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| #1  08-Oct-2009, 11:36 | ||||
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| No need to justify it! If you adjust any spending over the life of your mortgage, it costs pennies a month. Perfect solution!   |
| #2 08-Oct-2009, 12:36 | |||
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| I don’t mean this to turn into a competition to see who can spend most, but our costs are shown below. We did start from a very low point after the 2008 Snetterton crash, with new leathers/helmet etc for Sam and lots of bike repairs. Memberships/license £115 Leathers, helmet, gloves, etc £1330 Race Entries – 9 rounds, some with both days, some with Allcomers £1855 Ten test/track days £1279 Bike repairs and development £3862 (This includes buying a spare engine as well as having an engine rebuilt after it trashed a piston at Snetterton requiring a new barrel) Not including any travel, fuel or subsistence. And definitely not including the motorhome! Total £8441 Worth every penny! Peter  |
| #3 08-Oct-2009, 13:31 | ||||
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| Depends where you start from to do any sort of comparison. Fully costed from scratch would include all your gear, the bike, a van maybe etc, or simply incremental costs of a season so excluding the above and simply looking at fuel for bike and van, entry fees, test fees, repairs, tyres, servicing inc oil and brakes. Where do you put depreciation of van and bike? These costs are also net out of your disposable income, what do you really have to earn to pay for it? What about putting a price on the opportunity cost of spending time with your other half and the kids?  For everything else, there's mastercard WeeJohnyB |
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