Hello,
I have a new '16 RR, which I am very happy with and I am selling my '15 Single-R. I am considering using the money from the sale to buy a track bike. I've never been on a track and that begs the question why I'd want a track bike--it could end up collecting dust. Short answer is: I don't want to track my '16 RR as I'd hate to watch that go cartwheeling down the track and I also don't want to spend time converting it back and forth between street and track. I could also buy an older bike for $10K - $12K, but for a few more grand, I can get a new '16 for just over $16K. The particular example was a '16 RR used at Nate Kern's COTA track days with ~ 200 miles.
Options I am considering:
1. Buy the new '16 RR with about 200 miles on it for ~ $16K.
2. Do nothing....start with a couple days at CSS and go from there.
3. Start slowly and buy an older bike, and learn from there.
4. Just wait...other options always emerge.
The bike is one thing....but I might not be fully sensitive to all the overhead (getting bike to track, weekend time, changing the tires, etc) that goes with track days, and I am trying to understand a reasonable approach to start.
Any comments to help provide perspective? Thx!
I have a new '16 RR, which I am very happy with and I am selling my '15 Single-R. I am considering using the money from the sale to buy a track bike. I've never been on a track and that begs the question why I'd want a track bike--it could end up collecting dust. Short answer is: I don't want to track my '16 RR as I'd hate to watch that go cartwheeling down the track and I also don't want to spend time converting it back and forth between street and track. I could also buy an older bike for $10K - $12K, but for a few more grand, I can get a new '16 for just over $16K. The particular example was a '16 RR used at Nate Kern's COTA track days with ~ 200 miles.
Options I am considering:
1. Buy the new '16 RR with about 200 miles on it for ~ $16K.
2. Do nothing....start with a couple days at CSS and go from there.
3. Start slowly and buy an older bike, and learn from there.
4. Just wait...other options always emerge.
The bike is one thing....but I might not be fully sensitive to all the overhead (getting bike to track, weekend time, changing the tires, etc) that goes with track days, and I am trying to understand a reasonable approach to start.
Any comments to help provide perspective? Thx!