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[badgerpilot]

DD is fecking great, the only reason I'm racing is because of it and the biggest factor was the price tag involved. I race for the enjoyment and have no intention of trying to work my way up to a WSB ride, just the same as why I play pub football and not interested in playing for Man Utd (plus they said I was too good for them).
I consider Sound Of Thunder as the next step up and the vast majority of front runners ride 1098s but their tyre bill was bigger than my bike plus entry fees!
So keep the price down and DD for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by baconmaker72

not interested in playing for Man Utd (plus they said I was too good for them).

Have a word with Dallas about that

Originally Posted by baconmaker72

I consider Sound Of Thunder as the next step up and the vast majority of front runners ride 1098s but their tyre bill was bigger than my bike plus entry fees!

Talk to Dallas about that as well, we estimated £500 to £600 a day to race his 1098

If I was doing it all over again it would be
DD, Mini Twins, 848 and race the 848 in Streestocks with North Glos as well as Sound of Thunder, Powerbike and the Open

What I did do was
Novice 600, F600, Powerbike, Open, Streetstocks, SoT then DD and some Minitwins, bikes went CBR600FN, CBR600FS, CBR900RRP, CBR900RRV, TL1000SV, 916 Strada, R6, 748Bp, 600SS, 750SSie, 620SS,
I still ahve the CBR600FS, the TL1000SV and the R6

At some points I was doing 6 races a day, 12 races over the weekend in 3 different classes. Can't say it was cheap but with the shift pay and weekend enhancements funding wasn't an issue, it even got to th point where I was putting bikes together for my mate to race at the TT.

DD is by far the cheapest form of racing I have taken part in but if I was earning what I did when I was on shift I'd certainly be looking at progressing to the 848 series. When I moved in to Sound of Thunder it wasn't long before I was sharing the grid with Phil Bevan on an Ex INS Ducati and Mark Edwards on an Ex DFX 748RS and there was me on my TL1000SV road bike that I also raced in Streetstocks, needless to say it was outclassed in SoT something that can't happen in DD or with the 848s

[faith-healer]

Originally Posted by skidlids

.... When I moved in to Sound of Thunder it wasn't long before I was sharing the grid with Phil Bevan on an Ex INS Ducati and Mark Edwards on an Ex DFX 748RS and there was me on my TL1000SV road bike that I also raced in Streetstocks, needless to say it was outclassed in SoT something that can't happen in DD or with the 848s

I don't know about that Kev....

I think Shep' and Sam West "outclassed" quite a few this season you must have noticed them disappearing into the wide blue yonder

[skidlids]

But Charlie they weren't anywhere near the front runners in SoT, even I've beaten the odd RSV1000 and 996 on my 583, but take Pembrey, Phil Bevan does sub minute laps around there while the Class A lap record is a 1m 06s by Ian Coby and no matter how hard Ian pushed a 620 he's not going to find another 5 seconds a lap round there just to be with the front group as the bike just isn't capable.
There is a lot to be said for a race series where all the bikes are capable of the same lap time leaving it to the riders to sort out the winner of the race.

[faith-healer]

Kev'....I knew exactly what you were getting at.....

....it was a joke that's why I put the smily's on the end

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by faith-healer

Kev'....I knew exactly what you were getting at.....

....it was a joke that's why I put the smily's on the end

I thought you were taking the pea as in I haven't seen which way those two beggars have gone this season, which is very true, but at times there is less of a gap between me and them and them and the front SoT guys

Andy and Sam are ideal for the 848 series not having to wonder what level of machineary they can afford

[AK]

Originally Posted by skidlids

I thought you were taking the pea as in I haven't seen which way those two beggars have gone this season, which is very true, but at times there is less of a gap between me and them and them and the front SoT guys

Andy and Sam are ideal for the 848 series not having to wonder what level of machineary they can afford

i thought sam already had a 1098 as he was out on it racing at mallory at the begining of november when we were out testing a new rider in the sot class

[AK]

Originally Posted by skidlids

Have a word with Dallas about that



Talk to Dallas about that as well, we estimated £500 to £600 a day to race his 1098

instead of estimating we know how much it cost to put tyres on the 1098s this season and it worked out at 1 front and 2 rears per meeting so if using something like dunlop ntecs this cost about £330 for 2 days racing and also the test day for a bike running at the sharp end. normally have some life left to start off on the next test day.
only downside to this is using wets if weather bad but have used 1 front and 2 rears this year in total and lots of life left in the 2nd rear to kick off for next year on test days if needed.