Affordable new bucket!

[Str8 Jacket]

I remember when a bucket racer was supposed to be a cheap old road bike stripped for the track at minimal expense. Sounds like some are now spending big money (3k or more) on this fun non serious form of racing. Why? Syrely that money would be better spent on a real race bike for racing on real tracks?

Surely!

[ajturbo]

actauly i pay for my own bikes.... dont try and pin me out as some sort of spoilt jerk, because im not, i sold all my mx bike, gear and italian pocket bike to pay for my cbr.....

$3000 pretty cheap, damien payed $2400 for his and its second hand.....and hes not the only one who buys bikes for that amount....

F5 dave, i know your a engineering wiz but not all of us can build motors ect......alot of us just like to buy a capable bike and race, I have no doubt that you can build a fast bike for not much money......your good with motors and like working on them, i just like to race {and modify }

In b-grade at mt wellignton its hard to win on a "cheap bike" pretty much everyone is on fxr's or modded cb125t's {very hard to get hold of} so if you cant beat them join them....

i have only NEVER paid MORE than $300 for ANY of my bikes... (buckets)


i think these are a high price...
but thanks for showing a different approach...

[Sketchy_Racer]

would have been a simular nutter who drilled pointless holes in a FXR a few years back Oh sorry that was YOU!

ohhh but that's different....

[Buddha#81:Me]

I remember when a bucket racer was supposed to be a cheap old road bike stripped for the track at minimal expense. Sounds like some are now spending big money (3k or more) on this fun non serious form of racing. Why? Syrely that money would be better spent on a real race bike for racing on real tracks?

I dont know why you think its non serious....... Get down South, you will find we take it very seriously and get to race on Real race tracks, Labour Weekend 30+ of us are off to the Greymouth Street Race to contest the "largest" cup on offer! Our MotoFXR series is raced on the full circuit of Levels and Ruapuna and has better prizes and prize money than you can win at the Nats on a 600 or 1K. Most or us have Posty's, F3, Motards, Bears bikes and look at them as something to do when we are waiting for the next Bucket race..........Sorry Dude Bucket racing is far from non serious for most of us!

3K can get you a very competitive bike, what other class of ANY motorsport can you do that?

[Buddha#81:Me]

ohhh but that's different....

Sorry, your holes were fooken UGLY!!!!!!!!

[SS90]

Wasn't some guy advertising his stroker for something in the order of 5K?

Sure, there may have been a time when you could WIN on a $300 bike, but I have to say that realistically, those times are far far gone.

If you purchased a "stock" 150, you wouldn't stand a snowballs chance in hell of getting anywhere.

To win you need to have slicks, suspension set ups etc, not to mention the tuning of an engine.

Shit, a set of slicks is worth more than $300!

Sure, 3K for a "production bucket" is steep, but I am sure that if you want to run for the front, your bucket would owe you something like that.

"just going round and round" is another story.............

[Skunk]

$3000? Affordable? WTF?!

If I had that sort of money to spare I'd be racing in F3!

Get a grip on the real world Dellorto. You come across as a 15 year old rich kid.

[nudemetalz]

You come across (as) a 15 year old rich kid.

When I read this for the first time, that is what I thought I saw.....

[DELLORTO]

im sorry, ive come from the expensive world of motorcross and i didnt realise you guys spend so littlemoney, but make up for it by putting hard work into the bikes.

sorry if i offened anyone. -max

if i was rich i would make a track....

my bike was expensive but i use it alot, and im planning on getting it for ages, and its realy reliable,

[Schrgd]

I think the test of reliability comes with time. One race doesn't constitute reliability.

3K Cheap??? Affordable??? If you had a lazy 3K your fxr would be a reliable bike if you spent the money in the right place's!!( pretty in blue doesn't help with reliability) Let's hope your bike start's this weekend(max) or we may all be seeing a "affordable bucket(sic)" sooner than everyone thinks!

And i join everyone else in the hope for a fine week end, or at least sunday for racing.....

Can't wait!

[NOID]

I have to agree and disagree with max. yes you can build a bucket for under 3k easly, i have and iv been wastefull buying flash bits like yoshi pipe, flash paint etc etc and am up to 1500$ ish. and im dead slow as iv never raced before, but going on what iv seen at roys theres alot of people that take it queit seriously, i agree that im out to have as much fun as the next guy but when the time comes that i can ride well enough to keep up with the front guys i will spend $$$$ to get me the advantages i need to win... simple

[DELLORTO]

I think the test of reliability comes with time. One race doesn't constitute reliability.

3K Cheap??? Affordable??? If you had a lazy 3K your fxr would be a reliable bike if you spent the money in the right place's!!( pretty in blue doesn't help with reliability) Let's hope your bike start's this weekend(max) or we may all be seeing a "affordable bucket(sic)" sooner than everyone thinks!

And i join everyone else in the hope for a fine week end, or at least sunday for racing.....

Can't wait!

i spent moeny in the right places on my fxr......its the mechanic who did them who stuffed up big time, also ive been told that its likely that one of valves was bent on my fxr due to over-reving, that was my fault, and that i didnt have a rev-counter......what sort of question is "i hope the bike starts this weekend" of course its going to start its been looked after.

i dont have a lazy 3k......if i did i would do buckets and motorcross.......

3k is cheap for a "new" bike.....thats what i meant....i didnt mean 3k cheap for a bucket......because it isnt.......my first bucket was $600...and it was realible.....but had limits.

[bucketracer]

im sorry, ive come from the expensive world of motorcross and i didnt realise you guys spend so littlemoney, but make up for it by putting hard work into the bikes.

I guess the effort put into developing a competitive bucket is like building a good VMX bike. Not cheap but can't be done with $$$ alone.

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[FastFred]

i spent moeny in the right places on my fxr......its the mechanic who did them who stuffed up big time,

Rich Dickheads always blame the mechanic, employee, servant, peasent, lower classes Etc. what a wanker.

Be a man and learn to spanner for yourself.

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[Str8 Jacket]

3k is cheap for a "new" bike.....thats what i meant....i didnt mean 3k cheap for a bucket......because it isnt.......my first bucket was $600...and it was realible.....but had limits.

Part of why I love buckets is watching people actually out there thrashing there 'cheap' buckets and actually passing 'faster expensives' bikes, cause they can ride!

At the end of the day it aint what you ride, its how you ride it!!