50/50 Budget

[Bob_Defly]

If you had a budget of whatever, £5K, £10K, £20K... And you could spend 50% on a used bike, and the other 50% on upgrading it, what would you get?

As much as I'm still smitten by the current Panigale V2 Bayliss Edition, which is what £18,400 brand new, I do wonder whether you could get something better used for say ~£10K, and then £8K-£9K of upgrades, including replacing the whole suspension, carbon wheels etc.

Thoughts?

[ilikebikes]

Or what normally happens is to spend the entire budget on the bike, then spend another 50% on upgrades..

[trickywoo]

K5 gsxr 1000. Spank the latest Duc for pennies.

If you know, you know.

[Weso]

ilikebikes said:

Or what normally happens is to spend the entire budget on the bike, then spend another 50% on upgrades..

A bit like the 'things I don't like about my bike' thread.
Spend 12k on a new bike then change the suspension, put a pipe on, remap it etc etc etc
It's just the way.

[Bob_Defly]

trickywoo said:

K5 gsxr 1000. Spank the latest Duc for pennies.

If you know, you know.

Ha ha is that the revzilla video? LOL

To the other replies, I agree, that's why I feel like budgeting to spend a lot on upgrades is actually a good idea. Go into it knowing you are gonna rip the thing apart.

Edited by Bob_Defly on Wednesday 4th May 16:19

[dibblecorse]

Base 2022 V4 then add trick front & rear MUPO suspension, Full Termi System, CF Wheels, R11's or Vo2's, lairy paint job, and then go track daying ....

[Bob_Defly]

dibblecorse said:

Base 2022 V4 then add trick front & rear MUPO suspension, Full Termi System, CF Wheels, R11's or Vo2's, lairy paint job, and then go track daying ....

I'm guessing that would be a pretty expensive build?!?

Never heard of MUPO before, interesting stuff.

[dibblecorse]

Bob_Defly said:

dibblecorse said:

Base 2022 V4 then add trick front & rear MUPO suspension, Full Termi System, CF Wheels, R11's or Vo2's, lairy paint job, and then go track daying ....

I'm guessing that would be a pretty expensive build?!?

Never heard of MUPO before, interesting stuff.

Thats a c35k build, MUPO stuff is awesome, its awesome Ohlins money lol ...

[Stuart Fordyce]

Bob_Defly said:

If you had a budget of whatever, £5K, £10K, £20K... And you could spend 50% on a used bike, and the other 50% on upgrading it, what would you get?

As much as I'm still smitten by the current Panigale V2 Bayliss Edition, which is what £18,400 brand new, I do wonder whether you could get something better used for say ~£10K, and then £8K-£9K of upgrades, including replacing the whole suspension, carbon wheels etc.

Thoughts?

In this instance, an 848 Evo, with a Ducati Corse alloy tank to take care of the expanding plastic petrol tanks. Aside from the obvious full system, nice Brembos and custom suspension, I'd spend the money on going places so I could make use of it. Oh, and some heat shielding for under the seat, and something a bit comfier for me to make use of it. Oh, some uprated (LED?) headlights and a double bubble screen.

[scorcher]

£18400 for a V2? That’s a lot of Ducati scene tax isn’t it?

[dibblecorse]

scorcher said:

£18400 for a V2? That’s a lot of Ducati scene tax isn’t it?

On what basis?

[scorcher]

dibblecorse said:

scorcher said:

£18400 for a V2? That’s a lot of Ducati scene tax isn’t it?

On what basis?

Seems like a lot of money to me for a 950 v twin, but I generally balk at Ducati prices anyway when I start comparing prices. Even at £18400 it still needs a truck load of money spent on it on trinkets. With a decent exhaust and some carbon bits I reckon you’d be at 23-24k. A good investment in time I reckon as long as you’re not going to ride it.

[dibblecorse]

scorcher said:

dibblecorse said:

scorcher said:

£18400 for a V2? That’s a lot of Ducati scene tax isn’t it?

On what basis?

Seems like a lot of money to me for a 950 v twin, but I generally balk at Ducati prices anyway when I start comparing prices. Even at £18400 it still needs a truck load of money spent on it on trinkets. With a decent exhaust and some carbon bits I reckon you’d be at 23-24k. A good investment in time I reckon as long as you’re not going to ride it.

I wouldn't agree, at its price point its a great package, I have a mate that runs a stock one as his trackbike, he has had all sorts of exotica and says pound for pound its cracking value out the crate, only change he has made is to throw some trackday bodywork at it ...

Ducati have always been at a premium, bit like trying to compare a Cayman to a GT86, fundamentally similar but not the same ....

[Steve Bass]

Desired bike- KTM 1290S at $25k

Plan B- KTM 1190 S/R for 12k and a new KTM 300Xc-w for 11k

2 grand for farkles