A local guy that I know just got his brand new big bore trinity banshee back. The guy used to race flat track on a mostly stock banshee. He was always complaining about not being able to keep up with this one raptor at the local tracks.
This guy has trinity build him a brand new big bore banshee to the tune $25,000. The race was off 3 nights later. To make a long story short, the raptor with just a cam and high compression piston for engine mods beat him by 3 bike lengths. Now the guy is not rich, and he just got beat by a 7,000 quad. It was the first time i've seen a grown man cry. Moral of the story is,"Money does not make one-self faster"

JaMeS

 

Tell that to MR. W Coyote...he'll bolt those damn ACME rockets to anything. Those things can't be cheap.

Beep Beep

 

I am nearsighted, but do I see 3 zeros in that number? Was it a $2,500.00 modification or a $25,000 ground up race bike?

 

IT was a $25,000 "ground up" race bike. Nothing was left stock. That price includes the labor and setup of the quad. So, I'd imagine that there is around 20-23,000 in the bike without labor.
Raptor660. LoL

JaMeS

 

HEY !! I resemble that remark ! Yep, I have always thought good hardware could make up for my deficiencies. And it does, to some extent. A good ride is a good ride is a good ride. Then somebody with real talent comes along on a POS and blows me away. The old, "If I only had a (fill in blank), I could be a real contender!" is a dangerous and expensive credo.
.....I realized early that I was not a talented rider, just adequate. I won a few trophies in the novice class, and that was it. No promising career ahead, no endorsements, no stardom. But I was a good wrench, and got to hang out with the stars 'cause I fixed their bikes and made them go fast and win. So I won vicariously. My bikes won, even though I wasn't riding them. I still love to ride, and wished I could ride better, but now I'm a fat old fart and that is really out of the question. And I do love good hardware. It makes me go as fast as I can go, which is fast enough for me. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Raptor66RNH I just read your signature and lmfao. Tell ya what being 40 and racing against young fellows half your age is hard, come the third lap I'm burnt and these younguns are just getting warmed up.

TTFN