Serious advice please

**Keystone19** · 12th July 2006, 21:36

Originally Posted by motobob

Psst get them to take that photo in the entrance of you off the wall. You know the one where you a just wearing the snake. EVE the Enchantress I think its called. It would make a much better avatar too.

How did you know about that picture?

**TonyB** · 12th July 2006, 21:38

Frosty I think if you read your first post the answer is obvious, if you want to compete at a national level then go the 600. As you said, and has been confirmed by others, a national level F3 bike is going to cost you the same anyway, but doing well on a 600 will get you noticed by sponsors and respected by other riders, because the rules are tighter and the bikes are far more evenly matched.

Maybe the real question should be- do I want to spend the money required to do well at a national level or do I stick to club racing.

Originally Posted by k14

Not if you want to be at the pointy end. Since the F3 regs are much more relaxed than 600's, the money you could spend on engine mods etc will balance the fact that a 600 costs alot more to purchase but you can't spend as much on mods. Bit hard to understand sometimes but I've heard how much the top F3 guys have spent on their bikes and it isn't cheap.

Tried to resist, but I feel a wee rant coming on- why is it that the three lowest levels of racing, F3, F4 and F5 have the most relaxed rules??? Surely the ENTRY LEVEL classes should give a racer the chance to test their skills as a rider without going for a second mortgage on the house? Then they can see if they have what it takes in terms of ABILITY as a RIDER to have a go at the upper level classes. I'm not implying that the people who are winning races at the moment don't have ability- bikes don't work that way- but unless they are very gifted as a rider they will also have either deep pockets or a great deal of mechanical ability and lots of spare time. Sorry, rant over... as you were.