Would you race superbike?

[ajturbo]

I'd like to try buckets one day...........

i think we would expect you to prove you could handle one first.....

[mossy1200]

Is someone giving one away.Pick me pick me.

[KS34]

One season is never enough.

Ha Ha, never a truer word spoken young man! Although it is one way of my lovely wife accepting the intended Doom.

[Patch]

hmmm . . . probably not - they is a bit slow I reckon, I'd get bored eventually

now Jet sprinting . . .

[Whitebait]

Sounds like superbike riders may have addictive personalities........

Maybe start a poll Choppa...........whats better for you............................... smoking crack or racing a superbike!!

[lostinflyz]

superbike racing freaks me out. the one track day ive done on my 1000 just kinda flipped me out. i dont comprehend the world that way and its a real task to push anything. but its unbeleivable fun.

but i like f3. its nice and cruisy and you can push and jump off in fun ways without excessive injury. maybe f1 scares me cause im just such a crasher.

[Marknz]

no, can't see myself getting beyond clubbies and F2 to be honest. But then I might surprise myself...

[Brownstoo]

Fuck yes!
The only 'buts' here are that students don't have money and I still have chicken strips.

[CHOPPA]

Now that we have established that almost everyone would like to ride superbike instead of there current class why dont you???

There is a cheap way to race club superbike on the same budget you can run F2 and most of the faster F3 and pro twins bikes...

[puddytat]

Id like a blat on one....

but to race ,they're way fasterer than I am

[mossy1200]

Now that we have established that almost everyone would like to ride superbike instead of there current class why dont you???

There is a cheap way to race club superbike on the same budget you can run F2 and most of the faster F3 and pro twins bikes...

Your coments were followed by a link to LG Motorsports so i have submitted my application for sponcership.Now I wonder if that is what you ment by a cheap way.
Alternate would be someone can buy my 21 year old FZR1000 and race that in F1. sure a sub 1.14 is easy for someone who can ride(unlike myself).Although saying that I did qualify in round one and two and didnt come last.

I sit in my shed with wets on my posty waiting for it to rain 2minutes before the start of lg superbike race so that i can win me a dvd player.

[CHOPPA]

Your coments were followed by a link to LG Motorsports so i have submitted my application for sponcership.Now I wonder if that is what you ment by a cheap way.
Alternate would be someone can buy my 21 year old FZR1000 and race that in F1. sure a sub 1.14 is easy for someone who can ride(unlike myself).Although saying that I did qualify in round one and two and didnt come last.

I sit in my shed with wets on my posty waiting for it to rain 2minutes before the start of lg superbike race so that i can win me a dvd player.

haha nice! I didnt even get the dvd player, its a lucky dip... Yeah your on the right track, my main point im trying to make is everyone always says superbikes is too expensive but its only as expensive as you want it to be so its just an excuse....

[Wingnut]

haha nice! I didnt even get the dvd player, its a lucky dip... Yeah your on the right track, my main point im trying to make is everyone always says superbikes is too expensive but its only as expensive as you want it to be so its just an excuse....

But does that not depend on weather you wish to be competitive or not??

I dont think its an excuse - more a reality. If I could run a one litre and do it as cheap as what it costs me to run my 400 - then obviously I would. But reality is, thats not possible. Even just in the tyre dept. Or perhaps you just dont realise how smaller budget some people have to run on.

[Deano]

Now that we have established that almost everyone would like to ride superbike instead of there current class why dont you???

There is a cheap way to race club superbike on the same budget you can run F2 and most of the faster F3 and pro twins bikes...

My SV owes me $10k.

I calculated that I spent approximately $6000 on racing last year.

$1850 of this was sponsored in some way so actual cost to me was about $4150.

That was the winter series, Wanganui, Paeroa and the Cliffhanger.

Without some serious sponsorship, I really doubt I could run a SBK on that budget.

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

But does that not depend on weather you wish to be competitive or not??

I dont think its an excuse - more a reality. If I could run a one litre and do it as cheap as what it costs me to run my 400 - then obviously I would. But reality is, thats not possible. Even just in the tyre dept. Or perhaps you just dont realise how smaller budget some people have to run on.

I sort of agree.

Running a 'superbike' V's running a 'litre' bike!

To be ultra competitive of course its going to be fukin expensive. But to simply ‘compete’, need not be.
I’m coming back to racing after a break of some time and will be doing it on a litre bike with very few mods from road guise, seeing if it’s still what I want to do, and doing it as cheaply as possible starting in the clubmans class. If I still ‘have what it takes’ what ever that means I’ll consider moving on to F1 etc.

My intension is to race for the thrill and love of the sport rather than try and win the championship. There is no getting away from the fact that to be competitive (and providing you have the talent) and run up at the front in a ‘serious’ class is going to cost money, regardless of what class your in.