RGV 250 SP (VJ23A)

Here is my RGV250SP

I've had it since 1998 and even though it has been completely unreliable up until the last few years and very expensive I don't think I'll ever be without it.

Over the coming pages I'll talk about everything I've learnt about this model, what goes wrong with it, how to fix it and where to get parts for this bike.

The SP was made for the Japanese market but some made it abroad as grey imports or I believe a de restricted official export to Macau and Hong Kong. Apparently a lot of the de restricted ones were bought on the Japanese dockside to use for racing.

To be honest I've found in restricted form it's a bit slow and can be out accelerated by a Bandit 600. With the race pipes and de-restricted CDI though the bike will keep up with Ducati's GSXR1000 and Fireblades. I know this as I've done it, even with a half melted rear piston, which I found out about later.

There are two colour types:

The F9J colours

F9J colours

F9H colours