Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Honda VTR1000 SP1/2

This delightful shape you see before you is now 20 years old. Yes, two decades have elapsed since the Honda VTRlOOO SPl was first sold in the UK.

Honda's stab at V-twin sportsbikes for the 1990s had gone well enough with the friendly VTRl000F FireStorm, but the SPl (sometimes called SP-1,

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