I love V-Twins. Honda SP2

Originally Posted by thedonal

WOW. That's a really gorgeous sound. If only Honda would revisit the SP-2 with better fuel economy and tank range! Didn't know they had gear driven cams. What a great idea they are- why don't bikes have these any more?! (this is from someone having come through a CCT change and considering a Firestorm in the future!).

They are expensive to develop and expensive to make, as far as I know. Honda seem to be the only manufacture who used them on mass-produced bikes; featured on every VFR up until the v-tec

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

They are expensive to develop and expensive to make, as far as I know. Honda seem to be the only manufacture who used them on mass-produced bikes; featured on every VFR up until the v-tec

Aha- that'll do it then! A real shame. That mechanical whine is a gorgeous sound. And surely less prone to failure than chains and tensioners.

[flymo]

My SV sounds better than that!

Had a customer in at the weekend with an SP1 for a srevice, it was mint, standard but stunning and i kid you not, he done 12 miles since his last service, last year...

That was from the shop, to his house and back to the shop again

I cant wait till i can get my hands on one to go for a proper ride, shame i have to wait till end of october

Originally Posted by Holdup

Had a customer in at the weekend with an SP1 for a srevice, it was mint, standard but stunning and i kid you not, he done 12 miles since his last service, last year...

That was from the shop, to his house and back to the shop again

I cant wait till i can get my hands on one to go for a proper ride, shame i have to wait till end of october

Abysmal.

however, SP1's and SP2's are gaining such a following that its likely to push up used prices. He could be doing himself a financial favour keeping the milage down

flymo...you lie!!! you lieeeeee!

donal - ask stewart next time you see him just how many VFR's he's encountered with valve train problems

Yea we couldnt believe it either, but your right, i dont think in the two years ive worked there ive ever seen a 2nd hand sp1 or 2 go on the forecourt.

Originally Posted by thedonal

(this is from someone having come through a CCT change and considering a Firestorm in the future!).

You do know some Firestorms suffer from CCT failure? There is a guy on here who had, or his mate did, a Storm that was on it's third engine. More expensive to sort out than an Sv I would guess.

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

(dragging up an old thread now)

True, very true. I've been over on the performance bikes magazine forum, there is a big following of SP1 and SP2's there, and also RSV's...some really lovely examples. Actually, I was gonna ask you about something...that fault you have with your falco, the oil light coming on, what was the actual problem and how did yu sort it? A chap on that forum has been suffering a similar issue with his RSV

It was the oil bypass valve sticking open after an oil change. Must have been a little bit of **** got stuck in there (grrrr).

The oil bypass is a piston that gets pushing pack as oil pressure increases to relieve the pressure from getting too high. Problem is with mine sticking open it meant that at tickover to about 2K rpm the oil pressure wasnt enough to even turn the light off.

Anyway pretty easy but time consuming fix is to drop water and take side of engine off (right side) take the oil pump off and in my case touch the piston and it shoots back out. Took about 2 hours to do start to finish I guess.

As a side note, this can happen to any engine and is very rare! If it happens to an SV though its pretty much new engine time as you would have to split the cases to get to it (or so I've been told)... woops.

[flymo]

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

....
flymo...you lie!!! you lieeeeee!
.....

seriously. I'll be out at Oulton Park on it in a few weeks, will see if I can get a recording.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by petevtwin650

You do know some Firestorms suffer from CCT failure? There is a guy on here who had, or his mate did, a Storm that was on it's third engine. More expensive to sort out than an Sv I would guess.

Firestorm CCTs worse than SV ones!