running costs?

just wondering if anyone knows what the running costs would be for a season? including everything (travel roughly, parts, race entry fee etc)

Well it all depends on:

Where you live?
How many times your bike blows up?
How many races you do?

I don't know the definitive answer as I don't race (but do go to all the meetings) but I reckon around £500 per meeting should/would cover it.

Someone will come along soon and give you an exact (Peter Tibbitts anyone) breakdown of the costs for a season. It may be a bit of an eye opener, who knows?

Most importantly, don't forget to budget for photographs as well

Rusty
Sport-Pics

Costs typically as I see them.

Race entries:
£100 ish for a 1 day meeting.
£200 ish for a 2 day meeting.
Fuel for Van £ 30 to £90 depending on how far!
Fuel for bike £ 15 to 20 depending on how many races you pack in etc..
Eating maybe £20 but you can control this cost to suit yourself.
Spares/tyre wear/breakdowns/Sportpics pictures (Russ likes that one!) you can probably put into £50 a meeting as a general thing unless you fall off a lot or break things a lot like me!
Add the costs of getting your transport and bike built too! plus the licence etc and the start up year is a bit punishing...

There are typically 7 or 8 meetings a year, but you can pick and choose if you are a bit skint. Meetings work out cheaper per race for the two day meetings as the costs are more spread out.
So not a particularly cheap hobby but seriously rewarding if you can get out there.
Cheers,
Alan

Last time I added it up was in 1985, after I had done the full 1984 season with testing days included. Was around £800. Probably multiply that by 4, gives £3200.

thanks for the info.

So it would work out at about £2000 for the running costs for a year and then add on the £40 odd race license and ££££ for the bike?

I worked it out once (long time ago) including lost over time for Sat $ Sun. Decided never to do it again in case her indoors found out.

Just to add to the start up costs is the ACU licence. If you have not had one before, and do not have a motorcycle licence, then you can add £150 to this figure, if you have a motorcycle licence, then this is cut to £93 (2008 figures)
Well worth every penny, if in doubt talk to Scutty!!!!

There is a simple equation in all of this.

Overwhelming desire to race x some money = you are on the grid.

It depends how much you want to get there.

If I added up all the money I spent on racing and divided it by the fun I had, I would still be in front!!

Rusty