What was your first track bike?

[tached1000rr]

Just curious what bike was your first track bike? heck for that matter what do you ride now on the track? I hope to get a dedicated bike for the track this year, it will be a 600cc, it will be an older bike to begin with something in the 98-02 range.

I have two bikes now, I love my CBR 1000 too much to even think about it going right now. It's my street and mountain twisty rider. I also have a Ninja 500 and I'd take it to the track in a heartbeat and will perhaps do so until I get the 600cc in the stable.

[lauralynne]

First bike I rode on the track was an R6 - not mine though. My first track/race bike was an FZR600 (with no brakes...sigh, those were the days LOL).

Now I've got an SV650 that I track/race

[Ninjakel]

The only bike that I have had on the track is my current one, 2003 Gxsr 750.

[fasternyou929]

First bike on the track was a 2000 929RR (RIP). Now I take my current bike, an '07 1000RR.

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

First bike on the track was a 2000 929RR (RIP). Now I take my current bike, an '07 1000RR.

What tracks in NC do you frequent?

[DaveDD]

My first was my street bike...'03 Buell XB9S. Too slow, but really fun in the tight parts. Really fun all around, but just not fast enough. I have a '98 ZX6R now. Wrecked at Homestead last June and need to get some new plastics, fix a few things, and bend a few things back in place.

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

What tracks in NC do you frequent?

VIR is all I've ridden in NC, but I go to CMP in SC and Summit Point in West Virginia also. You?

[was92v]

My 1st track bike was a 20 year old Yamaha RD350 that I raced in Vintage classes on Sat and in modern classes on Sunday.

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

I also have a Ninja 500 and I'd take it to the track in a heartbeat and will perhaps do so until I get the 600cc in the stable.

I raced a 95' 500 Ninja some, but it was too slow and it cost too much to make it fast. I grafted an FZR400 front end on it, which worked great and the thing handled OK, just too slow to be competitive.

[PhiSig1071]

'03 GSXR600, it's my do-everything bike. I've commuted on it, trackdays, touring, everything. I picked up the KTM as a hooligan and track bike, but it's only good on tracks with short straights. Palm Beach, Roebling, Daytona etc it's death.

My recommendation? Do a couple trackdays on the 500, to get into the swing of trackdays. Then go onto your local track forum or the wera forums (forums.13x.com) and pick up a retired racebike for your track slut. I am converting my GSXR over to a track slut and it's expensive, you'll get more for your money buying a bike that's already built.

[Cutty72]

Mine was my 1125R. Worked great but is a better street bike.

if/when i get a dedicated track bike it will probably be a 675 or a 750.