I always see track bikes going for so much less than a stock street bike of the same model. And they have plenty of performance upgrades like shocks, springs, chains, exhaust, rearsets, etc. What makes them cheaper besides not having a headlight? Because it's assumed they've been dropped plenty of times?

 

They are cheap for a number of reasons. To begin with, many track bikes have salvage titles and/or are not legally allowed to be ridden on the street. This alone will take away a great deal of value from a bike. The vast majority of people will never ride on a track so owning a track-only bike is not desireable.

 

many cheap track bikes ive seen are either salvage/no title bikes, have been down, or are on their last leg

but otoh, ive seen more than a few track bikes that go for the price of several street bikes combined. private racing aint cheap

 

it's all title.

 

Some of them are stolen as well, and thus have no title.

 

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Majority are bought new, ridden for a month, claimed stolen...And then converted into track bikes to never see the road again.

 

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Majority are bought new, ridden for a month, claimed stolen...And then converted into track bikes to never see the road again.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Bull ****! A total scum bag would try that, and There are very few scum bags at the track!

You might have stunters and road racers mixed up!

Eric

 

Well, the question is, would YOU buy one?

 

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I was thinking about...the aftermarket parts alone would probably make up for half the cost of the bike itself, and if it's able to run on the track i'm sure it's easy to make it run on the street.

And second reason i ask is because i'm taking mine out for the first time and if i want to sell it would it lower the value that it's been on the track crash or no crash?

 

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Bull ****! A total scum bag would try that, and There are very few scum bags at the track!

You might have stunters and road racers mixed up!

Eric </TD></TR></TABLE>

No, I don't. Infact, most racers are just as big of scum bags as the stunters. Every group has their ups and downs, pretending that track riders are any better is completely incorrect.


There are MANY shady "race" bikes out there.

 

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I was thinking about...the aftermarket parts alone would probably make up for half the cost of the bike itself, and if it's able to run on the track i'm sure it's easy to make it run on the street.

And second reason i ask is because i'm taking mine out for the first time and if i want to sell it would it lower the value that it's been on the track crash or no crash?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Taking a bike onto the track isn't going to lower it's value. Judging you since you asked this question, I'm going to assume you're not going to go quick enough to really ring the bike out much.

 

I probably won't "ring it out" but i still could do something noobish and crash, which i hope not to do..

 

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why? everyone crashes at some point. Going down isn't a big deal as long as you're geared up.

 

I've already crashed and just fixed it up nicely and don't wanna mess it up all over again.

 

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then don't ever ride it again. it's a F4I, not a desmo....

 

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then don't ever ride it again. it's a F4I, not a desmo....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Money is still money smart guy

 

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why? everyone crashes at some point. Going down isn't a big deal as long as you're geared up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Going down isn't a question of IF but WHEN. Unfortunately I experienced my first crash last month but with the proper gear and angels over my shoulders watching me, I live to ride another day.

 

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Sounds like you can't really afford to be doing track days then . . .