Considering a trackday bike. Any ideas or suggestions?

I'm getting a bit scared of taking my beauty on track following some very close shaves (not due to me I might add) at the last trackday. I have a K3 7500 mile SV at home nearly ready to flog and it'd be a waste to track that. Can I have some ideas about what I should be considering with regards to how much to pay, what to get etc. I'm even considering sticking a towbar on the girlfriends Ka (Don't). I'm thinking of an older SV that I don't need to love too much but have heard the suspension on these is probably worth doing up which is more cost. I'm a bit confused.

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I'm getting a bit scared of taking my beauty on track following some very close shaves (not due to me I might add) at the last trackday. I have a K3 7500 mile SV at home nearly ready to flog and it'd be a waste to track that. Can I have some ideas about what I should be considering with regards to how much to pay, what to get etc. I'm even considering sticking a towbar on the girlfriends Ka (Don't). I'm thinking of an older SV that I don't need to love too much but have heard the suspension on these is probably worth doing up which is more cost. I'm a bit confused.

Lot of people recommend the old steely CBR's for track bikes. TBH, I would get an already prepped bike as there is big savings to be had rather than doing it yourself.

I would love to get a track bike - either convert my Daytona or buy an already converted GSXR-750 k4-5. Those would be my 2 choices

For example:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/suzuki-gsxr-75...d=p3286.c0.m14

Well I actually went for the Daytona knowing I'd be doing trackdays on it but feel a bit limited when it comes to pushing it i.e. I don't want to cos of the possible repairs cost. Maybe I'll get rid of the SV and look at my bank account. I was hoping to move this year but I don't think that's gonna happen now. A mate might still have his R or S reg (I think) ZX6R which I know what's wrong and right with. Would that be a safe bet? As I mentioned it'd be nice to be able to use on the road too.

[mister c]

My son has an FZR400 for sale if you are interested
I think he wants about £850 - £900

Steely CBR600. Mine's not for sale because it's too much fun. We've done 10 trackdays this year together and it's been lent out to two trackday instructors for another 5 days on track. They will hold their own in the fast group in the right hands.



As for preperation, I made money from prepping mine - I sold all the road gear like lights, mirrors, indicators, l/h switchgear etc on ebay and bought a new set of Rennsports. That left me 30 quid up. I blanked off the headlight hole with a bit of broken gixer fairing I had kicking around. The forks benefit from 15W oil with the same air-gap, that stops them diving on the brakes too much and makes the rebound more controllable. My shock is tired so I lashed out 75 quid on a used Maxton that will require a 200 quid rebuild, but that's still much cheaper than any aftermarket budget shock worth buying and I get the bonus of the rebuild and adjustability of a quality unit. The only other thing I did was fit some crashbungs from a guy on ebay, they were half the cost of R+Gs and I've seen them work just as well on crashed racebikes.

As it stands my CBR owes me about 450 quid but that will increase when the shock goes in. It's still a dirt cheap way of getting on track, because you'd spend twice that much rebuilding after a simple low-side on your Daytona.

As already mentioned, a good steel framed CBR is a good choice for a track day bike.

you can have my ZXR400 L if u want

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I'm even considering sticking a towbar on the girlfriends Ka

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

My 1 litre Micra used to tow a trailer with a 17 foot sailing dinghy on it when my ex owned it. Silly mare removed the towbar and took it to Australia with her because she was looking to buy a Micra over there. Turns out they are few and far between and quite pricey, so she ended up with a Ford Festival. I'm hoping she brings the towbar back with her when she visits later in the year, so I can trailer my trackbike around.

Originally Posted by 600+

you can have my ZXR400 L if u want

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