Well said deej - I'm with you on this one!

cheers boys

first favour i need then is ::

does anybody want a rvf400 and quick, its going to ebay this afternoon so we'll see what happens

its good to see taht theres people still wanting to do it just for the sake of saying that they have raced motorcycles and not worried about winning/tuning/warmers and all that posh stuff. lets just race and have fun, im actually looking forward to seeing how much i can push a bike as im not worried about picking it up out of the gravel trap as that will be rather fun

i reckon 1 set of tyres will be plenty, i mean its 2 6 lap races a day at about 2.5miles a lapmax which is about 30 miles a day multiplied by 6 meetings is only 200 miles max !! and im probably going to go with pirelli dragon evo's as the 2003 tyres will be alot cheaper than a 2005 diabblo set and will last just as long on a 600 monster !!!

in case your wondering this is my rough budget :

£1500 bike ( inc cans/pegs ) resell afterwards !!!
£700 entry fees
£300 fuel to meetings from cornwall
£100 acu licence and school day
£50 new era membership
£200 1 peice suit ( cheap nasty garrish j&p suit )
£50 medical
£150 tyres inc fitting
£40 oil change
£50 belly pan
£50 new belts
£40 brake lines
£15 new gazebo
£ transponder hire
£20 new brake pads

£3265 not inc transponder hire

£2000 for the season after bike sale, thats not bad for a first seasons racing

im not including petrol for the races as i would be out riding around using up £25 on a sunday anyway, food and drink isnt included as i'll be saving money by drinking tinnies at £10 a crate instead of £40 in the pub on saturday night so thats cash saved so by actually going racing i will be kind of saving money ( hee hee ) so who says racings costly.

hope this helps you all out


[Edited on 8-1-2005 by deej]

I think we can take a few pennies of your calcs deej...

New Era entry fees this year are listed on their website as £95
New Era membership fee is £30, but I've heard it might be £25 for us (?)
That's reduced your bill by £130 already!

Transponder hire is £10 a meet. (£60 deposit, £50 back on return).

£1500 bike, sounds about right
£700 entry fees, New Era paperwork has its entries as £95 per day
£300 fuel to meetings from cornwall, bit futher than most of us have to travel
£100 acu licence and school day, sounds right to me
£50 new era membership mine was £30
£200 1 peice suit (cheap nasty garrish j&p suit ), also try Ebay for a better quality 2nd hand one
£50 medical, no medical required just eye test about £18
£150 tyres inc fitting, Watch for a anouncement soon
£40 oil change, mine cost £26 with new filter
£50 belly pan
£50 new belts, Mine cost £25 the pair
£40 brake lines, Mine with Nickle Cad fittings cost £10 per line
£15 new gazebo
£ transponder hire, £10 on the day

One thing that I have noticed that is not been mentioned is Insurence, not trying to put a downer on things, but bones do get broken, I broke my leg racing in 2000 & had I had a policy by a certain american company) CIS I think) I would have recieved over 3K as I was in hostpital for four days & off work for 3 months. Could one of our present racers let the forum know of the company name & how to contact them.
I think a 4/6 month policy was about £65?.



Chris:burn:

Chris I was only talking about this yesterday with senna3's wife Trudi.
The company is CISA (i think it stands for Combined Insurance Services of America or something like that). they are regular visitors to the race paddocks these days.

Opinions vary , but I think they have improved their act over recent years if the service they provided Adrian with last year following his TT crash.
No soonr had he got home from Nobles hospital in the IOM he went to his local Doctor to see when he would be fit to return to work.
Once the Doctor had pronounced him fit for work the Doctor filled in the insurance forms and in no time what a £2K check dropped through Adrians door, no doubt it would have been more if Adrian had been off work longer or in Hospital longer. Either way Adrian was very happy with the service.

There use to be a link on the North Glos website, hidden in the message board, but that has been revamped recently and a search may not find it.

Kev

[Edited on 9-1-2005 by skidlids]

Found it kev... Combined Insurance Company of America

Linky thing here... http://www.combinedeurope.com/uk/

n

right guys

whats the link for new era please

sounding good with the costs coming down already !!!!!!! :burn:

http://www.neweramcc.org

[Edited on 9-1-2005 by NBs996]

cheers nick have found it and am currently printing off the relevant application forms

see ya soon

:eureka: