Came across an advert in an old superbike magazine , the one with the 916 survey, and thought some on here might like to see it. The survey's a good read too.
And then they closed having taken deposits for new bikes and had people’s bikes in for service...I believe.
so ya money back iffa you had held onto one from new or a reasonable return if you bought one a few years after release when the inevitable hit was taken... i nearly bought a full carbon (inculding tank) 748 r 12 years ago for 2300... i knocked the guy back buy offering him 1800... what a mug...
If you purchased a ninesixteen sps from day one and kept it in pristine condition and by keeping the mileage down, you would get your money back plus a little bit on top,but a foggy Rep that is a different kettle of fish all together as you would get alot more return from the same period,which is a bonus.
There used to be a secondhand exotic car dealer in Bromley common called Bianchi, he would occasionally get a bike or two. I took a test ride on a foggy and thought I would head back in the direction of home. My capabilities didn’t match my new found speed so bombing up Cudham Lane thinking I was the bikes name sake clip the lanes edge which was mud, bike slid through the hedge as did I and ended up in a ploughed field which I think slowed me and the bike down. No mobile phone so had to walk to a house I knew in Cudham Park Road and call the dealer. I never had the guts to go back in there again!
Talking of Honda RC30's,i used to get my tyres from Sones tyres in croydon/gloucester road back in the day,Pete the owner had a lovely RC30 sitting there as you walked into the building,his words were that's for my retirement............of course i didn't listen to him.
My SPS has been thrashed crashed and trackdayed for most if its life and is worth f*ck all. That's what is was made fir.
