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2002 Honda VTR1000 SP2
Fast Bikes
|December 2017
Honda’s VTR is a thing of beauty as standard, so when pimped out they’re absolutely stunning...
You get to see loads of modifications on SP forums, but I wanted to create something a bit different. Being a motorcycle mechanic at Haslemere Motorcycles definitely has its advantages , because it means you can really try things out and make things perfect; I ended up going through three different exhaust systems before settling on the Ladybirds system that’s fitted. That took a good bit of evaluation, and I applied the same approach to sorting the bike’s brakes. They come pretty good as standard but I still wanted better – hence everything being changed to Brembo. Handling came next and I purchased a
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