| Re Loz's comments... It's my belief that you can throw as much or as little money at a bike as you want, but there's not a lot of advantage to be gained by it, most of that would be experimental.
I run a '02 m620, and here's what I've done to it and why:
1) Raised the pegs - the standard pegs were decking out on the warm up lap on a february track day! Cost? I think that cost something in the region on £80.
2) Fit high level pipes - same ground clearance issues as the pegs. Got som second hand Sil's for £240.
3) High flow air filter - don't know why, pete swapped it!
4) Clip-on bars - the standard ones were too high and killing my arms. Cost £80.
5) Twin disc conversion - the single disc was capable enough but didn't give me any feedback. I find the twin setup much better for confidence. If I remember right it cost me something like £60.
That's it, the rest of the bike is bog standard. I was fairly new even to trackdays before I jumped into DD and ended up being able to get 5th in the final table last year and a 3rd place at Brands this year - because I've concentrated my efforts on learning to ride the thing rather than rely on tuning it!
The only riders who will befit from throwing money at their bikes are those who already know how to ride them - and most of the grid, especially me, have still got a lot to learn.  |