Want a good race bike?

[scott411]

found this on an american website,

might be an april fools joke, you never know,

http://roadracerx.com/quickrelease.php?display_id=8769

Buy Mladin's Race Bike
-press release-


March 31, 2009
Mat Mladin Race Bike for Sale
$59,000
2008 GSX-R 1000 Mat Mladin Race bike:
Able to pick up from Road Atlanta after Race.
Contact: Don Sakakura dsakakura@yoshimura-rd.com

Engine Specs
• AMA Superbike Spec Engine
• Yoshimura camshafts
• Yoshimura racing head gasket
• Increased compression
• Fully Ported and polished cylinder head
• Yoshimura Race oil pan
• Yoshimura Inner Rotor, Generator and Cover
• Yoshimura Full Titanium Carbon Fiber R77 Exhaust system
• EM Pro ECU with Race harness
• BMC Racing air filter

Chassis Specs
• Front Forks: Ohlins FGK pressurized internals
• Brembo Mono-Block 4-Piston Calipers
• 310mm Brembo Front Brake Rotors
• Braided stainless steel brake lines
• Yoshimura Triple Clamp, Offset / Caster assembly
• Ohlins Steering Damper
• Sharkskinz Fiberglass Cowling
• Zero Gravity wind screen
• JB Power Forged Magnesium wheels
• Front 17 x 3.50
• Rear 17 x 6.00
• Ohlins TTX Shock
• RK Chain, 520 racing chain
• AFAM Sprocket
• Galfer Rear Wave rotor
• Motec ADL 2 Data logger / GPS, and Harness

[scrivy]

Ok. I'll take two!!
One for Saturday riding, the other for Sunday if its wet - saves me having to change tyres....

[Maido]

Fortunately it isn't a joke, Soup quite often has x ama race bikes for sale.
If you convert the $59000USD to NZD it is about $105000 so it is still worth quite a bit. Great for the club day racer!
Mladin has been running the 08 for the last couple races, I guess they finally got the 09?

[steveyb]

They now have a claiming rule in AMA I believe.
Meaning that anyone (well maybe not just anyone, but another racer) can walk up to any other team and buy their bike(s) off them.

Anyone verify this?

[R6_kid:Me]

I think that rule applies to the engines only?

[scott411]

i know AMA Ametuer racing as a Claim Rule, but i did not think Ama Pro racing did,

[BarryG]

Mat's bike definitely for sale. They have the '09s now.
The '08 for sale was apparently retieved from some dealership, unassembled and the crate covered in dust, some time before Daytona.
An interesting fact is this bike is undefeated in AMA Superbike competition - 5 races, 5 wins.
Mladin and Yosh making a point re AMA/DMG trying to 'even out' the field by dumbing down the machinery from close to WSB to Superstock. Hah!

Cheers
Barry

[wharfy]

They now have a claiming rule in AMA I believe.
Meaning that anyone (well maybe not just anyone, but another racer) can walk up to any other team and buy their bike(s) off them.

Anyone verify this?

It used to be the rule for Daytona, you could claim the winning bike and the price was set, I think it was about $5000 or something (a few years ago now). I believe that they ditched the rule because teams ended up buying back their bikes from opportunists who didn't actually want the bike, just to make a quick buck. A bit like the pricks who buy 7's tickets then sell them on trademe