What would you do?

[BurnCycle]

What would you do?

In your garage sits two bikes; first is a Ducati 998 the second a Honda RC51. One of them is destined to become a track bike, which one?

[Bugtooth]

Is the 998 an "r" or "s" or just a 998? - If it is just a 998 (that sounds wrong) I would track out the RC from a $$ standpoint alone - If the Duc ever were to go down, it could get pretty $$$ - Plus, I think a Duc is just toooo nice for the track unless you gots mad $$ to spend - The 998 is the last of the old 916 styling and I would hate to cause such beauty any harm!!! My .02 !

[BurnCycle]

For clarification... It's 'just' a 998.

[KBOlsen]

The Arsey.

[Bugtooth]

I did not mean it to sound that way Burn The reason I ride a TLR is because I cannot afford a new Duc - I do not want to go used, I like new and I am not down with the 999 looks - If I could afford an '02 998, I would not be posting on this board.

Now a 998r - FAHGEDABOUDIT!

[Steve TLS]

RC.

This is purely hypothetical yeah? You haven't got a surprise for us have you?

Sell the Duc and the Hondah, buy 2 TLR's for the track and 1 "S" for the street.

[horkn]

tough call. for a track whore, the arsey.... cheaper on parts, but that chiropractor bill is going to be astronomical.....

[SDTLR]

Please don't crash the Duc on the track....sacrifice the RC....please

[MonkeyClaw]

The RC is going to be cheaper to build up and to crash!

[PutteLiten]

Originally posted by Steve TLS
RC.

This is purely hypothetical yeah? You haven't got a surprise for us have you?

Sell the Duc and the Hondah, buy 2 TLR's for the track and 1 "S" for the street.

Sell the 998, buy 2 TLR
Keep the RC

Make one of the TLR a trackbike. Keep the other as a spare...


998 are freaking expensive. Was looking at one last week. Even though it was an 996 SPS, im not kidding. You get two MINT condition TLR for the same prize! And you have US$1000 over for insurance!

For the 916 that was standing next to it, youyll get on TLR mint condition and an XR650 for fun.

Sure, Ducati is nice, but not THAT nice...

[Crusher]

I'd make the Duc. the track bike and keep the RC as the reliable street machine

[GXRKLR]

F**k the Duc, keep the RC as the reliable street bike as Crusher suggested. Then buy another biek and trick it out for the track and have money left over to support your track days for the next two years.

[Stupify]

Gotta be the RC. I can't see wadding up an expensize bike like that for fun.

[BurnCycle]

This is not about me... My neighbor is having some issues about how to best utilize the bikes in his stable.

He's been going back and forth about which way to go. He loves the Duc and originally that was going to become the track bike because the RC is brand new. With the more track days he's doing he's deciding that one of them would be best served as a track bike. That way there’s no issues about how their maintained and for what reason.

The TLS is still in my stable and will be for a while. Between the two of us we have a good representation of V-twins going on.

[Tlspilot]

Decisions, decisions decisions