Track bike

[Lord Danoir the first]

So I've returned from Cartegena completely hooked on track days again, so much so that I've booked it again in March.

I was the only chap there with a road bike and not running warmers and it did make the first couple of laps slightly uncomfortable........ especially a near monumental highside, saved only by my hefty weight the one time I tried to push after only a lap.......... had I been more the size of Gilby, I'd still be in fucking orbit.......

Aaaaaaanyway, Anna casually mooted the idea of a track bike, so obviously I'm now all over that shit........ typically, with my grandiose pallet, heart leads head on all matters and I'm directed towards the more exotic and perhaps more fragile rather than something more 'meat and potato'......

With a budget of around 7K (tight bitch) I've identified two possibilities; which Dicko thinks I'm insane to consider......... as always, my response: "be reet"...... as a partnership, those words have served us well for nearly 18 years, so I've no compulsion to abandon them now.

Seriously though kids..... will it be reet?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MV-Agusta-F3-675-Supersport-Race-Bike/233005736079?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dc791ec3dd6594fadac755c002a44d058%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D323383160494%26itm%3D233005736079&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A14929306-eca1-11e8-b63a-74dbd1800968%7Cparentrq%3A304eab391670aad500e5fc88fff3c4b8%7Ciid%3A1

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-MV-AGUSTA-F4-TRACK-BIKE-WITH-DAYTIME-MOT/153258045120?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dc791ec3dd6594fadac755c002a44d058%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D7%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D323383160494%26itm%3D153258045120&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A14929306-eca1-11e8-b63a-74dbd1800968%7Cparentrq%3A304eab391670aad500e5fc88fff3c4b8%7Ciid%3A1

[Lord Danoir the first]

This might be a better option:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173633957275?ViewItem=&item=173633957275

[Carbon_ZX6R]

RC8R without a doubt for Riding..... but what about posing in the pits?

[Lord Danoir the first]

My RC8 performed impeccably so I'm very tempted to go down this route.

MV's just look so lovely though

[komp]

another vote for the RC8, i assume there are no noise tests at these european track days?
not sure i would trust an MV as a trackbike.

[MOzZereLLa]

RC8 all day for me.

Is that a 2012 R model with the lighter wheels etc?

[Green_Ninja]

and another vote for the KTM.

To be honest if you think you will be doing loads of days the best option (but not the prettiest) would be a GSXR or ZX10R, but you already knew that didn't you 

[Lord Danoir the first]

and another vote for the KTM.

To be honest if you think you will be doing loads of days the best option (but not the prettiest) would be a GSXR or ZX10R, but you already knew that didn't you 

Not loads of days, say 3-4 euro events a year. I may even keep it out in Spain as there's plenty of tracks to go at.

[Lord Danoir the first]

RC8 all day for me.

Is that a 2012 R model with the lighter wheels etc?

The ad says it's the first of the R models with the lighter wheels but it's a 2009

[Dom1]

Sorry didn't know the budget when I put my suggestions forward.

The F3 675 looks amazing.

[Gilby104]

Sorry didn't know the budget when I put my suggestions forward.

The F3 675 looks amazing.

The Daytona is the only bike I can think of that would pull me away from a Japanese IL4 bike for trackdays. My criteria would be that I wanted solid everything and cheap to service and repair.... but that's really doesn't fit your criteria!

FYI - my size really works for me when you twin it with a lack of talent and a large helping of fear.... keeps you well away from the throttle in these moments! 

[Lord Danoir the first]

Sorry didn't know the budget when I put my suggestions forward.

neither did I...... it certainly met the criteria...... then I decided to get creative..... bottle of Rioja, dusted off the mankini and a dibby dab of the old Brut.... bit of Barry White....

you know the form.....

[MOzZereLLa]

RC8 all day for me.

Is that a 2012 R model with the lighter wheels etc?

The ad says it's the first of the R models with the lighter wheels but it's a 2009

Sorry. I meant to say 2010. In which case, it's the best RC8 made yet. Deffo go for it.

[Thegodfather]

A few mates were on that trip to cartegana and 2 of the. Crashed, but anyway..

I've had both RC8 and MV all be it the 800 F3 I much preferred the MV on track but didn't even keep it a year as I got so pissed off with it's problems. It always ran but I could never get use of all the gears. A long story but basically it was an internal problem that the dealer and MV did not want to deal with. When I traded it in I took a massive hit as anyone but an MV dealer just outright said they didn't want it. I got so frustrated with the whole affair that I'll never buy Italian again.
If you only looking at the 675 version then I'd go for a Triumph D675.

[David W]

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.