Table of contents
- Used advice Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 / SP-2 Honda’s super sports car with a sustainable image as used
- Second-hand advice
- sightseeing
- Market situation
- Facelift
- Technical specifications
- Price comparison of the Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 and SP-2
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Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 / SP-2 used advice
Used advice Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 / SP-2
Honda’s super sports car with a sustainable image as used
Looking for a super athlete with a sustainable image and little loss of value? Lap times are of secondary importance, but country road fun is essential? You are spot on with this Honda.
Thorsten Dentges
09/27/2012
Second-hand advice
Sports motorcycles have a high “cool factor”. But also a problem: this emotional factor has a short half-life. Tens of thousands of Fireblades, Gixxers or Ninjas share the same fate: The first buyer adores them, the second appreciates them, but after a few years at the latest, the fascination wanes, and then the motorcycle is quickly passed on to the nearest fireman. Because the successor models are faster, lighter, better. This is different with the SP series of the VTR 1000. It sparked great emotions in 2000 and continues to do so today. Even if it’s only because the once exclusive and damn expensive racer (then 26,460 marks) in great condition is now available for less than 5,000 euros. The pretty SP-1 from Honda’s racing company HRC was able to clinch a Superbike World Championship title with Colin Edwards on its debut, but in the sales room the V2 machine lost the duel against the in-house CBR competition by a large margin.
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A series tuning that was too soft and a full 20 kilos overweight compared to the Fireblade caused the actually highly interesting super sports car to flop, albeit good ride comfort and the cultivated, very entertaining two-cylinder engine bring high country road qualities to the motorcycle.
Even the more radical and carefully redesigned, three HP stronger (135 HP) and above all lighter (217 instead of 221 kilos) successor model SP-2 (2002 to 2006 in the program) could not really score. Technically designed in many details for professional racing, extremely stable and with hard suspension, the thousands of new vehicles only fascinated a few enthusiasts with an ambitious driving style. And nowadays? Many fans are looking for the rare machine with an astonishingly high, sustainable “want-to-have factor”.
sightseeing
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Child from the renowned HRC stable: SP-2 model from 2002.
Since some owners were only too happy to let the instincts of this athlete run free, caution is also advised with externally well-positioned SP models. If, for example, the plastic cladding still looks like new even after more than 30,000 kilometers, you should look suspiciously behind the scenes, i.e. the cladding. The probability is then high that the dress was changed after a fall. Further indications for the exertion of racing: drilled screws (for locking pins prescribed in motorsport). Also check whether the pillion seat and cover plate are available, as these expensive standard parts (over 250 euros) can only be assembled separately from each other and some of them may have been messed up over the years. Light exhaust systems with street legal approval (for example from Akrapovic) as well as other registered, formerly expensive retrofit parts (levers, notches, etc.), which increase the value of the used SP, are highly regarded.
Market situation
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Naked truth: A vertically placed V-engine and two comparatively heavy silencers shift the center of gravity unfavorably backwards.
The supply is small, but the demand is also limited because the prices are comparatively high. However, specifically searching and well-informed fans are lurking for cheap bargains (around 30,000 kilometers, around 4,500 euros) and then access them within days. Interested parties, mainly country road pilots, do not shy away from high mileage (over 40,000 kilometers) with this super sports car, for example when good maintenance and high-quality retrofit parts encourage them to buy. Pieces in their original condition have the best value retention, as the rare SP models have future potential as youngtimers. For over 6000 euros, even the newer SP-2 are tough to get rid of. And machines that have been converted into pure runners have the most difficult position, because the relatively “slow” SP is almost completely out of the hobby racers’ case.
Facelift
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The SP-2 draws on the full: impressive throttle valves measuring 62 millimeters. Intended for performance-enhancing racing kit parts.
2000
Market launch of the VTR 1000 SP-1, type SC45, V2 engine with gear-controlled camshafts and injection (54 mm throttle valve cross-section) as well as multi-adjustable chassis and upside-down fork. Price: 26,460 marks (13529 euros).
2001
Last year of construction of the model SP-1. Price: 27,640 marks (14132 euros).
2002
SP-1 still in the program for sale, debut of the successor model VTR 1000 SP-2 with newly tuned engine (135 instead of 132 hp), throttle valve cross-section increased to 62 mm, twelve-jet, double injection nozzles, modified exhaust ports. New, stiffer chassis and more tightly tuned chassis, lighter swing arm and rear frame redesigned. Price: 14590 euros.
2005
Price increase to 14,840 euros.
2006
Last year in the Honda program.
Technical specifications
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At the beginning of the millennium of its time: slim, digital information bar. Depending on the incidence of light, it is sometimes difficult to read, but very attractive.
(Type SC45, model year 2000 or 2002 *)
engine
Water-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke 90-degree V-engine, four valves per cylinder, wet sump lubrication, injection, secondary air system, hydraulically operated multi-disc oil bath clutch, six-speed gearbox, O-ring chain.
Bore x stroke 100 x 63.6 mm
Displacement 999 cm³
rated capacity 97 kW (132 PS) at 9500 rpm [97 kW (135 PS) at 10000 rpm]
Max. Torque 102 Nm at 8500 / min [8000 / min]
landing gear
Bridge frame made of aluminum, upside-down fork, Ø 43 mm, adjustable spring base, rebound and compression damping, two-arm swing arm made of aluminum, central spring strut with lever system, adjustable spring base and rebound and compression damping, double disc brake at the front, disc brake at the rear.
Tires 120/70 ZR 17, 190/50 ZR 17
Dimensions + weights
Wheelbase 1410 [1420] mm, steering head angle 65.5 [66.7] degrees, caster 101 [95] mm, spring travel f / r 130/120 mm, seat height ** 790 [820] mm, weight with a full tank1 221 [217] kg , Tank capacity / reserve 18 / 2.5 liters.
Measurements (MOTORRAD 20/2000 or 15/2002)
Top speed ***
269 [278] km / h
acceleration
0-100 km / h 3.2 [3.1] sec
Draft
60-100 km / h 4.7 [4.4] sec
consumption
7.8 l / 100 km (SP-1, country road)
* Data for model year 2002 in square brackets, ** MOTORCYCLE measurements, *** manufacturer information
Price comparison of the Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 and SP-2
Used Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 and SP-2 in Germany
Those interested in the Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 and SP-2 should take a look at the used motorcycle exchange. It is also worthwhile for those who are undecided, because the Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 and SP-2 are in direct price comparison: Used Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 and SP-2 in Germany
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