watfordhorn wrote:A fake will always be just that..a fake as it wont have correct frame numbers etc to fetch the premium a classic bike in the future would.
You have a source for these numbers? Production ran for years so it's not going to be a simple matter of numbers between 000000 and 010000 are r's, 010001 to 015000 are se's and 015001 to 016500 are sp's.
More to the point had I bought the blue topped SP forks from Graeme France (he offered them to me) and some genuine Rothmans '28sp bodywork back from Red Baron in Bangkok (there was some there) and put it all (including my original white Magteks) on my '28se would anyone be able to prove it wasn't a Rothmans sp? (It's the right year). How about if someone pulled the same trick before it was imported?
And wiith sp forks, adjustable rear shock, L barrels and heads, magteks and real oe Honda sp bodywork wouldn't it be an sp anyway?
Which bit makes it a real sp? All the wheels/'28 forks and bodywork all started out on sp's and are unique to them so if you've got them do you have an sp?
If not, how about this, if an sp frame cracks and gets replaced with an r one is the bike still an sp?
You see? It's just a spec and bikes are just bits bolted togeather, if the bits are the right bits then the bike is an sp. _________________ Please do not PM me technical questions, if you can't find it on the Forum start a thread