Honda have often done promotions and IMO there asking price is too high and maybe the high price and instant reduction was always planned to make it seem a bargain to potential buyers. Everyone loves a deal even if there not actually getting one , but think they are.
The Base model is over priced by about £750-1000 and as much as I love Blades the SP1 is R1M money and it will need to be special or discounted to take sales of the top spec Yamaha IMO.
I think if the only thing I could find wrong with a bike is a couple of bits of plastic in a awkward place then I've prolly found a pretty exceptional bike.
Plus....my knees would probably cover them when I'm riding the thing.....AND, it's not like I didn't chop the Daytona all to hell to get it looking 'right'.
So saying....that exhaust looks like a power pod from Kirk's Enterprise.
The covers are not the end of the world and not too unsightly but poor standards by big H imo.
If your paying the thick end of nearly 20 grand for an all new motorcycle from the world's biggest motorcycle manufacturer who have a reputation for quality then they could and should have done better imo.
watched a few review videos last night and the electronics sound Great. they are raving about the simplistic suspension tuning on the sp but would i pay all that money over the old bike for the electronics if it was my money i dont think so.
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.