PJM I think Eddie J is the one two answer these questions for you. I'm likewise looking to go the 2stroke route as i'm bored of the diesels , you just can't beet the feel and smell of a stroker!
Some time over the next week or so (when time permits) I shall try and get a costings sheet together for the TZ and RS.
I still think that it a double edged sword running a pukka GP250 bike on trackdays though. Gp bikes take alot of effort to ride properly and whilst they are the ultimate experience, they could also be your worst.
I can see where fontyy is coming from when he talks about using a road biased two stroke on trackdays and a standard road biased bike is going to be less daunting and would certainly be more forgiving than a pure race bike. I ran a standard RGV for two years on trackdays with no hassles or breakdowns. I was very lazy with it and only pulled the heads off a couple of times in that period!
The bike was even very good on tyre wear. The down side is that unless it rains, you don't have quite as much fun when riding in the fast group, simply because of the point and squirt mentality of 600cc plus riders that leave you on the straights and then hold you up on the corners.
I do have a confession about getting fed up with a 916 rider a few years ago who was doing just this. I put up with it for nearly the whole day, he kept coming past me on the straights and then holding me up in the corners. In the afternoon, enough was enough and I stuffed it under him big time at Druids. I waited for him to pass me after Graham hill, but nothing happened. I waited again along the start finish straight, but he still did not come past. When I got back around to Druids, I saw a 916 upside down in the gravel with its headlights still on and facing the track!
At this point I thought oh shit! I completed the lap, put the bike in the van and went home!!!
The story did not end there though as a mate happened to do some work around a house in a village near to me, and in the garage was a smashed up Duke. It turned out to be the same guy and he told my mate how some idiot on an RGV under took him!
Getting back on the GP versus ride bike situation, I can see that there are alot of pros to running a road bike, but I personally would always choose the race bike as maintenence is a hell of a lot easier to carry out on a purpose built race bike than that it is on a road biased bike.
A better route would be to buy two bikes
A road based 2t and then keep the Pukka GP250 for odd sessions in between when you fancy a bit of a change.
Another point that is worth thinking about, is that GP250 race bikes do not suit the riding style of everybody. This was pointed out to me by Bemsees' Dave Stuart as I have a tendancy to loose the front end of the bike quite often on left hand corners, he had noticed this and felt that it was worth mentioning!.
This only ever happens when I ride a 250 though!
icarus1859, the guy in the North that you refer to. Does he only sell road based 2 strokes? If it race only bikes, then I think that I know who he is and his bikes come from the same source as mine.
