sponsership

**Sketchy_Racer** · 20th December 2005, 18:54

keep it on topic guys, Please?

**gav** · 21st December 2005, 06:31

Hey, Ivan, care to post a photo of your RS125 here? Just interested in how it looks.
Oh and Bert, I noted two spelling mistakes in your reply, mate........

**Sketchy_Racer** · 21st December 2005, 08:06

LOL!!! and Ivan did really well on his spelling that time, only the word sponsor was wrong, he had it as sponser

**F5 Dave** · 21st December 2005, 09:19

Originally Posted by soundbeltfarm

your right. . . .

‘your right’ as in ‘it is your right’?

But presumably you really mean ‘you are right’, you can shorten this if you may to ‘you’re right’. The apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter/s.

**flash** · 21st December 2005, 14:34

Ivan, to stop these guys dissing your spelling, do what i did.
go to download.com then search ieSpell, you show know how to do the rest. its very good (when you use it)

**ManDownUnder** · 21st December 2005, 14:39

Anyone in the Manawatu might want to ping "Third Bearing".

There's a guy there - Chris Boyle - very supportive of bike racing - especially BEARS

**Bert** · 21st December 2005, 17:15

Originally Posted by gav

Hey, Ivan, care to post a photo of your RS125 here? Just interested in how it looks.
Oh and Bert, I noted two spelling mistakes in your reply, mate........

yep. i think my point is invalid though i could only find one.

**gav** · 21st December 2005, 17:46

Originally Posted by Bert

Gentlemen,
Cut poor Ivan a little slack. His heart is in the right place; he is trying to be reasonable and help fund his own racing.

But, Ivan spell check! – I know that it is a pain in the ass sometimes. I have to.
Even though this was a quick information gathering excise exercise?, it does reflexreflect? on your preparation. Money is the serious side of racing. People that part with their money want something in return. Ten years ago businesses received tax brakes breaks? for sponsorship / advertising, this is no longer.

So the question has to be asked why should someone / business give you money if it doesn’t benefit them? – You have to make them believe and see that it can.

Chin up mate. Its good to see that you give a damm, and that you are starting to realize that racing isn’t cheep cheap?.

My 2 cents

err, see above.....

**Two Smoker** · 21st December 2005, 18:07

Originally Posted by Ivan

Any of you guys running a business or whatever want to sponser me in my RS125 campaign, basically I need a cash sponser I want to help dad out as it is costing alot for him to run me around and we want to buy some new gear like VHM Head and inserts new slicks new rims Data logger etc and I want to do a few other meets so this is my plan I get a sponser support them in whatever form on bike etc and ride my best to give the results to show, here is my race plan I want to race winter series but spend some time next season if I can get some cash and go race at Phillip Island alongside the Moto GP to do this I need sponsers

Cheers

Ivan

Focus, on racing and track days... Improve your riding. Disect all your laps and races in your head, and think where you can go faster and do it in the next race/track session.

For instance you need to go ALOT faster through Splash (turn 3). You should be going full throttle through turn 1 and turn 2, followed by a quick dab on the brakes before turn 3. Brake later EVERYWHERE. These are the things that you need to be thinking. (i watched your racing when i was watching K14

)

Yourve got the right attitude mate

You want to take your racing to its fullest. But dont plan to do international racing next year, plan it in a few years these things take time. Also dont think that your fast or cant take onboard what other racers say. For instance i talk to racers after EVERY race. This is so i can see how i went, where i can improve, techniques they use for different parts of the track etc... Racing is all about learning, so get out there with the attitude "I want to learn"...

Hope this gives you a bit of help mate

Dont ever give up, and dont waste your money on modification... My ZXR400 doesnt have any mods and im still consistently in the top 10 of F3 racing at National level...

**gav** · 21st December 2005, 18:12

Great post TS, excellent stuff!!

**Coyote** · 21st December 2005, 18:29

I was going to try and race a complete season before I go out asking for sponsorship. I want to get some kind of record down on how well I can ride.

Any idea on who I should contact to get sponsored by Hells Pizza? I wouldn't mind my bike painted in the company colours, that would be awesome.

**Hitcher** · 21st December 2005, 19:14

For the record, it's spelt sponsorship.

But it sounds like what you're more interested in is donations. A sponsorship is a two-way relationship from which each party derives measurable benefit. Any credible sponsorship proposal needs to talk as much about what's in it for them as it does about what's in it for you.