Looking to Race

[Tigger]

I did a full day of track day's last year and some the year before. I'm at the stage where the track day's just aren't enough - I want to race.

I have two bikes and 03 gixxer 600 that I set up as a track bike, and I have an Aprilia RS250 Challenge Cup bike. The 250 is the bike I 'tracked' all last year as it's just more fun than the 600.

My question is which bike for the novice season - the 250 is my favourite but it's not a 250gp (TZ or RS) and just think about putting against Gixxer 1000s is a little daunting, so I'm thinkng of the 600 to get thru the novice class.

Is the goal of the novice to basically get thru it without crashing so you can get to the classes you want to be in?

Any advice is appreciated.

[Steve]

Hey Tigger,

I would recommend the Gixxer for Novice and yes, the goal is to get through 6 races without crashing. After you complete your novice requirements, you can do whatever you want. Not that you couldn't run the 250 in Novice as there is no "winning" or scoring but why risk crashing the 250 if that's what you ultimately want to run.

[FISHGUY]

Tigger, my vote is with Steve. Run the 600 and then figure out what you want to do. Best of luck and welcome.....

Eric