tzr racing

[troutslayer]

went to cadders on saturday, had running probs with the 250, making maybe around 30bhp!!! still got the front well up over the mountain, and even managed to beat a few 400's thanks to the twisty woodland section and the Rookie400's inability to take corners! didnt get any pics though... Although the tzr was playing up, i had a couple of races in a honda blackbird powered supersidecar... WOW!!! could that thing accelerate???!!!!

anyways, heres some shots of me on the teezer from a meeting earlier this year at lydden. (copyright braking-zone.com, thx neil!)
http://www.troutslayer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/trout/images/racing/IMG_7467.jpeg
http://www.troutslayer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/trout/images/racing/IMGU9656.jpeg
http://www.troutslayer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/trout/images/racing/IMGU0442.jpeg

[Tark]

Again which club do you race with?

I was at Caadwell 9th 10th august.

[troutslayer]

i race with bemsee. we were at cadwell 16 august.
Again which club do you race with?
whooaaa, slow down fella! hadn't seen the last time u asked! :wink: i race 250's not 600's so everything needs to be at a slower pace for me :D

over the mountain n far away!!
http://www.braking-zone.com/images/bzone/EI/4/images/IMG_8526.jpg

[Dan]

Damm - so many people are posting photos of themselves out on the track... its making me depressed...... :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Simon]

lol dan youll just have to get your arse on a track and get some pics of urself :D

[Biker Dude]

All in good time Si!

[Tark]

Where have all the pictures gone?

And yeah Dan will get his ass on the track next season. Along with Tim and Jamie! :twisted:

[troutslayer]

ah, i had to have a tidy up on my own website, and some pics wil lhave gone missing...

[Biker Dude]

Yup...next season...we'll all be there!

[Simon]

im starting racing properly i mite already have a decent sponsor :D

[Biker Dude]

sweet... its allright for sum gettin sponsers b4 they even start.

[Tark]

Gte him to sponsor me too!! :lol:

[Simon]

Trouty i mite be seeing you next year then mate

Im buying a TRZ 250 now and im gonna start doing it up race fairing exhausts etc

then im gonna do a few track days on it and get used to racing it and then i was going to join bemsee and race it :D

Looks like i mite be racing you trouty :D

[Simon]

ive given up on getting sponsers

and ive given up on wanting to race aprilia 125's its just too expensive!

so im gonna fund it meself on a TZR 250 :D

[Simon]

All that ive gotta pray is that i dont run out of money :roll:

trouty how much did it cost you last season to run your TZR??

[Simon]

cause i was hoping it wouldnt reach the £2000 mark

otherwise im {EB} out of luck :(

[troutslayer]

simon, how old are you?

i'm not sure if you'll be able to get a license to run 250's?? check with the acu first.

ok, my tzr cost me £300 to buy (not running), £10 to repair (2 spark plugs!)... about £50 in bits n pieces converting to quick release fuel supply, £100 for a days worth of dyno testing. £250 for a set of tyres.

i did 8 meetings with the tzr's, plus 2 meetings in the 400's 9on the tzr), 1 test day at lydden, 1 test day at brands, and a half day at mallory. and a trackday at cadwell near the end of the season to test the exhausts. i changed tyres halfway thru season. half way thru season i had a top end tune/rebuild at £375.

my entry fees would have been about £100 a throw give or take, and test days would have been about the same (except mallory at £40). then maybe 28 litres of fuel and a litre of quality 2t oil each weekend... and food, and transport to/from.

so for 10 meetings, you'd be looking at:

bike (you'll get one for £800-£1000)
mid season top end rebuild (£200-400)
tyres (lets assume the bike has a good set on it already) £250
entries approx £1000 (but you can do these as and when u can)
fuel/oil £200 (working on approx £20 per meeting)
food/transport maybe £500

thats ur basic stuff. add to that: accident repairs, insurance, spares. if the crank go's on the engine then anywhere between £500-1000 depending on what else it takes out (to give u some idea, my crank is being rebuilt right now, purely as a preventative measure before it does go... it's costing me £750... crank rebuild, new p/valves and being honed to my original tune, right barrel honing, head re profile, plugs/gaskets etc.) oh, dont forget u might need some new clutch plates... friction plate set is £40, steel plates are tenner a throw if u need them. sprockets (ok, i been a bit tight on these and only bought one... so i got a 41t rear for snett, and a 43t rear for all others, but i'll be getting a 42t for brands/silverstone i think) £20 a time. clip ons, rearsets, exhausts (stock exhausts are best for power, but bad ground clearance and heavy, and they tend to snap! you WILL need spares!

so... u COULD do it on the cheap... put your entries in as and when u can afford to. i ran the first half of this season on a bog standard engine and did alright!

oh, i've costed it approx working on doing 10 rounds. there are 20 rounds in total!

try mz's if u wanna go cheaper. and dont laugh. they are as serious about theyre racing as anyone, and one of the closest competing classes about. a set of tyres will last a whole season and beyond. in fact, if you go to the bemsee website, in theyre forums is a poll on which class had the best racing, and i believe the mz's are winning it at the moment!
http://www.bemsee.co.uk/forum_gen/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=475

[Simon]

so we r lookin well over the £3000 mark maybe even £4000 depending if im crash prone :?

o yea im 15 atm but when i go to do the racing i will be 17

[troutslayer]

2 years then....

just get saving! racing is always changing. who knows, the tzr's may not be running in 2 years time.

[Tark]

I would have said you would be able to race for £3k a year but you will only be able to do it if you are wise with your money.

[Simon]

cool cheers guys...... wot i was thinkin is buying a TZR 250 now as long as it runs well im not bothered about the fairng...... then i am gonna do it up ready for march 2005 that give me PLENTY of time to get the bike ready and all the parts i need etc.....

and it will give me the chance to take it on the track and get used 2 it!

[Spider]

good plan stan and im gonna he;p ya with that!

[Simon]

help me with wot.......the only reason u wanna help is so that i give u that tail pieces of the fairing wen i change em lol!

[Spider]

yeah that and ur gonna have a big spiderug.com sticker on ur fairing! and im gonna build ya a website for it!

[Gazdaman]

Sorry to drag up an old thread.

Seems like everyone goes through the 'I'm gonna race a TZR250' stage then...

I'll assume you abandoned it Si?

We could all share costs, 3 of us go in as a little team? Just a suggestion.

Gaz

[Spider]

at that time in young simons life he didnt know what he wanted to do;)

[Biker Dude]

LOL.....and still doesn't