Info needed from any sp1/2 owner

[Asherz]

Right i`m looking at buying a bike i have saw its a sp2 but has 21,000 miles on it and an 02 plate... now i know these bikes are knocking on 10 years old but is this ok mileage ? its on the market for £3,995 all standard from what i can see, standard exhausts the lot

i know its going to cost me a small fortune to get some proper exhausts but meh. what are your views.. i`m only looking at dealer bikes because my finance company have offered me finance again.

Cheers Ash

[Blackwolf]

I got mine for 3K, this inc lots of tasty bits, it had also done 27K

These prices will only go up, as they ahve astopped being produced. if all the paper work is there the it should be ok as long as the condition is perfect.

Whats are the consumables of the bike like? tyres? pad?
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[Asherz]

https://www.sellbike.co.uk/vehicle/default.aspx?2230-Honda-Vtr-2002

thats the bike has nice tyres on i run them on my 636 at the moment i know they will get totally owned by a twin but o well they grip like dog shit on a slab. only thing i not happy about is no cans =(. and yeh i know prices will only go up and up thats whyi`m taking the plunge right now

[DynaMight]

SP2's do cost a little more but I think it's overpriced. I paid £3900 for mine in Aug 2006 with all the extras and 13,000miles.

Mileage isnt a problem, the engines are very strong, on an American forum there was a guy who had over 100,000 miles on his, original engine and the only problems in those 100,000 miles were charging reg, swingarm & exhaust cracked (all at 60,000+ miles)

As for the link you posted. Lots of the bolts show signs of poor maintenance. Lockwired throttle. Picture far left, 5 up from the bottom looks like the bottom of the frame is snapped? (Just checked my SP1 and it isn't like that, cant say for sure if its a SP2 thing but I cant see why)

If it was mint with less than 10,000 miles I would say go for it but as it is, I wouldnt touch it.
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[Asherz]

ah yeh now that doesnt look like its suppose to be there!

[Seb]

I don't remember mine having a 'crack' below that bolt either tbh, that'd have me hugely worried. Given the lock wire I'd probably steer clear either way though, not a bike that seems to crash particularly well.
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[Blackwolf]

Ah now i have seen the pictures, it is over priced.

Lockwired throttle=Raced?..

Huge scratches on the swinarm too. scratches on the exhausts...

TBH i wouldn't touch it.

EDIT: and no that crack isn't meant to be there!
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Current: Ducati Multistrada 1200s

[Asherz]

back too the drawing board =D