Considering a trackday bike. Any ideas or suggestions?

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You can pick up a higher milage 2003 600RR for £2500ish now possibly even less, thats another option I guess.

Cant go wrong with them and they are supposed to be bullet proof even if they have been ragged with no maintenance, 2005/2006 ones can be for £3500 - £4000 with high mileage and they have improved suspension and midrange over the 2003/2004.

Would be ashame to not use the 675, as thats what its built for, can appreciate the worry though after the nutters at the weekend.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

My 1 litre Micra used to tow a trailer with a 17 foot sailing dinghy on it when my ex owned it.

i'm not saying the car couldn't tow it, but you have to admit the performance would be somewhat "sedate"

it would be illegal to fit a towbar to a ford ka because it hasn't been type approved to tow, there won't be any fitting points on the chassis and you'd be uninsured if you did a DIY job

You can get good track bikes ready prepped from ebay or other more sprots bike orientated forums for £1000-£1500.

I am going to do the same as you , me and my mate are going to go halfs on one, store it at mine ( 5 min form Castle Combe track) and then when wither one wants it take it out.

I wont bother insuring it or having it on the road at all, it will purely be a track bike.

Teriyakimonkey - I know what you mean about the worries, I'm hoping to go to Rockingham next month for my first trackday and I'm a little worried about taking my gixxer (which I can't afford to replace at the moment) on the track with no insurance. The wife's not overly happy about it either but she's seen me survive the Nurburgring so is a little calmed by that.

I personally think you'll have more fun riding your Daytona at 80-90% of it's / your capability than riding an old bike at closer to 100% of it's / your capability. And you're probably less likely to crash as well!

Cheers,
Matt

My SV700 race bike is up for sale in the forsale section

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Originally Posted by cartwrim

I personally think you'll have more fun riding your Daytona at 80-90% of it's / your capability than riding an old bike at closer to 100% of it's / your capability. And you're probably less likely to crash as well!

Cheers,
Matt

+1

[SoulKiss]

Stop being a big girl

i was talking to a guy at calne bike show, he had a stall and was selling 5-6 cbr600 race prepped, he said they are ideal bikes for the track. and thats all he uses, he also runs track days.......... oh and a bonus they were all ready painted yellow

i will try to find his no.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

you can't fit a towbar to a ford ka, as it's not type approved for towing, if you did find a way of fitting one your insurers would laugh at you if you had an accident whilst towing...


plus you'd be mad to abuse one like that

What he said, they brought in type aproval in IIRC 2000 or 1999, any car made after then has to be type approved for a tow bar.

There are some strange cases out there where there is a tow bar available but you can only (legally) fit it to certain years as the model came out before type aproval[1]..

I bought a mondeo estate purely for towing bikes to trackdays, 1850kg towing capacity, enough room in the back for all the kit and *still* seat 5 in comfort (I went with the leather and all the toys).

Anyway, back to trackbikes.

NC35 or CBR600 if you want more power.

SV650 while ace fun needs a fair bit doing to get up to a std NC35, even when you have a minitwin you still run the risk of some annoying bloke on a road NC35 come flying past[2].
CBR6 is faster but not as good a handler. Cheap as chips though and plenty of them about.

If I didn't have my track SV I'd be *very* happy with the NC35, as it is though I have both!

Druid

[1] For example the ford puma.
[2] Sorry guys!

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by fastdruid

What he said, they brought in type aproval in IIRC 2000 or 1999, any car made after then has to be type approved for a tow bar.

type approval arrived in 1998