Track bike

[Thegodfather]

An MV will shit itself if it's used as a trackbike.
Screw having something exotic.  Buy something Japanese and all you need to do is feed it petrol and tyres.

Another reason I got rid. I personally saw 2 bikes blow standard engines, one of which hadn't even done 2k miles

[Jimhas7]

ooh some lovely looking bikes you have in mind, I do love a euro track day trip, EPIC they are 

Id suggest getting a BMW S1000rr or Gen 4 ZX10r with all the electronic trickery and Gizmos I reckon you would pick one up well within budget. My mates recently got a Gen 4 ZX10r and apart from the shocking colour scheme it wants for nothing.

My old gen 3 (Lacks all the gizmos and latest electronics) holds its own, and you can pick similar IL4`s up for around the 4K 5K mark. Thatll give you spare cash for trackday trips, tyres or upgrades when fettling.

Just a thought

[Lord Danoir the first]

that all makes lots of sense......

damn you all to hell

[Lord Danoir the first]

Annoyingly there are quite a few more suitable bikes around my budget.......

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawasaki-ZX10R-Race-Track-Bike/233013628484?hash=item3640b1ce44:g:CD4AAOSwdwVb9C4g:rk:20:pf:0

They just leave me a bit cold....... and I'm an emotional kinda guy!!!

[Dom1]

Has mc101 not got some exotic Seton tuned cast off with enough bling to tempt you?

[David W]

They just leave me a bit cold....... and I'm an emotional kinda guy!!!

Thing is though, a track bike is an appliance rather than joy of ownership.
Unless you want to go to the trouble of turning something improbable into a track bike (remember my ZRX?) or get something like a Harris framed XR/GS1000 thing?

[Lord Danoir the first]

They just leave me a bit cold....... and I'm an emotional kinda guy!!!

Thing is though, a track bike is an appliance rather than joy of ownership.
Unless you want to go to the trouble of turning something improbable into a track bike (remember my ZRX?) or get something like a Harris framed XR/GS1000 thing?

I used to think that...... now I'm very much in to garage art

[David W]

I used to think that...... now I'm very much in to garage art

Nothing wrong with having a nice bike that you happen to ride on track days.
I just thought you were talking about a track bitch you could ride hard and put away wet 

[Gilby104]

I used to think that...... now I'm very much in to garage art

Nothing wrong with having a nice bike that you happen to ride on track days.
I just thought you were talking about a track bitch you could ride hard and put away wet 

OOOOSHHHH talk dirty to me!

[Jimhas7]

OK, OK ...  whats the verdict...   




you have had enough time to deliberate 




I have a Xmas tree to buy and need to start another thread on best buys 

[MOzZereLLa]

What about a Daytona 675R?

Corner speed so much more skilful than straight line speed.

[LewisBeGoog]

Remember it's going down the road at some point. Do you really want to spend all your time looking for spare parts?

[Lord Danoir the first]

OK can everybody just stop being so bally sensible?

Nothing decided yet other than (thanks to you cretinous knuckleheads): an MV is unlikely...... but that may change...... any time now.

Keep circling back to an RC8R though as I got on with my stock RC8 so well at Cartegena, so that's looking favourite.

Offer accepted on a Spanish Villa and since we viewed last week, the pound has shat enough to cost us around 3-4K so currently track bike budget is in flux.

[David W]

Offer accepted on a Spanish Villa and since we viewed last week, the pound has shat enough to cost us around 3-4K so currently track bike budget is in flux.

You won't be allowed to visit it after March 29th anyway...

[LewisBeGoog]

Rc8r sounds like a great halfway house. Unusual enough to feel special without being so rare it's a liability.