I chose the R33 for a number of reasons, 1) R34 GT-Rs still command nearly 40,000USD prices even in Japan, 2) It has a western friendly amount of legroom....and useable rear seats. With the recent addition of the US to the JDM market, unmolested R32s are friggin HARD to find...exporters already have all of the clean…

I have a certain advantage living in Japan. On the R33 the difference is that it sits lower, and has heavier suspension components. I was pretty impressed the first time I got it out in the mountains, a 20 year old car on the original suspension and she does stick a corner.

My mistake, you are right, my V spec, has the ALSD, which is what lit up when a wheel sensor failed.

ALSD is the system that does the vectoring on thr R3x GT-Rs it uses sensors in each wheel bearing to detect tire slipage, the rear is already limited slip, so when it detects slipage it starts dumping power on the front. This is actually an ECU function throughout the range....Mine’s for example recalibrates it to…

Nope, specially not after yanking the EVC and pinning the turboes at one bar...

RB26 parts do not come cheap either, stock, you are looking around 5,000 for the reciprocating assembly.

Guys build 11,000rpm Soarers in Japan, you want to talk about missiles.

In Japan R32s have tripled in price over the last couple years.

The a ALSD is frigging FUN on the GT-R with rain slicked roads and semi-slicks.....kicks like a RWD but it will go the direction you point the front.

The 1050 is basically a stroked Daytona 955i......which was not a huge departure from a T595 or T509 ....or T805.......all of which basically derived from the Kawasaki ZX9B (I think it was) up to the 1050 Kawasaki pistons still fit in the 955i.

Those Rs look the part. The Thruxton always dripped cool, we will see what happens with a real motor and suspension.

Plenty of video shows Rossi has his feet in the pegs.

Sitting BSB champion Josh Brookes

My mistake

I hate glasses under a helmet, they never stay where I want them. I have both, a Bell Carbon Star, and a Schulberth S2 .

I ride year around usually, my 6 year old corsair RX7 passed when I sent it in to Aria for testing late last year. Granted its on backup status but its still within specs.

I know you love trying to pickme apart, but you missed the point like always.

Only matters if you do track days in the US, ECE has no issue with it, they are road legal and there arw plenty of affordable SNELL helmets out there if you need to go to the track, and you will not need an internal sun visor there, they almost never run bikes at night, so go dark smoke.

Its not close 100% when you compare them to Shoei x-Spirits, Arai Corsairs, and Schulberth Stealths, more like 20-30%

1200 over an expected 5 year span breaks down to 240 a year.