So when was the last time a vintage bike won a championship other than in the vintage class, oh that would be never until this bike and Ian. Forgot Moham has as well but he's the oddball running the old SV.
Seriously this bike is a irreplaceable one off wonder with way more money in it than 3/4 of the bikes in the pit, what you are looking at is in essence a brand new 99 R6 superbike and will still whip most modern 600 supersport bikes.
The sheer amount of money tied up in this machine is obscene and before you question the money go look at the list of whats on there and what it costs, 1200 in carbs 1200 in rods 2200 in the pistons and bore job dash in the 2000 range one off Ohlins TTx shock and only one other is in existence 2400 dollar world spec full Ti Arrow pipe and the list goes on.
When I built this bike for Bird it was all new out of the box parts so we are not talking about a reworked race bike that had been hammered for years and then refreshed no we are talking about a brand spanking new vintage killer and 6 grand is to cheap.