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Why that low? Mini twin or superstock 400 is cheaper and you can just ride the bike there on a "daytime MOT"
Also, why race, just hit up the track no? MSVT has decent stuff for about 150 of your hard earnt dubloonsWhere about are you anyway??
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I can’t afford to crash a road bike, which is a high possibility on proper track. I have a real itch to ride joke-sized bikes. £150 for a day on the real thing equals months of time on toy sized tracks.
Mostly, I don’t want to risk being stranded if I trash a bike and cannot risk riding home once knackered.
A small bike just seems ideal. Lower costs all round and guaranteed a laugh. None of the speed or risk of the real thing but still hella fun.
Swindon based so Castle Coombe is closest real track. A few gokart places nearby.
pdlouche
The other day I visited the go-kart track to see about some knee-down mini moto riding.
Bloody hell that shit is expensive.
A serviceable bike from 2004 started at £1600, and of course the Chinese shit was recommended to avoid.
Then I spoke to the enduro racer friend, his research had said the same. Avoid the black hole of mini moto and maybe consider mini-sumo pit bikes like the Stomp 140.
The Stomp pit bikes or similar seem to be a way forward.
Spoke to the son of the scrapyard owner today about it. He raced MX for years (with notable results) before getting into triathlon a couple years ago. Again, recommended avoid the low quality shit. Again, recommended pit bikes with quality slicks. He ran a Stomp-esque bike for a while and said they were hella fun on gokart tracks.
Even if I did a track day at Castle Coombe, first I need the van. Vans are so few on the ground at the moment that prices have risen in the past month. Worse still, I looked at bank loans to raise some dosh and they fucked me on interest rates. So, I might be out of luck all around.