Contrasting all that dark paintwork is plenty of show-quality chrome plating, which covers the frame, swingarm, triple clamps and most of the bike's other components. Adding even more shine is a set of RC Components "Royale" billet wheels-and no, they aren't spinners-to brighten up the underbody. Looking beyond the chrome, you'll also note the signature -hlins gold tone up front-yes, that's a $5000 -hlins Superbike fork on the front of Spree's ride, fitted with Brembo superbike-spec brake calipers to make certain that this bad-boy 'Busa brakes as well as it accelerates. Speaking of acceleration, Sprewell Motorsports handed this bike over to the crew at Matsushima Performance in Montclair, California, for a little internal tweakage, starting with a set of Yoshimura race cams and a Power Commander PC-III USB ignition module. Finishing off the engine is a chromed Yosh header and a Tri-Oval canister, which holds down the back.
If you've seen even a single episode of the omnipresent auto shows that fill cable programming lately, then you know no celebrity cruiser is complete without a full complement of electronic and audio-visual equipment, and Spree's 'Busa is no exception. Of course, there is full underlighting, courtesy of 15 blue-hued LED lights fitted behind the fairing to make the bike glow after dark. The stock instrument cluster has been pitched in favor of a high-buck MyChron Light TG data-acquisition system that incorporates a tachometer, a speedometer, a lap timer and a full-feature data logger to monitor the engine's vital stats and performance.
And of course, the gadgetry doesn't stop there: Sprewell Motorsports has a reputation in the automobile market for installing world-class stereo systems in its rides, so why would this streetbike be any different? Beats are pumped through a pair of three-inch QSD Tweeters built into the custom-made dash, while six-by-nine-inch mids and an eight-inch Critical Mass Subwoofer (yes, a subwoofer on a bike) are located in the tailsection to kick out the bass. Powering it all is an Xtant amplifier pushing out 150 watts of power. Finally, two Icon monitors-one in the windscreen for parking lot pimpin' and the other under the fairing, where it pulls double duty as a DVD player and rearview camera-finish off the audio/visual extravaganza.
This is the first of what Sprewell hopes will be many tricked-out custom sportbikes built by the guys on the Sprewell Motorsports team, who are geared up to build complete, custom sportbikes in addition to selling parts, accessories, apparel and custom-painted helmets via its web site. Just like they did with the car market, Sprewell Motorsports plans to put as many chromed-out sportbikes as possible in the garages of other pro-level athletes and celebrity movers and shakers. To get the ball rolling, Sprewell himself is planning to hit the streets as often as possible on this big-ballin' 'Busa, or maybe on his latest bike, a brand-new Kawasaki ZX-14 that he had just picked up and sent over to the shop as this issue went to press.
Who knows-maybe if everything goes according to Latrell Sprewell's plans, the term "Sprewells" will soon have an entirely different, and decidedly more two-wheel-slanted, definition in the next G-Unit hit.