How much for a thou for a year?

[scracha]

OK, so although I'm relatively new to this racing malarky, i'm not getting any younger.

Basically, a rough idea of how much to run a thou for a year? Aiming for halfway up the club grids and a fang at one of the nats rounds.

You only live once

[Mental Trousers]

For you mate, pretty safe to bet on 5x the purchase price for repairs ...

[neil_cb125t]

OK, so although I'm relatively new to this racing malarky, i'm not getting any younger.

Basically, a rough idea of how much to run a thou for a year? Aiming for halfway up the club grids and a fang at one of the nats rounds.

You only live once

how many bikes you wanna race mate!!

mind you i wish i could

[roadracingoldfart]

OK, so although I'm relatively new to this racing malarky, i'm not getting any younger.

Basically, a rough idea of how much to run a thou for a year? Aiming for halfway up the club grids and a fang at one of the nats rounds.

You only live once

Yer , get one and i can ride ya 6/4 for you.

For you mate, pretty safe to bet on 5x the purchase price for repairs ...

Ohh hell i wont have time to race im gonna be busy arnt i lol.

[CHOPPA]

OK, so although I'm relatively new to this racing malarky, i'm not getting any younger.

Basically, a rough idea of how much to run a thou for a year? Aiming for halfway up the club grids and a fang at one of the nats rounds.

You only live once

If you buy my second hand tyres that range from $150-$200 then id say 1 set a month would last you just fine and apart from that it would be the same cost as what your riding now.

A national round you will need 2 or 3 sets of s/h tyres and then just entry fee.

If I know people want the tyres I take them off before I wreck them, if I keep them they will last me another several track days so unless your looking for 10ths of a second S/H are fine

[t3mp0r4ry nzr]

new to racing? aint you done 4 or so seasons ened on end, your a vet haha. do it, the skids would be fun!

[Tony.OK]

Here ya go fella................all ready to roll for ya

[slowpoke]

Yep, doesn't have to cost a fortune mate. Like you I'm a blardy late starter and the wrong side of 40.

Last year I did exactly what you are talking about, finished about a third of the way down the club field and didn't use a single new tyre. I missed a couple of rounds with work but spent about $600 on tyres for the whole club season which included doing the extra LG superbike race each round and a few test days. Good value I reckon.

Then I cocked it all up by buying a new bike with brand new unsorted suspension and struggled big time. I still qualified for a Nat's event on second hand tyres (thanks Choppa) although the results were embarrassing thanks to suspension and other niggles....and generally not having a blardy clue, lol. If I'd stuck with my trusty ol' well sorted bike I'd have been laughing all the way to the bank and had a lot more fun, but what the hell ya learn more outside your comfort zone than in it. Still well worth doing though and has given me a much better idea of what I have to do next year.

A lot of folks blow crazy money on new tyres when realistically if you are several seconds off the pace (which most of us are) then pre-loved rubber is not the handicap it's made out to be. The rest of it is much the same as any other class with just slightly more consumables used.

[slowpoke]

Here ya go fella................all ready to roll for ya

(sigh......) be still my beating heart, lest it leap from chest from the unbridled joy of gazing upon such a wondrous form

Come home baby, all is forgiven, I don't care if you've been sluttin' around with a younger (better) man..........

[wharfy]

Here ya go fella................all ready to roll for ya

That looks like a pretty good deal...
I don't need it though, I can scare myself shitless on the 675

[cowpoos]

Here ya go fella................all ready to roll for ya

lol....very cute.....Scracha....does play soccer....but he ain't ghey....well...I don't think?

[Tony.OK]

lol....very cute.....Scracha....does play soccer....but he ain't ghey....well...I don't think?

He already races a Honda ya dumb arse.............

[scracha]

He already races a Honda ya dumb arse.............

Tony, she's loverly but aint planning on the thou thing until next year when I hopefully find the peso's.

I won't repeat what the SO said when I mentioned racing in F1 next year.