SirCraigoryy
Semi-Pro
Hi all! I recently got my hands on Michael Mmoh's old Yonex VCORE SV 98 prostock with the 2018 flame red paint job prior to switching to Dunlop and wanted to share it and it's specs with you all!
Strung with overgrip: Unstrung with no overgrip:
12.3oz/350g 11.6oz/328g
31.59cm/8.5ptsHL 31cm/10.5ptsHL
Customizations:
Head leather grip
14in (3.5g) of lead in the throat
9in (2.25g) of lead at 12 under the bumper
AFAIK he strung with Yonex Poly Tour Strike Black around 45lbs
The Yonex VCORE SV 98 has a reported swingweight of 320 according to TW and with this information we can guesstimate his swingweight is (or was prior to switching to Dunlop) around 330-334 which the current tour is trending towards but is still considered very low for a pro.
Other interesting things to note:
You can see that the flame red paint job on this prostock is just a standard factory matte job where they have all the retail specs still printed on the frame's throat and when I took the lead off it read that the frame was a 16x19. You can even see where the 16x19 drill pattern would have been drilled by the red dots at the 3 and 9 position.
The grip was definitely bulkier than a G2 4 1/4 but after taking off the base leather grip and overgrip you could tell that it was a true G2 and not a custom pallet. However, there was a strip of gauze tape in the perfect position where my hand would be placed. This could be to increase the grip size or affect the balance ever so slightly.
The butt cap/trap door was noticeably and obviously different from the retail model SV 98 I have.
(see next post for pictures)
Strung with overgrip: Unstrung with no overgrip:
12.3oz/350g 11.6oz/328g
31.59cm/8.5ptsHL 31cm/10.5ptsHL
Customizations:
Head leather grip
14in (3.5g) of lead in the throat
9in (2.25g) of lead at 12 under the bumper
AFAIK he strung with Yonex Poly Tour Strike Black around 45lbs
The Yonex VCORE SV 98 has a reported swingweight of 320 according to TW and with this information we can guesstimate his swingweight is (or was prior to switching to Dunlop) around 330-334 which the current tour is trending towards but is still considered very low for a pro.
Other interesting things to note:
You can see that the flame red paint job on this prostock is just a standard factory matte job where they have all the retail specs still printed on the frame's throat and when I took the lead off it read that the frame was a 16x19. You can even see where the 16x19 drill pattern would have been drilled by the red dots at the 3 and 9 position.
The grip was definitely bulkier than a G2 4 1/4 but after taking off the base leather grip and overgrip you could tell that it was a true G2 and not a custom pallet. However, there was a strip of gauze tape in the perfect position where my hand would be placed. This could be to increase the grip size or affect the balance ever so slightly.
The butt cap/trap door was noticeably and obviously different from the retail model SV 98 I have.
(see next post for pictures)
