next move race bike wise??

[FROSTY:Me]

Guys N gals Im looking for some advise as I always do lol.
heres where Im coming from. Im thinking about the rest of this season and into next season with my racing.
Ive got a little bit od sponsorship and a few dollars of my own.
My options are 1) 600 cc bike and make the jump to F2 -Realisticly I dont think Im good enough but the idea doesn't scare me.
2) stick with mella yella and fit the big bore kit and rejet it -Finmancially this is for sure the best option.
3) Buy a stock sv650 and fit the suspension kit from hawera motorcycles and a pipe. -bonus there would be I could still road ride it but its in 600 class prices.
4) hold fire till the end of the season and see what cool racebike bargains surface.
5) biuy a race prepped sv650 that has already had the kinks worked out of it --but is not the high HP fuel injected model
Feedback here would be apreciated.

[Slim]

6) Get the op for your shoulder & have the rest of this season off!

[Blakamin]

6) Get the op for your shoulder & have the rest of this season off!

and I was gunna say "get the op now and get straight back into it"

[Her_C4]

6) Get the op for your shoulder & have the rest of this season off!

Hmmm sage advice from the wise woman....... :cool2: I agree with Slim

[Two Smoker]

I sort of agree with Slim, but then i would say that so i can gain another place in F3..... Instead of being 36th out of 36, I will be 35th out of 35....

But anyway, personally i would say go for the big bore kit on Mella Yella... its going to give you big Hp that can leave those SV's in your dust... you have already spent alot on Mella Yella, so enjoy her and race her hard!!!

Personally racing in F2 is very hard... One it costs a fortune (New tyres is basically a must every race meet) its physically demanding (only saying this due to your recent bin).... But hey give it a go if you want mate

But personally i would like too see you racing on mella yella with the 450cc kit in her....

[gav]

Guess it really depends how much money you want to spend and to what level you want to race? If your looking at Nationals, unfortunately a big bore ZXR isn't going to give you too much. You really need to look at a Terry Fitzgerald SV replica, that is one serious piece of kit, too, whats it worth? at least $15K?
I sold my old ZXR to Chris Huddlestone down here, he races F3 at National level, has fitted 450cc kit to it, hasnt made that big a difference. When Andy Bolwell flags racing a ZXR400 you know its time to move on . Whats the 125 scene like up there? How do you fit one size one? This could be a good option, get to race both F3 and 125GP (err, might check that, not too sure if you can race both classes at Nationals now) You would certainly learn how to ride, if 125 mounted for a season or two. Good field of then down this way. Think you'd pick up a pretty competitive 125 for about $6K? 600 proddy class is real big bucks to run as previously posted.

[ajturbo]

na ..
get your starts sorted man!
and you will be up with the mid feild, AND get the big bore.....
oh, what ever you do ...
have fun!

[tz tony]

Have you considered the post classic class? this more often than not has the biggest class, look at Wanganui, 36 starters in race one!.

[James Deuce]

6) Get the op for your shoulder & have the rest of this season off!

What she said.

[TwoSeven]

Bein as I dont know anything about ya - I cant really comment on what you should do, but if you want to stay lowish budget but get the hang of a 600, then I'd suggest picking up a 600 from spectrum auctions in japan (not sure who you would talk to in your area) - you'd probably get one thats together enough to make a race bike fairly cheaply.

Myself, i'd look at a CBR6 F4 or F4i if you can get one - the F3 had weak cams and wasnt to hot for tuning and the F2 would be a little out of date these days. I'd be surprised if you had to pay more than $6k for the bits you need to make a going race bike.

I wouldnt bother with spending large sums on competitve racing or making a serious go faster bike because the amount of money it would cost to bring it up to spec assuming you could do the engine work would mean you could by an already prepped bike from ten kate.

(substitute other brands of 600 at will for the above).

Probably an idea would be to build a 600 with only the bare parts on it and carry on where you currently are, then as you get a feel for the characteristics of the new machine and want to explore the limits, you have more room to modify the bike with upgraded parts. That way also helps because having a bike you know well, then exploring new bits one at a time is a heck of a lot easier than having a flash bike with heaps of bits that constantly leaves you feeling lost for whats happening.

600s also have the benefit where the road parts are not far off the race parts so their aint much to do - you can run road tires ok - they'll do as semi wets and will probably put up with more heat cycles. Its all swings and roundabouts really.

[Velox]

Frosty - let me know if you do end up selling the 400 (since you were mentioning it the other day too). I can't remember how much you said you'd want for it, but I could be interested cause it'd be cool to get out on the track a bit, and I couldn't risk my road bike out there (since I don't have car licence!). Just an idea at this stage.

[gav]

Well if you were going 600 way, Brian Bernard could be the man to talk to.
GSXR600K2 race bike

[magnum]

option 4

[Two Smoker]

Bein as I dont know anything about ya - I cant really comment on what you should do, but if you want to stay lowish budget but get the hang of a 600, then I'd suggest picking up a 600 from spectrum auctions in japan (not sure who you would talk to in your area) - you'd probably get one thats together enough to make a race bike fairly cheaply.

Myself, i'd look at a CBR6 F4 or F4i if you can get one - the F3 had weak cams and wasnt to hot for tuning and the F2 would be a little out of date these days. I'd be surprised if you had to pay more than $6k for the bits you need to make a going race bike.

I wouldnt bother with spending large sums on competitve racing or making a serious go faster bike because the amount of money it would cost to bring it up to spec assuming you could do the engine work would mean you could by an already prepped bike from ten kate.

(substitute other brands of 600 at will for the above).

Probably an idea would be to build a 600 with only the bare parts on it and carry on where you currently are, then as you get a feel for the characteristics of the new machine and want to explore the limits, you have more room to modify the bike with upgraded parts. That way also helps because having a bike you know well, then exploring new bits one at a time is a heck of a lot easier than having a flash bike with heaps of bits that constantly leaves you feeling lost for whats happening.

600s also have the benefit where the road parts are not far off the race parts so their aint much to do - you can run road tires ok - they'll do as semi wets and will probably put up with more heat cycles. Its all swings and roundabouts really.

The problem with this is that Racing is all about having little battles within a Race.... With F2 all the guys are very competitive and close... Motoracer is running the same times as the front guys, yet is still towards the back..... So to do the above you would be better off just doing track days.... Problem with road tyres is they heat up too much and lose they gripping ability...also the CBR600F has less HP than all the other 600's and is also heavier....

Tony what your doing in F3 is what everyone should be doing.... having fun and having races within races.... Thats why i went into F3.... Thats why KK still races in F3....

[FROSTY:Me]

Thanks for the feedback folks. Hmm never thought of swapping completely to post classics tony.
TS ---yep despite the small feilds at national level F3 seems to be the best class to learn in for sure.
Hmm 125 racing -now what a cool idea. --fast as f3 but heaps lighter.