What do YOU want out of your racing?

[Shade]

We all know that racing costs a fair bit of money... So why do you do it? What do you get out of it?

For me, the reason I wanted to race is purely for the skills gained. Each race will teach you probably 6 months worth of riding on the road, if not more. Even then, alot which you learn on the track cant be obtained on the road safely.

I dont particuarly want to be the best, if i do well, cool, if not, im happy. What I do like is the confidence in knowing that I can safely corner at speed, and know what the bike is doing, in the wet AND dry. Which I believe is worth more than any amount of money.

So, for all your racers out there, what do you want out of your racing? To be the best? To just finish the race? Adrenaline junkie? What drives you?

Cheers
Shade

[Two Smoker]

At first it was for the fun of it.... And im an adrenalin junkie... Now ive added another reason to race...

[Sparky Bills]

Love the freedom of speed.
I want to be the best!
Love the crowds watching and cheering!
Love the sound and smell!
Its something i can be proud to say that i do.
Helps my road riding something cronic.

I could go on and on...

[FROSTY:Me]

FUN --it may not seem it at the time but Im having more fun than you can imagine.It just feels so good when you get a corner just right.

[Windy]

I like spending thousands of pounds to try and win a trophy worth £2.50

[froggyfrenchman]

i started coz it was exciting, kept doing it coz it was a fun chalenge, loved building my bike and making it faster and faster for every meet. Now i only really keep doing it for the social aspect and that i can help those up and coming racers. All round it is just enjoyable. Not to mention the adrenilin that starts pumping when you are having a great close race

[ben444]

Few of keep asking ourselves why we keep doing this,"...we spend thousands of dollars and at the end of it we don't even get a chocolate fish.." so the last meeting I bought the boys chocolate fish

Basically, cos it's a shit load of fun

[White trash]

I don't race, cause there's a chance of being beaten. What I do is burgle track days.

I admire the effort, patience and money that every single racer throws at their bikes. It's something I don't think I could be fucked with, but amount of talent on any one track at any one time in New Zealand is abismal. Take from that what you will.

[Quasievil]

I only have a couple of reasons, the first one is to beat frosty and the second one is to look cool, both it seems are impossible on a suzuki

[Cleve]

So Yamaha can pay me US$40 million a year as well ...???

[TonyB]

To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of the women.

Oh, wait... thats what I want from my barbarianisim...

Racing- to have fun and learn as much as I can about riding ie: improve my skills

and

To crush Dangerous, see him fall behind me, and hear the lamentations of Rashika.

[mikey]

I don't race, cause there's a chance of being beaten. What I do is burgle track days.

I admire the effort, patience and money that every single racer throws at their bikes. It's something I don't think I could be fucked with, but amount of talent on any one track at any one time in New Zealand is abismal. Take from that what you will.

did you read what you just wrote

"i dont race because im scared of being beaten" then the "talent on any one track in NZ is abismal" hahahahhahaha read it an weep.

you just called scared of being beaten by a nuch of non talented riders.......

bar the insult to all the riders in nz...... GREAT CALL WHITE TRASH

[Brian d marge]

In order to talk the talk you need to walk the walk .....

only by racing myself can I gain experience as a Engineer in ...or to KNOW why and what the changes do ...

SO FAR,,,,,its been about fitness and trying to stop riding like a big girlies blouse ....

Though I have learned a HEAP of what NOT to do ...for example you CANT mask incorrect spring rates ...ya have to bite the bullet and buy the real deal .....Also preparation is the key .....


Stephen

[Kickaha]

you just called scared of being beaten by a nuch of non talented riders.......

bar the insult to all the riders in nz...... GREAT CALL WHITE TRASH

The level of talent goes up as soon as he leaves the track

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but amount of talent on any one track at any one time in New Zealand is abismal. Take from that what you will.

piss taking aside, why do you think that?

[TwoSeven]

I find hobby racing quite boring to be honest - still like watching it tho, but no longer have any interest in participating. Now I just like building the bike as a garage project and working out new designs.

A decade or so ago, I put my bike on the track (when it was newish) and did a resonable time which was slightly off the local record that then existed, from then on I realised that the last few seconds was all about money and effort and risking injury which I never had any interest in. In those days tho I was blindingly fit and had been riding 12 hour days for the previous year or so.

These days, mentally I know I am still capable of getting back to that level of performance, but have realised that I dont cope with injury as well as I used to, I can no longer get to that level of fitness (once you lose it - its gone) and there are other more important things that require my money and time to be spent on.

Its not as tho they have done anything new with bikes in the last 15 years, they are still the same old thing in the sports bike department. My only interest in road bikes now is finding something comfortable to commute to work on (I saw a nice guzzi cruiser the other day).

I do have an interest in minimoto - although no funds, and recently I have been thinking about designing a mini-motard to see if its possible.