Buy a bike that's done 30 trackdays? - SV650.org

Ratty · 18-02-14, 10:53 PM

Would you buy a 1000cc road bike that had done around 30 track days, if you knew it had been very well serviced at more than the correct intervals, with two of three oil and filter changes a year, never been down the road and well looked after ? Overall milage about 26000.

Ratty

18-02-14, 11:12 PM

Personally i wouldnt, but im picky.

speedyctr · 19-02-14, 07:29 AM

Are you thinking of selling your thou? I would if it was the right bike, but all comes down to how much. I would want to pay slightly less than one which hadn't been tracked probably

Wideboy · 19-02-14, 08:02 AM

I would. It would take more than 30 TD's to knacker a well looked after engine

Sid Squid · 19-02-14, 08:12 AM

Yes, no reason not to. If it's been suitably treated - which is true whatever bike you buy, tracked or not - it'll likely be in better condition than the ones that have been commuted all their sorry lives, and left unused in a garage for several months over the winter.

And seeing as it's a 1000cc machine it won't have been worked that hard - it's not a 250 two stroke.

yorkie_chris · 19-02-14, 08:44 AM

Dunno depends how many crashes

Nobbylad · 19-02-14, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Dunno depends how many crashes

I assumed 'never been down the road' meant 'never been down the track' either.

yorkie_chris · 19-02-14, 09:36 AM

Grass, gravel traps, tyre walls... lol

Anyway, if it sounds alright and shifts gears alright 30 trackdays wouldn't bother me at all.

Geordie Mick · 19-02-14, 10:01 AM

yeah, me too - if all the usual stuff checks out, then what's the big deal? at least you know its history - how many bikes for sale have done that many TDs or worse and you never get told?

MICK..

Ratty · 19-02-14, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by speedyctr

Are you thinking of selling your thou? I would if it was the right bike, but all comes down to how much. I would want to pay slightly less than one which hadn't been tracked probably

You have sussed me out there, and it is only thinking. I genuinely want to know what people think. The SV thou is my only bike and I've been doing 5 or 6 trackdays a year on her and the next is her 30th. I also ride to and from every trackday. There are about 9 or ten of us rocking up to each event now and everybody else ( except one part timer ) is bringing dedicated trackbikes with WOW's and warmers to the event. I'm tempted to go that route myself, but the thou would have to go to finance the package. I don't want to convert the SZ because she is still VGC, with no crashes. I just don't know what to do ? Here is some footage of her last outing at Oulton in October. See how easily the GSXR750K7 eats her up. The white CBR at Shell is a young club racer on his race bike.

18-02-14, 10:53 PM	#1
Ratty Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stockport Posts: 597	Buy a bike that's done 30 trackdays? Would you buy a 1000cc road bike that had done around 30 track days, if you knew it had been very well serviced at more than the correct intervals, with two of three oil and filter changes a year, never been down the road and well looked after ? Overall milage about 26000. Ratty __________________ "I can see Paradise by the SV's light" TCX Competizione S boots saved my foot .

18-02-14, 11:12 PM	#2
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speedyctr Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Nr Northwich, Cheshire Posts: 151	Re: Would you buy... Are you thinking of selling your thou? I would if it was the right bike, but all comes down to how much. I would want to pay slightly less than one which hadn't been tracked probably __________________ SV650S K3 Fuel oval exhaust, tail tidy, seat cowl, smoked double bubble w/pro bolts, clear indi's, mirror extendas, scottoiler, hel stainless brake cable, evotech crash protectors.

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19-02-14, 08:12 AM	#5
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Buy a bike that's done 30 trackdays? Yes, no reason not to. If it's been suitably treated - which is true whatever bike you buy, tracked or not - it'll likely be in better condition than the ones that have been commuted all their sorry lives, and left unused in a garage for several months over the winter. And seeing as it's a 1000cc machine it won't have been worked that hard - it's not a 250 two stroke. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

19-02-14, 08:44 AM	#6
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19-02-14, 09:36 AM	#8
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Buy a bike that's done 30 trackdays? Grass, gravel traps, tyre walls... lol Anyway, if it sounds alright and shifts gears alright 30 trackdays wouldn't bother me at all. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

19-02-14, 10:01 AM	#9
Geordie Mick Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Dalkeith Posts: 290	Re: Buy a bike that's done 30 trackdays? yeah, me too - if all the usual stuff checks out, then what's the big deal? at least you know its history - how many bikes for sale have done that many TDs or worse and you never get told? MICK.. __________________ 2003 ZX6R b1h track bike project 1994/97 Ducati 750SS Project Previously: SV650 SK3 cafe racer, SV650 SK6 (track bike), VTR1000F, VFR800 VTEC (x2), SPRINT 1050, VTR1000F (track bike), XT660X, ZX6-R, CB500, VFR750 FL, City Fly 125, GS450, GS500E, NS125R, DT50MX.

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