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The racing bug. I haven't raced cars or bikes for 2 years now and it's driving me up the wall. Actually it's driving my wife, Danielle, up the wall. She just told me it's time i go race again because i'm turning into a frustrated old fart. Trackdays are just not the same. I gotta race and i gotta win. Can't cope with being one of the "also runs". I wanna win, so fuckit i'm going racing next year, come hell or high water. Time to consider my options.
Porsche - Car is just about ready, mechanically, but we need to do the bodywork to accomodate the fat rubber. I think I can win the local Porsche challenge hands down if i put my mind to it, but Porsche racing is $$$$ expensive and i dunno if i can fund a full season outta my pocket.
Alfa - My little GTA is 100% race ready. I think I can walk away with the historics championship not problem, but i promised one of my partners a season in the Alfa, so I guess he'll drive that next year.
Supermono's - Aaaah, bike racing, now we're talking da real shit. I got close to winning the local championship in 2000 and i think i still have it in me to win that, if i really got serious about it. Problem is my supermono is in pieces all over the Hammerit factory. Will have to put it together and to make it competitive i'll have to do laps and sort through the teething problems, but i kinda lost touch with supermono click...
Classic bikes - I got the Bimota and I think I'll be very competitive in that class, but there's no way I'll have it ready for next year's season.
Battle of the Twins. Now we're talking. My TL's got all the shit I need to be very competitive in the class. All i need is race bodywork, wonder where i can get some? He-he. I reckon i could be in the top 5 from the start. Only problem is i take one look at my TL and every braincell in mind is tellin me i'd be crazy to go race a neat bike like this. I think I've become emotionally attached to this bike.
Buy a 600 race bike? Nope, the snotnoses of today are way to fast and I'll be way, way off pace. They ride for a future and to get noticed. I wanna race for pleasure. Don't get me wrong, i can be fast, but i don't wanna risk crashing so often. Been there done that enough in my life... At 43 new spares are getting kinda hard to find.
So what am I to do? Maybe i should just do a bit of all the above for convenience sake, but i would really like to concentrate on something and pull off a championship for once in my life. Maybe i'm just talking shit. Maybe i should just stick to trackdays, but it really pisses me off when i'm told i'm not allowed to overtake in corners. Maybe I'm getting old and should just accept the fact that i'm a has-been? No, fuck that, i can still lift some eyebrows...
Gotta go race. Gotta go race. Gotta go race. Gotta go race....
Porsche - Car is just about ready, mechanically, but we need to do the bodywork to accomodate the fat rubber. I think I can win the local Porsche challenge hands down if i put my mind to it, but Porsche racing is $$$$ expensive and i dunno if i can fund a full season outta my pocket.
Alfa - My little GTA is 100% race ready. I think I can walk away with the historics championship not problem, but i promised one of my partners a season in the Alfa, so I guess he'll drive that next year.
Supermono's - Aaaah, bike racing, now we're talking da real shit. I got close to winning the local championship in 2000 and i think i still have it in me to win that, if i really got serious about it. Problem is my supermono is in pieces all over the Hammerit factory. Will have to put it together and to make it competitive i'll have to do laps and sort through the teething problems, but i kinda lost touch with supermono click...
Classic bikes - I got the Bimota and I think I'll be very competitive in that class, but there's no way I'll have it ready for next year's season.
Battle of the Twins. Now we're talking. My TL's got all the shit I need to be very competitive in the class. All i need is race bodywork, wonder where i can get some? He-he. I reckon i could be in the top 5 from the start. Only problem is i take one look at my TL and every braincell in mind is tellin me i'd be crazy to go race a neat bike like this. I think I've become emotionally attached to this bike.
Buy a 600 race bike? Nope, the snotnoses of today are way to fast and I'll be way, way off pace. They ride for a future and to get noticed. I wanna race for pleasure. Don't get me wrong, i can be fast, but i don't wanna risk crashing so often. Been there done that enough in my life... At 43 new spares are getting kinda hard to find.
So what am I to do? Maybe i should just do a bit of all the above for convenience sake, but i would really like to concentrate on something and pull off a championship for once in my life. Maybe i'm just talking shit. Maybe i should just stick to trackdays, but it really pisses me off when i'm told i'm not allowed to overtake in corners. Maybe I'm getting old and should just accept the fact that i'm a has-been? No, fuck that, i can still lift some eyebrows...
Gotta go race. Gotta go race. Gotta go race. Gotta go race....
.i would go for the least expensive and the most fun!
. Yoshimura bolt on Titanium cans. Yosh box remap. Joe V airbox mod. plug in TRE. 17/41 sprockets. Zero Gravity double bubble screen. 
fan switch. HyperPro steering damper. Extreme Graphic Top Gun undertail. Ohlins rear shock.
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