Jpeay819;225066 wrote: All, looking for a good starter bike. Any feedback on this one? D-Zums offer is interesting...
This was my bike until the beginning of last season. It's a very solid bike, has some nice aftermarket pieces, stuff that if you bought a non-track or non-race bike, would cost you more than the entire cost of this bike. Has a nice cache of spares. It's not the prettiest bike out there, and you can't run AMA pace, but it will take you to A group without any further upgrades, without question.
FWIW, my best time at Calabogie was on that bike, and when I went back with a newer 600, I couldn't match it (I think it was me more than the bike, but that's kind of the point).
Bike is getting cheap enough that I'm actually considering buying it back, shipping it to Barber, and just doing fly-n-rides.
Dan B