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my Lt mobile after OTS, UPT, etc, I'm too afraid of injury ruining everything I've worked for, so I've quit racing, and I'm going insane already, so first up as soon as soon I can spare the time/money, a year or two old Graves Yamaha race bike yeah I know its not street legal, but I waste so much cash racing i drive whatever is cheap on the road, my money waster has numberplates not headlights

I have not owned one, but I've raced several, of the 848's and 1098's I've raced and raced against, not one has lasted. Tranny issues in the two 1098's, one lost every gear but 4th, and one just ripped the tranny to shreds. The 848s both suffered bent shift forks and clutch master cylinder problems. I love the bikes, but they are not up the Japanese quite yet...I do admit racing is harder on bikes than street riding, but my Honda and the Suzuki's of my other teammates have never suffered a mechanical, while we've yet to see a Duc last a season. *the exception being the Air cooled 2v's. You're are right about those, they are AWESOME motors and I hate Ducati for axing the 1000DS supersport

yeah, I think prices went up to around $800, but call around, sportbiketrackgear.com is a good place and many trackday orgs like NESBA have in-house vendors that have regular sales! Certainly can't go wrong with Astars in the meantime

you can always look into "MotoGP" brand 'roo leathers. They're made by Madif industries, I've raced for 2 years in a set, crashed 4-5 times and only had to repair them once. I paid $650 for em

Ahhh, a fellow DAC fan. You have great taste in redneck country music!