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It pays to keep careful track of your racing costs and budget realistically. Never be fooled by the real cost of racing. I've just added up the cost of putting together my 800ss race bike so far. Including the purchase price of the bike, so far it has cost £8500.35 and it's not even finished yet.

I reckon I still have another £2000 or so to fully finish it in preparation to the level I want for next season proper although technically I can race it now.

This year alone I expect to pay £1000 in entries, approx' £1000 in tyres plus all the other incidentals like food, race fuel, accomodation costs for the three meetings that I am using for setup so, I am looking at an end of season bill for around £12500! Oh lordy!

Next year I intend to do about 10 MRO meetings so....

Entry fees: ~£1800
Race fuel: ~£500
Diesel: ~£600
Tyres: ~£2500
Oil: ~£200
2 x service: ~£1000
2 sets of pads: ~£140
1 chain : ~£100
Sprockets: ~£100
Practice: ~£1200
Misc maint': ~£250
Van insurance: ~£300
Van tax: ~£150
Van servicing: ~£250
Van tyres: ~£200
Boots: ~£150
Gloves: ~£150
Helmet: ~£300

total ~ £10,000

So, I'm looking at a total cost of about £22k by the end of next year which, is broadly similar to what two years on the SV650 in Minitwins cost me.

This excludes crash repairs, more dyno testing or any other unforeseens. Most people seriously underestimate how much it costs and how much they spend. I'm by no means extravagant and some lads I know put fresh tyres on every race day which means £500 or so per weekend in tyres alone. I tend to make mine stretch from practice, through qualifying and then racing although, by race 2 on a Sunday they are past their best.

Mind you - what a rush.