Yes the mirrors are good on the SP-1. I had a Firestorm in 2006 but I don't remember the mirrors being good or bad.

As long as you put the heat shields in I can ride mine everyday

@@ashinoz11 need to book a test ride on one asap. Cheers for the info 🤝

@luxshooter5186 Ducati Spacers heat shields is the brand. Personally, I could barely ride around the block on my test ride it got so hot. Definitely wear leathers! Once the heat shields are on, it transforms the bike.

Gear driven cams, no belt on the Honda. I will be keeping mine forever

I put the Ducati spacers heat shields on my bike. They fit under the seat and next to the engine. Makes it almost gone. But I still wear leathers

I wouldn't even ride the bike without those heat shields

Not perfect but not noticeable either to anyone walking past

200 fits easy

@@ashinoz11 do you use 6inch rim on v2 so you can put 200 or 5.5inch?

@@TheMrHudsonGuy 6 inch

Christmas is good

I got mine from a VTR1000 SP1 & SP2 Facebook group in Australia. I have spares but wouldn't part with them because I am not 100% sure they are still available.

Yes you can run the standard tyre or even a 200/60/17 if you chose to do so. Perfect rim size.

Zero issues. Works flawlessly as it should for the price!!! I ride in all weather, so mine has been cooked in the sun, frozen in cold nights, absolutely flooded with rain and it has never had a single issue. The only complaint I have ever read was a pathetic "can the start up screen be made to go faster?" Well no it can't. So as long as you can live with that you will love it.

At least it is good riding weather!

@@ashinoz11 perfect riding weather :P

I do alot of highway but around 5 litres per 100km. The dash says 4.3lt per 100km. I regularly do 233km trips and that usually takes 11-12 litres to fill up.

I had Dunlops on my 2017 CBR600RR from new and they were good. I just prefer these for the feedback they give when riding.. I ride to work all year round and maybe that helps with mileage. I don't think you use much tyre when it's raining or cold mornings vs hot summer days. These just handle any weather and feel the same.

Sorry, yes they warm up fast.

Lol. My other 3 bikes have Autoblippers so I get lazy

I honestly haven't checked. It would be on AIM's website

02.28.64 is the current version, May 2023

@@ashinoz11 thank you

When you say raw, do you mean it's too fast for you? I would say it is smooth. If you want a slower 2 cylinder get a parallel twin.

@@ashinoz11 no it's not too fast, i mean when it stutters at low revs I can't get used to it. Is this the case with all 2 cylinder engines? So far I have only dealt with 4-cylinder bikes

@Teejaay1 4 cylinder engines will do that as well. It sounds like you are riding in 6th gear too slowly and when you accelerate it is so low in the rev range, that the engine is not designed to be ridden like that.

Do you check tire pressure regularly?

Yes the first few weeks I found out people thought I paid $70,000 for it. No one believed me when I said $27500 brand new. Plus my added on parts. It's nice

Yeah 27,5k is still more than enough, but not gonna lie, if I had the extra money, V2 would be my ultimate dream ride. And I’m beginning to really like this version a lot, though I’ve always dreamed about the clean red looks. Amazing machine for sure, enjoy every minute with her! Cheers

I don't notice anything except the heat. Once you have the heat shields in it is pretty much fixed.. it is actually pretty comfortable to ride.

Cheers Ash

It's hard to imagine not wanting to keep it. I don't think there is any other bike around that has this feeling

They are Marchesini M7RS Forged Aluminium wheels that I bought myself.

Lol No

Ridden daily to work, 70% highway 30% traffic

Just hit 11,000kms on the Ducati as well and still going.

Seems like you've chosen the wrong tyres and wrong bikes. You'd be better served with touring tyres.

@domd2304 wrong. I love my Superbikes and these tyres give me excellent grip and great mileage. Why change a winning formula? To me it sounds like alot of people don't set up their suspension to suit them & the tyre pressures.

Looking at the tyres you clearly don't ride in the hills or any real corners etc (not even using the soft compound toward the edges of the tyres) so the tyres abilities are not utilised. For sure it's better to have too much tyre than not enough, but the s22's last about 6000km when ridden in the hills. Looking at the limited range of use on your s22's something more sports-touring would give you all the grip you'd ever need and even greater service life (and better grip when cold /wet).

Yes I would agree with those comments. The R1M is very hard to ride at road speeds, the ZX-10R does it easily but the V2 sound and looks plus it uses less fuel than the litre bikes all adds up to a nice street bike.

I haven't bothered with a dyno this time because the Ducati Akrapovic engine map that comes with the exhaust is so good I am not looking for more horsepower. I bought Woolich Racing AutoTune before the bike arrived because I have always had fun using that on my ZX10R and R1M but it doesn't work on the Ducati unless I take out my ECU and send it to them which I didn't have to do on the other bikes. So not impressed with Woolich on a Ducati. Back to the horsepower it is 155hp stock? With the 10kg in weight saving over the stock exhaust then the new engine map it would have to be 150 to 160hp at the back wheel. I saw a stock V2 do 150hp at the wheel. It is not in the 200+ HP like the litre bikes but it goes like a rocket if you use the revs and the torque is pretty much always there throughout the rev range. Supposed to be 174kg stock, be 164kg with the exhaust, few other bits like the wheels and 160kg would be likely with around 160HP it is excellent power to weight ratio.

@@ashinoz11 yeah wow. Lots of insight there. Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. I’ve been riding since I was 18 (I’m 22 now) and it’s my goal to get something like this over the next couple of years. Such an awesome bike! The aesthetic of the Bayliss looks much nicer than stock V2 IMO. It must feel so awesome to ride that thing!

@jamieBrillus Yes I really love it, trying to ride it in the rain as well, it finally got wet this week. Once it gets wet then I ride them anytime. I was worried about reliability but it has been flawless. Zero problems

@@ashinoz11 , 155bhp is the rating for the engine at the crank.. while modifications can improve efficiency and power delivery, surpassing the engine's designed maximum power is usually not feasible without significant internal modifications. So 155 is the likly best output and i doubt very much any ECU mod can exceed that my freind. Id say your bike is putting out around 140-145bhp

Sounds like I should get your grandmother's phone number, she is probably a good root if she rides a Ducati!!! There are plenty of videos revving that beautiful V-twin in the playlist. Just need some patience and look through them. Love the comment it made me laugh after my afternoon nap!!! Lol

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