Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > DesmoDue rent a bike ????????????

[dickieducati]

dont really think it will be an issue in reality, but i understand that this years entrants have priority for next years grid

[ChrisBushell]

Sorry boys,

But the chance of this one flying is about as likely as the last living Dodo being found on Madagascar.

The prospect of the Club taking on that sort of financial layout for minimal return and with a high chance of it getting completely trashed (ok written off in an accident) is a non starter.

On top of that there is the liability issue, someone comes off and claims the bike had a fault, who cops for the blame?

If a group of people want to do this then fine but the Club cant go near it.

[dickieducati]

Originally posted by ChrisBushell
Sorry boys,

But the chance of this one flying is about as likely as the last living Dodo being found on Madagascar.

The prospect of the Club taking on that sort of financial layout for minimal return and with a high chance of it getting completely trashed (ok written off in an accident) is a non starter.

On top of that there is the liability issue, someone comes off and claims the bike had a fault, who cops for the blame?

If a group of people want to do this then fine but the Club cant go near it.

furry muff.................................

but as you say if a region or 2 got a bike together for say 6 different riders to share it would be great.

[butch890]

True, but if any entrepreneurial types fancy running a bike for me!! [/quote
Iwould but not at £100 per race!!!!!

[dickieducati]

Originally posted by weeksy
so much for that....

Delete the thread

weeksy you sure you dont descend from baldrick (blackadder)??????


"master, i have a cunning plan................"

[Edited on 10-6-2005 by dickieducati]

[Monty]

This was kicked around by the MT before the series got off the ground, but as well as the financial and liability aspect as Chris has pointed out there is the preparation and storage aspect to consider as well. To make it work you would need to have someone from the club able and prepared to build and maintain a bike, transport it to meetings, make sure it's on good rubber etc, then be prepared to fix it when someone has thrown it into a barrier? Not really a realistic prospect, and to have one of the dealers do this would cost a fortune. From memory the cost to entrants for the Monster S4 series was £6-8000 which included the cost of all entries and the use of the bike-but you didn't get to keep the bike. If you wanted the bike at the end of the year the cost was £15,000.

John

[AK]

AK I have discussed getting a 2nd bike to run alonside Mrs Snot next year.............

At present, 2 very good mates are riding the one bike, and AK does all the fettleing (which is what he enjoys doing)

4 of us put our heads together (AK, myself, Mark & Andy) & agreed who pays for what before we got underway for the season
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For those who dont race, its not just the:

ACU
Bike
& 'racing bits' for the bike - spares, susp etc

but:

the entry for the bike at the meeting (more if doing another series like SOT) usually £90 - £100 for the meeting
Fuel to get the bike there in the van/car & trailer
Fuel to race with
consumables for the bike
grub for all who go (booze too! )
Tyres

possible time off work if wanting to do ACU day, the day before the meeting

then comes the 'who pays for what' if it gets dropped, shoved off, hammered into something, or the mechanics of it fail.

All above need to be taken into consideration (and I've prob missed things too)

C

[Iconic944ss]

Hmmmmmmm....fair enough from the DSC point of view (I had a feeling litigation might be a sore point, somehow).

Oh, well - time for a consortium to get sorted NOW and save pennies / sort responsibilities ready for next year then.

It was an interesing Friday afternoon talking point anyway and shows interest in DD is still as high as ever.

Toys away

Cheers - Frank

[phoenix n max]

Originally posted by CK and AK

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For those who dont race, its not just the:

ACU
Bike
& 'racing bits' for the bike - spares, susp etc

Agreed - cost me £370 last weekend for 15 laps

( P thankful for a big spending limit on Visa)

[butch890]

Steve,if you just look at the finance side its going to cost a lot more than £100 per race.
new 620 monster fully prepped £5000,assume sale at end of season £4k.
So assumming interest of 5% =£250.

Loss on bike £1000+£250= 1250 8? races=£156per race

Add to that tyres,fuel etc (without entrys) +labour to prepare bike i'm sure you would be on the wrong side of £350 per race.

But then if you look at it i suppose £2500 for 8 "turn up and ride" races proberbly isnt that bad.
Then again add entry fees etc and its not so good
Butch