Repairable Mille SP

Adey Watkins

Joined Nov 2009

41 Posts | 0+

Stoke-On-Trent

• Jan 14, 2010

• #21

Hi Torp, My office is in macc and i live about 20 mile away, will be going into work Monday so could pop in and have a gander for yer take some close up good piccys. Adey...

 

T

torp

Joined Jan 2010

11 Posts | 0+

Bedfordshire

Discussion Starter
• Jan 14, 2010

• #22

Adey you're a star!
I will pm you my email address.....

 

firestorm78

Joined Feb 2009

249 Posts | 0+

North lincolnshire

• Jan 14, 2010

• #23

It says 2001 on the ad but V reg is 99-00

 

J

jon_melson

Joined May 2009

279 Posts | 0+

• Jan 15, 2010

• #24

Got to agree with Dolenc.

If you want the bike as a collection/heritage piece, then take a punt, but you can get a 2008 Fireblade for sensible money.

It's the lightest of the 1000's already, and replacing the tail pipe/cat saves another huge chunk.

An RSV will never match a modern bike for performance, handling or reliability.

Kinda heart vs head. Do you want the best bike, or the most 'special' bike?

 

T

torp

Joined Jan 2010

11 Posts | 0+

Bedfordshire

Discussion Starter
• Jan 18, 2010

• #25

Hey Jon, what bike do you ride then?

 

U

ukmatt

• Jan 18, 2010

• #26

i gota vespa :thumbup
sorry had 1 :nana

 

J

jon_melson

Joined May 2009

279 Posts | 0+

• Jan 19, 2010

• #27

torp said:

Hey Jon, what bike do you ride then?

Click to expand...

A 2003 model Mille, not the R, sadly.

I needed some money so let my 2007 R6 go in April last year and bought the Mille. It earned me back about £2,000 but like a muppett I then spent about £500 of that straight back on the Mille.

The Mille has qualities that the 600 didn't, like torque for example, but I miss the handling of the Jap bike.
I had my R6 dyno'd and it was 116bhp. I had the Mille dyno'd as standard and it was 120.4bhp....

..but also 30kg heavier and with brick like aerodynamics.

Make the Mille 25kg lighter and I'd love it, but it just isn't sharp enough for a true sportsbike.

PS It's not standard anymore but I'll be lucky if I've gained anymore than 5- 7 bhp.

 

C

carbon kid

• Jan 19, 2010

• #28

as you say...it is when its 25kgs lighter lol
ck

 

Adey Watkins

Joined Nov 2009

41 Posts | 0+

Stoke-On-Trent

• Jan 19, 2010

• #29

A promised some more piccys, went up there today on my bike fookin cold it was too.
Will pm the info fella.

 

Last edited: Jan 19, 2010

RSVkwackers

Joined Nov 2009

540 Posts | 0+

HULL

• Jan 19, 2010

• #30

if you really wanted it offer them £4,500 and see if they barter with you.....looks like its gone done pretty bad so it would be difficult to repair using genuine parts

 

supertedlover

Joined Mar 2008

3K Posts | 0+

Lincolnshire

• Jan 20, 2010

• #31

Strip it, send the carbon to boyler for repair, clean / polish the metalwork up , repaint, good as new. Are they dents in the frame or not, i cant tell, that would decide it for me
And offer a low price like RSV says .

 

T

torp

Joined Jan 2010

11 Posts | 0+

Bedfordshire

Discussion Starter
• Jan 20, 2010

• #32

Argh now that's worse than I expected.
Probably because they describe it as
"Light cosmetic damage on r/h side"
It's the frame damage that amazes me mg

 

C

carbon kid

• Jan 20, 2010

• #33

St matey, can boyler revive/recoat CF then?
cheers Ck

 

supertedlover

Joined Mar 2008

3K Posts | 0+

Lincolnshire

• Jan 20, 2010

• #34

CK- Yup so i think anyway, and there has been a sticky written by him recently about refinishing Carbon somewhere on here.

Torp is frame defo damaged?

 

T

torp

Joined Jan 2010

11 Posts | 0+

Bedfordshire

Discussion Starter
• Jan 20, 2010

• #35

yes there's a dent below the tank (and on the swingarm I think). I've asked Adey if he can describe the damage in detail. This is the thing that is putting me off at the moment....
As you say, fairings and tanks can be repaired but I doubt you can remove a frame dent....

 

L

LEGS

• Jan 20, 2010

• #36

I wouldn't touch it for that money. You can buy mint cherished examples for that price. The bike's worth £3500 at most

 

D

danish ep

Joined Oct 2008

306 Posts | 0+

South London

• Jan 20, 2010

• #37

torp said:

yes there's a dent below the tank (and on the swingarm I think). I've asked Adey if he can describe the damage in detail. This is the thing that is putting me off at the moment....
As you say, fairings and tanks can be repaired but I doubt you can remove a frame dent....

Click to expand...

Speak to Motorliner in Maidstone, they do frame and swingarm repairs.

Agree with someone else - that's a whole lot of money for a bike which is in a poor state. Trouble is, the bloke who's selling knows it's worth more in bits, but I'd hazard a guess that the majority of SP owners never ride their bike much anyway, so never need the bits he's trying to sell.

And it will always be a Cat D

 

bigun

Joined May 2009

134 Posts | 0+

South Witham, Lincolnshire

• Jan 20, 2010

• #38

Out of interest - whys it got Brembo wheels on? Do they not come with Oz's on?

 

C

crasher76

• Jan 26, 2010

• #39

Nope not all of them, I think it was before OZ were commissioned to make lightweight wheels for the R models. And it has the 'basic' red brembo calipers. A lot of money for something not particularly trick (esp. at £23k new!)

 

Les Tap

Joined Jun 2009

50 Posts | 0+

Liverpool

• Jan 26, 2010

• #40

Walk away buddy and let him break it,to many minus's and not enough plus's,whats so special about that swingin arm ??,it looks identical to my RSV-R :dunno