Streetfighter Project-GS500F

[Tyler.M]

IMHO, going/spending further is kind of silly with this bike.

Yeah, true. Thanks for the tips. All that stuff is relatively cheap too, which is nice. Honestly, I think the most of my expense will be in racing leathers and boots which I'll have to save up for. I'm gonna see if I can save up 2k before this summer and get everything set up. I was thinking of doing Summit Point's Xcitement racing school so I can get certified for some track days and all that jazz.

I think what you need to do is to stop giving a shit about resale value. Like, completely.

i think you're probably right, and I think that my concern about profitability is what is really screwing with my head. I'm just going to ride the damn thing and stop giving shits about it. I'll upgrade when I have a job where I can get a brand spankin' new bike and worry about shit later. I'll just fix the broken stuff and maybe do a few cosmetic things... but not too much else. I need to stop thinking about it as a money pit and just focus on the fact that I'm putting this money into something I enjoy a lot so it's not really a waste at all. Sometimes tho, when money gets tight, all I think about is profitability to get myself out of a hole and I struggle with things like that. I.E. my entire m3 experience.

I don't think I explained this proper, but I bought fairings mainly because I found them cheap, and I heard that some track schools require fairings on bikes. I don't think Summit does, but I just wanted to make sure I had everything I needed to pass tech whenever that roles around. I prefer riding with fairings then riding without...its much more comfortable and I think this bike will be a good commuter/all purpose bike before too long, and I might try some longer overnight trips once I get some bags. I'm reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance right now... so obviously the bug to do a long motorcycle trip has bitten. Graduation is coming up, and I don't see there being any better time.