WTF does it mean, "It's too nice to be used"?

PhiSig1071 · 01-25-2009, 04:16 PM

When I get a slightly better paying job I intend to buy a KTM Superduke and keep my GSXR as a track bike. I know that the KTM WILL see some track time, but as far as my dedicated track bike I'll keep my GSXR. I want to be able to push myself at the track without thinking about the fact that it's a $15k bike underneath me. Nothing makes you slower than riding a bike you can't afford to crash. Plus right now I've already dropped about $2k into the suspension on the GSXR. So I am already in a position where it's not going out and buying a track bike, I already have it. Part of it is also if I wad the GSXR I'll just drop it off in the dumpster at Jennings. I can't do that with the KTM.

azoomm · 01-25-2009, 04:48 PM

I don't get it either.

I see both come to the track. I have the ones that buy the high-coin toys JUST so they can take it to the track. And, I have others that wouldn't dare take their *nice* toys to the track.

Either way, I wouldn't ever encourage someone to take something to the track they are afraid of. That means, afraid of hurting the bike... afraid of the bike hurting you... afraid of whatever.

If it gets your butt on the track because you can pick up a bike that costs less than the exhaust on your street bike... whatever lets you sleep at night.

Phenix_Rider · 01-25-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

If it gets your butt on the track because you can pick up a bike that costs less than the exhaust on your street bike... whatever lets you sleep at night.

That's my thinking. Yeah, I didn't spend $20k on my bike- still scares the shit out of me that I'll drop it on the track. Whether that fear is founded or not doesn't matter. I'm not riding as fast as I want to/know I can when I'm risking my ONLY bike. That hunk of machinery means a lot to me, and it gets a LOT of use on the street.

tached1000rr · 01-25-2009, 07:01 PM

I'll one day have a dedicated trackbike, just like I had a dedicated drag car. When I'm at the track, I want to be able to flog whatever I'm on, and like others I don't have several bikes as backup. I'll never be quick as I could be if I'm thinking "wreck this one and you don't have anything else to ride"

Adeptus_Minor · 01-25-2009, 08:01 PM

Buy the beater first, get good enough on the track that you aren't constantly afraid of dropping the nice bike.
Then take the nice bike and better appreciate the benefits of what you spent on it.

01-25-2009, 04:16 PM	#1
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	When I get a slightly better paying job I intend to buy a KTM Superduke and keep my GSXR as a track bike. I know that the KTM WILL see some track time, but as far as my dedicated track bike I'll keep my GSXR. I want to be able to push myself at the track without thinking about the fact that it's a $15k bike underneath me. Nothing makes you slower than riding a bike you can't afford to crash. Plus right now I've already dropped about $2k into the suspension on the GSXR. So I am already in a position where it's not going out and buying a track bike, I already have it. Part of it is also if I wad the GSXR I'll just drop it off in the dumpster at Jennings. I can't do that with the KTM. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem

01-25-2009, 04:48 PM	#2
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	I don't get it either. I see both come to the track. I have the ones that buy the high-coin toys JUST so they can take it to the track. And, I have others that wouldn't dare take their nice toys to the track. Either way, I wouldn't ever encourage someone to take something to the track they are afraid of. That means, afraid of hurting the bike... afraid of the bike hurting you... afraid of whatever. If it gets your butt on the track because you can pick up a bike that costs less than the exhaust on your street bike... whatever lets you sleep at night. __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

01-25-2009, 08:01 PM	#5
Adeptus_Minor Hopster Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: 2009 Buell 1125R Posts: 4,743	Buy the beater first, get good enough on the track that you aren't constantly afraid of dropping the nice bike. Then take the nice bike and better appreciate the benefits of what you spent on it. __________________ “Well, obviously before; after was all gendarmes and dick stitches.”

01-25-2009, 07:01 PM	#4
tached1000rr WERA White Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NC Moto: 2009 GSXR 1300 Posts: 2,448	I'll one day have a dedicated trackbike, just like I had a dedicated drag car. When I'm at the track, I want to be able to flog whatever I'm on, and like others I don't have several bikes as backup. I'll never be quick as I could be if I'm thinking "wreck this one and you don't have anything else to ride"