01 bikes still competitive????

[rubberducky]

Come on there Chucky boy, you dont thing you can handle the power of the old Kawi's or what?  Sorry about missin ya when I was in town, I thought a week was alot longer than it was.  Besides Rick got shady and didnt answer his phone.

If you arent going to run up front right off, there is no point spending $6k on an older or newer bike.  Spend your money on track time.  I know you are tired of hearing about the rider being the main difference, but facts are facts.  If you dont want to work harder than the guy infront of you to go the same speed, work harder to go faster than him.  A slower bike just makes you faster.  Break harder, carry more corner speed, get on the gas sooner.  I had more fun beating sv's on my 88 hawk than I do racing guys with similar hp and weight 600's.  And no, the newer generation gsxr's are not faster.  I talked to my tuner who runs gsxr's and he said that he got more horses out of the old gsxr's.  Get a Yamaha.    

[Super Dave]

While we're on the topic of old bikes being competitive, how would you guys like to be on a 2000ZX6R...yea you know the one Kawasaki brought back as a sport tourer.  

I know it's 95% rider but I can't help but want something a little newer... :-/

Nah, just not old enough.

At Daytona, I will be racing a 1967 Honda CB450 factory bike, a 1973 Kawasaki H1, and a 1993 Honda RS125 GP bike...LOL!
 ;D

[H-man]

Hmmm... maybe I will make the investments to make my F2 a keeper Dave [referring to an e-mail I sent to you].

[Jeff]

Are you racing MW or GP this year?

MW.

[gixxerfever]

hey P I MP to answer your question, yes they are competitive, but 6k is a bit pricey... for an 01... there are better bikes outthere for less $$$ i have a friend that has one for less $$$

[Super Dave]

Here's a really good one...  

$4500.  

http://www.racemotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=ccsclass;action=display;num=1099408586

[Speedballer347]

Thanks for all the replies fellas!

SuperDave,thanks for the comments, got hella respect for your opin/advice.
And no, I will not be competitive in Ex...but I should be in the mix before the season is over if I got a ride-able bike.  

I have decided to forget about the $6500 01/SS bike.  Too much $$$ seems to be the concensus.

I'll start looking for an 04GSXR or 03 R1.

Thanks again fellas. 8)