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[Cleve]

Small update. Change of plan.
Sold the SV for various reasons. Have house on market and wife says I can pretty much do what I want (bike wise that is) when house sells. What should I do?
Limit is about $20G for the actual purchases.
Buy a reasonable road bike and a reasonable race bike?
Buy just a race bike and take the bus Mon - Fri?
Buy just a nice road bike and be satisfied with a few track days a year on it?

[Ivan]

what about both a reasonable road bike and a cheap bucket

[zadok]

Surely you would want a road bike!? 1st or 3rd option sounds good to me.

[Cleve]

Ａｈ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗａｓ　ｐｕｔ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ＫＢ’ers who race thread originally and was moved (not by me).
Another possible option is by a '05 600 model and have race gear and road gear and do both with it...

[wari]

YEah .. I Moved this heer .. outa theer .. :spudbn:

THat o-ther threadis fur info nott fur top-iccal diss-cusion .. :hitcher:

THe mill-ky barrs ar-ron me .. :drinkup:

:spudwave:

[miSTa]

Buy a reasonable road bike and a reasonable race bike?

Define reasonable. Personally I'd go with Ivan's idea FWIW.

[Cleve]

Cheers Wari.
Was meant as an update but happy to make it a discussion.
Not interested in bucket racing.
Reasonable road bike I would personally define as about $10G late model sports bike of 600cc up.
Reasonable race bike I would personally define as, is FIII mid field runner.

[gav]

I'd go for a near new or even brand new K5 GSXR600, think you'd get something around $12K-$13K, and then a set of race fairings, pipe etc and use as a road bike, race/track day bike. Have fun!!

[motobob]

Hi Cleve. How come you sold the SV. That would have made an excellent road and or race bike. I presume it was a 650.
For $20K you could add a pipe, PCIII, shock, fork springs and spare wheels and have a competitive FIII bike that can be used on the road. The 600 route involves more expense and is also a much more competitive class to race in (as I've found out).
If you then don't like it, I would happily take the bike off your hands as a favour. :blip:
Nice to have such a quandry.

[Colapop]

I don't know sh*t so I'm not gonna comment!

(I reckon a K5 GSXR600 sounds a good idea. Stable base to build from)

[Cleve]

Cheers. Yes the K5 600 is top in my lists. 05 R6 as well can be had for a good price and although not as sexy as the other 600's is about as good.
As for the SV, yes I loved it, but after 3 years as my road bike, weekend tool, track day toy I was getting a wee bit bored... and felt like a change.

[Cleve]

OK. Am very close to choosing either a 05 R6 (new) or GSXR6 (near new).
Will update when I get there.
Any last minute ideas on race fairings, pipes, set up etc
Cheers

[Cleve]

Have bought a new 2005 R6. TSS in Welly had a good deal so I fly down on Sunday and rid back to Auckland on Monday.
Yeehaa.... see you guys at track days and some race meets.