Buying a track bike

[gavilan]

Originally Posted by RACER X

You can buy great SV track bikes for $2kish

But an SV would be so very different from Kell's bike. I recently sold my Kawi and I, too, "loved the feel".

I hadn't thought of buying the same bike for track... kinda cool idea.

[Full Throttle]

Yea i think you should go for the same bike if possible. But if you have to pick one of the other top brands i would go YAMAHA lol. I know im being Biased but ive ridden an 06 GSXR and an 07 CBR and i didnt really like either. Im sure i would of gotten more comfortable with it but it just didnt seem to even be in the same class as my R6. Ive never ridden a KAWI so i cant vouch for it but in my opinion the YAMAHA is in another league when it comes to truly being race ready.

[racedoll]

Originally Posted by gavilan

I hadn't thought of buying the same bike for track... kinda cool idea.

I'd go for the same bike as I have now, if I could find one for reasonable price.

For Kelly's question, I really don't think you could go wrong. Hubby likes the GSXRs but any would be good.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Full Throttle

Yea i think you should go for the same bike if possible. But if you have to pick one of the other top brands i would go YAMAHA lol. I know im being Biased but ive ridden an 06 GSXR and an 07 CBR and i didnt really like either. Im sure i would of gotten more comfortable with it but it just didnt seem to even be in the same class as my R6. Ive never ridden a KAWI so i cant vouch for it but in my opinion the YAMAHA is in another league when it comes to truly being race ready.

The R6 was gutless below 10k. It needs gearing, a pipe and a remap.