the 999 is an easier bike to ride but feels remote to me and is not as comfortable (the seat pad is a lousy shape and filled with mahogany) on longer journeys. Also on the road the 999 is a licence loser the mirrors are a fecking disgrace absolutely useless!
last year I did less than 2000 miles on the 999, araound 4000 on the 998 and around 2000 on annettes sps and the same on our old 916 hack bike. To me that says it all

dave

ps get the squish set and the cams indexed properly, my 998 now wheelies off the throttle in second gear and is still on standard gearing, the best money i have spennt on the bike!! Shame i am too much of a numpty to be able to use it to use all the power all of the time

[Nattyboy]

8 everytime for me..assuming you can find one mate ?

Nat

[deej]

dave harris you are 1 lucky bar steward

[keefer]

yea that's just to many iconic bikes for one man to have.
me jealous NOo

[Nattyboy]

I had a punter buy summat the other day..and he had;

Laverda Jota
MV F4 Oro
MV F4 Senna
MV F4 Ago
996SPS
955 Racing factory jobber
888SPS
RC30
NR750 Ho..ho..hon.. (£35k in the eighties as I remember...)

And he was mates with Castiglioni (which probably explains his desirable MV collection !!!).

Those sort of people you can REALLY go off..

Nat

[adam]

forget the numbers just look at the shape, how can you ever match the old shape, never ever.

[Ray]

998r..............................999 motor in a proper wrapper and some bling as standard.


Ray

[Ducnow]

Originally posted by DAVE HARRIS
Having both a 998R and a 999R (I know lucky bar steward), I can say without hestitation that the 998R is the bike to get.
Personally I love the plugged in feeling you get with the classic shape bike and the feel you get from the front tyre, the 999 is an easier bike to ride but feels remote to me and is not as comfortable (the seat pad is a lousy shape and filled with mahogany) on longer journeys. Also on the road the 999 is a licence loser the mirrors are a fecking disgrace absolutely useless!
last year I did less than 2000 miles on the 999, araound 4000 on the 998 and around 2000 on annettes sps and the same on our old 916 hack bike. To me that says it all

dave

ps get the squish set and the cams indexed properly, my 998 now wheelies off the throttle in second gear and is still on standard gearing, the best money i have spennt on the bike!! Shame i am too much of a numpty to be able to use it to use all the power all of the time

Interesting............. so for you the 999 has no advantages over the 998??
Yeah, in terms of looks the 998's are sweeter but they must have improved some things in the 999's, right?