Dilemma - SV track bike or Street Triple?

Originally Posted by Copo

Should be fun


Lots of tea drinking

How much would you say this season has cost you, a ball park figure?

It's difficult to say really but here's some rough costs per meeting:
£150 entry fees
£30/40 Fuel for the bike
£300 every couple of meetings for tyres. Can easily half this if you're happy to run on older scrubs.
£120 van hire + £40 diesel
£3200 for the bike. Still worth about the same now really though.
£100 Acu licence, club membership, eye test.

You can save money by racing at the smaller clubs like 3 sisters, Aintree, Darley moor or ton fonau. Or you could make it more expensive by racing with the bigger clubs (entries for two days at Brands Hatch with BEMSEE was £350)

There's probably more that I haven't thought of.

£220 Crash repairs and new paint job after crashing (twice) at Oulton.
£90 to repair the bike after snapping the throttle cable last weekend.

I'd go for the Triumph unless you've got the money and time on your hands, you can still do the odd track day!

are you mad??
you can probably get a street triple at any time. track! race now! do it! you'll regret it if you don't try.

Originally Posted by ben1989

I'd go for the Triumph unless you've got the money and time on your hands, you can still do the odd track day!

Well this is it. I'm working full time right now, putting £300 a week away for whatever I choose / need to spend it on.

I actually know one of the blokes who helps to run tonfanau, so I might get in touch with him for some advice for tonfanau

Thanks for your replies so far people, it's appreciated

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