The cost of racing

[cluke92]

Just wandering if anyone has every added up the cost of a years racing.

I was speaking to a mate bout it and was going to do it this year, but he warned me not to cos he said i would have a heart attack and wouldnt even consider racing anymore.

[RacersEdge]

That could be dangerous, carl

[motoxxx]

dad told me to never do that.buy what you need, when you need it.i think i would cry with the amount of money i'd spend in a year:rolleyes:

[cluke92]

i did it for a few weeks at the beginning of the season, and it was mounting up a bit then so i decided not to.

also think i had spent alot of money at the beginning of the season gettin kit and registering for series, which was alot of money before the season started

it would be interesting to see, just so that a budget could be set the next year. then again the amount of spares im going through at the moment in rediculous

[Too Fat To Fly]

I would not like to guess. My tip would be simple: Don't have a fourstroke.
Expensive to run full stop, you lose loads of money on new ones....etc etc in a nutshell, 2 stroke 'till I die!!!

[sn1p3r]

I'm pretty serious about mountain biking and so I thought I was doing myself a favour by calculating the costs. It came to near enough £11k in one year! That was £9k on 4 new bikes and £2k on clothing, travel, helmets and the obligatory once a year trip to the Alps for some proper downhill action. Those are only my costs as the wife also rides bikes so I've actually spent far more than that in a year.

I've taken up motocross to save money! :eek: :LOL:

[63]

i have to pay a fair share of my motocross, i put money towards the bike,and i buy everything i brake and clothes etc. but i dont think i could of lasted a year without my parents help, they pay for the races :D seen as im still at college. well inless anyone wants to employ for a apprentice electrician??? any offers?