Track or road riding

[pat_y]

Chaps, bit of a dilemma at the moment and could do with some of the collective wisdom.
I have had track bikes now for the past 3 years, have had great fun doing 4 or 5 a year. Not a great amount i know but enough to get the whole adrenalin junkie thing out of the system.
I have not ridden on the road in that time at all.
I have recently become a dad (2 months ago) and am finding that i really am not having time (or going to have it in the near future) to do this trackday thing so was wondering, should i buy a road bike and 'scratch that itch'.
Really cannot justify having one of each so, Maybe get some race plastics and try to do race and road on the same bike, also the cost of running the Audi is getting a bit eye watering these days, maybe a 2000 blade or GSXR 1000 would be great for both applications.
Anyone else track and road on the same machine?

[m3psm]

Road riding is a completely different game to trackdays so I'd say no. Stick to trackdays and do less of them. If you whole riding is based on hooning around a track as fast as you dare, then speed limits, oncoming traffic and general numpty levels will soon have you kissing the tarmac.

They are very different experiences, so I'd think carefully.

[black-k1]

m3psm said:

Road riding is a completely different game to trackdays so I'd say no. Stick to trackdays and do less of them. If you whole riding is based on hooning around a track as fast as you dare, then speed limits, oncoming traffic and general numpty levels will soon have you kissing the tarmac.

They are very different experiences, so I'd think carefully.

Wise words!

Also, you won't see much of a saving from running a car if you move to a 'Blade or GSXR1000 (It'll probably cost you more to run!)

[pat_y]

To be fair i have done quite a few miles on the road, just not recently. The current Audi is a bit thirsty(23-24 mpg) and was kind of hoping perhaps a litre sports bike might give me some savings on the MPG front.
Last road bike was a SRAD 750 and i seem to remeber that didn't drink too much.

[black-k1]

pat_y said:

To be fair i have done quite a few miles on the road, just not recently. The current Audi is a bit thirsty(23-24 mpg) and was kind of hoping perhaps a litre sports bike might give me some savings on the MPG front.
Last road bike was a SRAD 750 and i seem to remeber that didn't drink too much.

The little you gain in mpg will be more than lost in tyres/chain.

[m3psm]

It's not the MPG that gets you. It's the chains, sprockets, tyres, pads etc that last about a quarter what they do on a car. Factor these in and you'll be no better off financially.

The big saving though is on time spent commuting. I save at least a hour and a half a day on the bike.

[StuB]

pat_y said:

To be fair i have done quite a few miles on the road, just not recently. The current Audi is a bit thirsty(23-24 mpg) and was kind of hoping perhaps a litre sports bike might give me some savings on the MPG front.
Last road bike was a SRAD 750 and i seem to remeber that didn't drink too much.

Same here actually, great bike my SRAD, seems fairly bullet proof and cut's it in the fast group no problem on road tyres (Diablo's - though now gone soft -> SC Pro's).

I'm sure I see about 100-110 before the fuel light comes on - which I think is mid 30's.

My mate bought a mint low miles one recently for £1700 too.