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Ok, needknees posting about me going to a trackday in the goon rides thread pushed me to actually post this. I've been thinking about doing track days this year, but I have a couple of things that hopefully someone can help me out with. First of all, I was planning on getting a Tilt custom before doing this as it's not too expensive and I seem to be a bit tall for the off the rack stuff. My main concern, though, is the bike. I'm sure some of you remember, but right now I have a Katana 750 and an Aprilia RSV1000R. Right now I am really not very comfortable with the idea of starting out riding track on a literbike, especially one which would probably be more difficult than most to get fixed up again after a crash. I am open for advice on this, though. As for the Katana, I don't mind using it on the track but it doesn't seem well-suited for it. People don't make race fairings or sliders for it. Any comments or suggestions?
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laymil posted:What year is the Katana? Your first track days don't have to be on a full-on race bike It's an '03. And yeah, I don't mind it's not a race bike. If I was all gung-ho about a full-on race bike I would just track the Aprilia  . It's more that I would have to run the OEM fairings without frame sliders if I track the Katana. So if I crash it, wallet->ouch.
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Mar 24, 2010 19:52
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Z3n posted:Generally, the rule of thumb is: Which bike can you afford to see cartwheel? Whoa, I had no idea. Looks like there are a couple of Ebay stores from China and Hong Kong that sell complete fairing sets for it. Are those pretty equivalent to the stuff from Suzuki? Or would I be better off buying those first and putting them on for the track? laymil posted:You can get frame sliders for the Katana you have: Awesome, thanks. Between you two guys looks like I'm tracking the Katana this year. Best forum ever.
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