Our costs have been higher than most simply because we have had to build and develop this bike from scratch as there are no others racing in the UK. Most of the Thunderbike top 10 have spent nowhere near our budget this year.
Jamie Wainwright is as quick as the supersport 600 guys at most circuits on his ZXR400, as are a few of the other top TB runners. Personally I don't think that we will see too many 748SPS or R's in the series simply because of the cost of running one is high for club racers. If memory serves correctly a 748 Bip only makes around 80-85bhp at the rear wheel so would still need to have some money spent to make it competitive.
I think you would be surprised at how competitive a 1000DS lightweight would be.
Baines Racing are apparently building a 1000DS motored bike for the series that I am sure will be more than competitive next year
