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WERA White Plate
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NC
Moto: 2009 GSXR 1300
Posts: 2,448
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Just curious what bike was your first track bike? heck for that matter what do you ride now on the track? I hope to get a dedicated bike for the track this year, it will be a 600cc, it will be an older bike to begin with something in the 98-02 range.
I have two bikes now, I love my CBR 1000 too much to even think about it going right now. It's my street and mountain twisty rider. I also have a Ninja 500 and I'd take it to the track in a heartbeat and will perhaps do so until I get the 600cc in the stable. |
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667:Neighbor of the Beast
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Everett WA
Moto: VTR1000, SV650, FZR400, CRF150
Posts: 1,403
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First bike I rode on the track was an R6 - not mine though. My first track/race bike was an FZR600 (with no brakes...sigh, those were the days LOL).
Now I've got an SV650 that I track/race
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Post whorette
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: South Florida
Moto: 2006 GSXR 600-
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The only bike that I have had on the track is my current one, 2003 Gxsr 750.
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SFL Expatriate #2
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC
Moto: CBR1000
Posts: 2,043
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First bike on the track was a 2000 929RR (RIP). Now I take my current bike, an '07 1000RR.
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WERA White Plate
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NC
Moto: 2009 GSXR 1300
Posts: 2,448
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Trailer Queen
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Asheville, NC as of 1-15-09 :)
Moto: '03 Buell XB9S, '98 Kawi ZX6r, '92 Harley Sportster
Posts: 44
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My first was my street bike...'03 Buell XB9S. Too slow, but really fun in the tight parts. Really fun all around, but just not fast enough. I have a '98 ZX6R now. Wrecked at Homestead last June and need to get some new plastics, fix a few things, and bend a few things back in place.
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SFL Expatriate #2
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC
Moto: CBR1000
Posts: 2,043
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Nowhere Man
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 558
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My 1st track bike was a 20 year old Yamaha RD350 that I raced in Vintage classes on Sat and in modern classes on Sunday.
I raced a 95' 500 Ninja some, but it was too slow and it cost too much to make it fast. I grafted an FZR400 front end on it, which worked great and the thing handled OK, just too slow to be competitive. |
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Let go of my ears.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC
Posts: 1,394
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'03 GSXR600, it's my do-everything bike. I've commuted on it, trackdays, touring, everything. I picked up the KTM as a hooligan and track bike, but it's only good on tracks with short straights. Palm Beach, Roebling, Daytona etc it's death.
My recommendation? Do a couple trackdays on the 500, to get into the swing of trackdays. Then go onto your local track forum or the wera forums (forums.13x.com) and pick up a retired racebike for your track slut. I am converting my GSXR over to a track slut and it's expensive, you'll get more for your money buying a bike that's already built.
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Ride Naked.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Flat and Straight ND
Moto: 08 BUELL 1125R, 05 SV650S
Posts: 7,916
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Mine was my 1125R. Worked great but is a better street bike.
if/when i get a dedicated track bike it will probably be a 675 or a 750. |
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