Joined Jan 2008
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Newcastle
Ok so I'm a little bored so I thought I'd let you all know about recent events.
So I return from a round the world trip in December having sold my TL1000R to part finance my journey. Priority number one on return is to get another bike. I had heard good thing s about these aprilia things so decided to go for a 2001 RSV which came my way in January. From January onwards I slowly but surely lavished a lot of time and money on the bike adding thing and setting it up to my liking. Outlay included a leo vinci titanium can, pirelli diablo corsa's, crash bobbins and other bits n bobs which I cant recall at the momonet. I also encountered quite a few problems which some of you on here can probably remember me twisting on about! The starting problems came down to a knackered sprag clutch which set me back 300 quid. At this point I now had quite a bit invested in this bike and my thoughts were to keep it for some time. I loved everything about it, the noise, the handling ect......
But my head was turned by the offer of a KTM superduke with light front damage that wasn't recorded, it did need new forks though. I sourced the forks unbelievably from breakers yard that day, with them on standby I went to look at the duke with cash in my pocket. The duke turned out to have a lot more damage than I was told. Scuffed frame and dented tank. Financially now it wasn't worth it so I walked away.
Unfortunately to raise said cash I had sold my mille to spydz from this very forum. Hope your still enjoying it! I read that you fitted the spare chip I had, pleased it had a positive effect.
So picture my face when I now have no bike and the sun is cracking the pavement (yes that occasionally happens n newcastle!)
With ebay and autotrader on my side I set about looking for another RSV. There are a lot of them out there but I couldn't find a one at a reasonable price. I also didn't fancy starting again with the 'extras' that I had just bought and sold again a few months previous. So I am now the owner of a very clean SP1. I know ts not a mille but hopefully I will have a mille track bike later in the year so I intent to stay in touch with this forum. Finances wont allow two bikes at the moment.
First impressions of the SP1 is its very small and the low down fueling it a bit snatchy. I think a dyno run is on the cards, it already has a power commander fitted but I think it could do with a bit of setup time.
So is the SP1 better than the mille? No. Is the Mille better than the SP1? No. But they are very different bikes both of which I love.
I have added some pictures but not sure how they will come out. Oh and the count me in to the 'northern rideouts' provided you dont mind a rice rocket tagging along!
So I return from a round the world trip in December having sold my TL1000R to part finance my journey. Priority number one on return is to get another bike. I had heard good thing s about these aprilia things so decided to go for a 2001 RSV which came my way in January. From January onwards I slowly but surely lavished a lot of time and money on the bike adding thing and setting it up to my liking. Outlay included a leo vinci titanium can, pirelli diablo corsa's, crash bobbins and other bits n bobs which I cant recall at the momonet. I also encountered quite a few problems which some of you on here can probably remember me twisting on about! The starting problems came down to a knackered sprag clutch which set me back 300 quid. At this point I now had quite a bit invested in this bike and my thoughts were to keep it for some time. I loved everything about it, the noise, the handling ect......
But my head was turned by the offer of a KTM superduke with light front damage that wasn't recorded, it did need new forks though. I sourced the forks unbelievably from breakers yard that day, with them on standby I went to look at the duke with cash in my pocket. The duke turned out to have a lot more damage than I was told. Scuffed frame and dented tank. Financially now it wasn't worth it so I walked away.
Unfortunately to raise said cash I had sold my mille to spydz from this very forum. Hope your still enjoying it! I read that you fitted the spare chip I had, pleased it had a positive effect.
So picture my face when I now have no bike and the sun is cracking the pavement (yes that occasionally happens n newcastle!)
With ebay and autotrader on my side I set about looking for another RSV. There are a lot of them out there but I couldn't find a one at a reasonable price. I also didn't fancy starting again with the 'extras' that I had just bought and sold again a few months previous. So I am now the owner of a very clean SP1. I know ts not a mille but hopefully I will have a mille track bike later in the year so I intent to stay in touch with this forum. Finances wont allow two bikes at the moment.
First impressions of the SP1 is its very small and the low down fueling it a bit snatchy. I think a dyno run is on the cards, it already has a power commander fitted but I think it could do with a bit of setup time.
So is the SP1 better than the mille? No. Is the Mille better than the SP1? No. But they are very different bikes both of which I love.
I have added some pictures but not sure how they will come out. Oh and the count me in to the 'northern rideouts' provided you dont mind a rice rocket tagging along!
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