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Great thread.. Im in the process of trying to buy a bike and the prices have me confused. I see so many 2 year old CBR250's for mid 3500. So I assumed a new one must be around $4500? Then i see this: http://motorcycle.honda.ca/sport/cbr250r/2012 And then i see this...

Thank for all the replies and discussion guys. Definitely seems like a family from your post omnivore. Im figuring out the most cost effective way to get started, some number crunching involved haha. The 'start-up' costs are obviously the big numbers: bike+trailer+trailer vehicle. If...

LOL doing that many races would be insane! Im guessing you would need tri-athlete level fitness to be able to do that. This sort of brings up another topic- fitness. How fit are you guys? Or how fit do you need to be to take part in a full race/ endurance race?

Could you elaborate a bit more on endurance racing? Or a link where I could read further. Similar to Lemans im guessing, race is for 3 hours, categorized by class/engine capacity. Splitting costs among 3 friends definitely sounds very appealing.

As long as its fun and the costs aren't prohibitive, I'm definitely interested in reading more about it. will check the link thanks!

Thanks a lot for all the replies and discussion guys! So it would seem the minimum on a shoe-string budget on a weekend without friday practice would be: 160 (tyres) + 120 (1 race) + 50 (gas to track) + 90 (bike fuel) + 50(home made sandwiches lol) = $470

This exactly along the lines that I'm thinking. I was already looking at used open trailers. From what ive read, the only issue with the older bikes is that when something does break it costs a lot to fix? Any input?

Hey thanks for the welcome! I created a thread in the racing/track section, it sure isnt cheap. At this point im still assessing all the costs and all my options..

wow.. haha.. would your budget be to race at the front? If I just wanted to race for the fun of it, not win a championship, just race maybe at the back end, would it be much less?

That makes sense, thanks. So I could do one race per championship and a few championships per weekend. Thats a great idea. Will try and make it this weekend. At this point im thinking I should do track days next year, maybe join one race at the end of the season.

Would you guys recommend that I first do a few track days.. then race school then join? Maybe do track days for the first year?

Seems like you replied just as I was typing. Is this $600-$700 including all your costs? Gas, tires and food like Azin mentioned?

Thanks for the response! If I understand you correctly, those 5 races are over one single weekend? I thought the 5 was over the season? So the minimal I have to spend to get started would be: 152 (racing application) + 169 (racing school) + 118.65( one race) = $439

Hi guys! After going through this sub-forum I couldn't find any threads or sticky's relating to costs. If there is one apologies in advance...If there isn't one I'm sure this thread may be helpful to others. I am trying to get a budget going for 2014 and wanted to get a realistic number...

Hi guys. Just wanted to introduce my self. Loved bikes since I was a kid, I keep telling my self that I would buy a bike every year, but never happens. This summer I was seriously looking into getting my M1/M2 and buying a bike, but then I ran some quotes for insurance :( So now im thinking of...