next move race bike wise??

[magnum]

rider skills will transfer to any bike and wont cost a dime,stay in f3 at least till you can consistently finish in the top 5 or 6.

[gav]

Frosty, this is probably something worth looking at. The guy has an absolute stack load of stuff available if you check his link in the trade me advert.
1999 CBR600 race bike
His race stuff is here
CBR600 race bike for sale

[scroter]

whatever...

just ride the tits off it and have some fun.

[Quasievil]

There is a mint looking GSX600 for sale down the road from work for $5k would be a good racer, not as good as a kwaka of course but good enough for you mate

[Kwaka-Kid]

No need to change my post.

both RR and Hoon have had the best 2 posts here even if they are not addressing your point directly they are giving you the info so that you can make the best decision, as you are the one that has to live with the decision. But to address your question directly? Well that would be to pick one of the options you have stated... and i dont recommend to do any.. i say:

Leave ML the way she is, youve already spent money opening her up, doing rings, closing her up, and or whatever else was done in the mean time, this is all real money and money you can only get back in the way of enjoyment on the track. So go do it! Why must a decision be made? Keep it the way it is, think of the money youve just saved making that decision (shit that turns me on!) and go spend it elsewhere like on a girl or something (Mrs. Tony you owe me for that!).

Seriously dude i understand how frustrating it is, i was held up by the same SV650 you were in that race at taupo and i really was fuming, i was blasting out every EXCUSE i could think of to my pitbitch, best part was he listened, waited till i was calm and simply gave the suggestion to get ahead of him from the start... Its the bottom line, thats racing and there will always be someone quicker (for us midfield gerbals). So deal with it, you dont need to spend money, you just need to learn more! Thats what im telling myself mate and i dont care how fast his SV650 is, Im going to focus more, work harder, and hell im going to get ahead of it sooner and i wont take any prisoners!