Personally I wouldn;t have either, way to expensive for a track bike. £5k gets you a good old shape 675 with all the bits already on.
I bet the 899 running/servicing costs as a trackbike will be astronomical. Are you changing again FI . Or just adding to your collection
Seriously the days of having issues getting Ducati parts are long gone! I would say a 2013 675r personally for the track, the 899 is lush but it is another £2500 and that's a years trackday entries paid for!
See if there is anyone with a track 899 to try. U know what the Daytona is like but u might be more able on the 899 S1000rr ;-)
Yam r6 is going to be a triple in 2015 ish... that will make it interesting. .. Wobbley you are going to love it. ...s1rr are a sick bike. But get ecu flashed with race map. Better traction control. ....
I do love my 675 track, but I'm in lust with the 899. Realistically I'm not that interested in riding on the road so track is where I am. I want to race the 400 as I have more chance of riding that to its limits. So ex 899 race bikes end of this year?? Then it's a no brainer I'll get one of them
I bough a crashed s1000 off glen a few weeks ago in process of repairing it then I'll be on track with it
If you can't afford to crash a track bike and walk away from the wreckage then you can't afford a track bike. You can really total a bike on track! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
if you roll up at a track day with an 899 id imagine people would expect great things of you (i know i would - all the gear no idea etc....) are you ready for that?
Hahaha I'm tough skinned and it would just encourage me to get faster and better. If the weathers good I'll be up for snetterton in February as I need to try the 400 on the track, and I'd like out again before Almeria in march. Hope u get the s1000 built soon, be good to all be out on track as a group again. I can see if all my teaching and track days have paid off if I can keep up If there are race bikes at the end of this year then I will trade up my 675 for it. I'm guessing they would be about 9/8k? I'm just not interested in road riding anymore, and I have my Dark as my road bike and as it's customised to my Lucky 13 so I won't sell that. It doesn't make sense to get another road bike but I really want to have a 899 so if there are ex race bikes that would be perfect. Saying all this I really should get a job now as I haven't worked since sept so there will be no 899 until I do ! Think I might have one to start next week
I personally think the rear shock may be limited on the 899 for track; it's very capable on the road but maybe a Ohlins/Nitro would have more adjustment for track.
