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[stumpy1]

Originally Posted by fil2

thats all easy stuff dude....one day in the garage..its just bolt on goodies..the work will come when u start stripping the engine.!..hehehehe..........

I cant wait to have you on the DD grid dude..................its gonna be fun

Phil

yeah its not to bad,just need to take it easy on the bike, intill i come back from my holiday.
most of that stuff i will get over the winter.........


hopefully Crusty, is going to be stripping my engine...but dont tell him that yet!!!!lol

cant wait to get on that Grid...should be good fun..

[andys 900ss]

Phillc,

I reckon mine on being half the cost of yours Phil, I think I can get on the 'Gucci Class' grid for that,

I'll tot it all up tonight and list it,

Andy

[couchcommando]

The cheapest way is to buy a bike ready done and sell at end of year for very little loss. Add on the entries and other costs and you could prob do a season for around £2-£2.5k....of course none of us do this LOL

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by fil2

the work will come when u start stripping the engine.!..hehehehe..........

I can't understand all those people stripping their engines... ... ...

[skidlids]

Did the whole of last season for a little over £3k including buying and preping the bike.
This year I'm looking at a budget of £2k for racing in Class B with last years bike.
The Class A bike is nearly ready, having cost me £2200 so far but then I have a lot of bits left that I could sell on, which could easily reduce the cost by £400. So I hope to have it race ready for a net price of £2k

Then I can look at selling my 583 Class B bike at the end of the year and recovering some of that outlay

[phillc]

For those that have look at my expenses spreadsheet and say "I've done it cheaper," I'd really like to know how.

Given that this is the first time I've ever raced, there are some things that I couldn't avoid buying - like a one piece suit. And I think I got a pretty good deal on the suit that I did end up purchasing.

Perhaps I could have somehow modified the standard road fairings and not bought specific track fairings. But I did buy them already colour impregnated to save on the cost of spraying them.

Sure, there's been a few little things that I've bought that in retrospect I could have done without, but I honestly think they'd only add up to around £100 to £150. And of course I can re-coup some of this cost by trying to sell on the road kit.

Could I have done without a back protector and saved £90? Yes. But would I want to race without one? No.

Could I have not bought new boots for £140 and kept using my existing road boots? Yes. Would I have needed a new pair anyway after I finished putting holes in my road ones? Yes.

Could I have raced at Oulton without doing a track day, saving probably £200 in total? Yes. Would my results have been even worse, given that I had never been to the track or even ridden the bike previously? Yes.

The only money I've spent that was truly "waste" was 2.5 hours labour getting the electrics fixed after I screwed them up removing the Datatool alarm.

Truly, I'd be really interested in how and where I could have saved money. Any ideas appreciated.

[phillc]

I've actually just done a breakdown now of the costs into various areas:

Bike & Parts = £2,271

Track Days & Race Fees = £488

Memberships = £129

Clothing & Accessories = £551

Sundries (Fuel, Garage rent etc) = £275

Total = £3714

I'd forgotten to add in the New Era Entry Fee for Oulton, so this is the new total figure.

As you can see, I haven't spent all that much on the bike itself, but everything else does add up and I feel this figure actually represents the true cost of racing to date.

[Tonio600]

I think your budget is fine mate, people like to forget stuff "here and there" to make them think racing is cheaper than it is. Racing is bl00dy expensive, as all motorsports are. That's a fact. I've stopped counting what it costed me, made me feel too sick. And my bike is basic, most expensive parts are the Ohlins and radial master cylinder which costed me £350 together...

I'm not taking part in the next round, Donington. It will make me save about £400 (race entry + trackday + petrol costs). How cheap is that?