Fix up m3 or Buy motorcycle

[BoxFlares]

Well the wife came to me and said "you need to get out and buy a motorcycle or fix-up the m3 so you can do track days and autoX"

So I have about $5500 burning a hole in my pocket.

I found a TL1000s yesterday that I can get for about $5k

On the car I need to get the suspension redone about: $1500
and the front and rear airdam/spoiler repainted/repaired: $1000
That leaves me with 3000 to allocate to other things.

I already have a set of cams on the way so what should/Could I do w/ the other $3000??

Thanks of all the input in advance.

[Magnus]

Buy your wife something for being so damn cool. OR, how about a better suspension and buy her $1,000 worth of love. Do you have GC?

[BoxFlares]

no I was thinking of going w/ basics like H&R and bilstiens.

Yes my wife is beyond super cool.

but I have to do one or the other not both (at least not immediately eventuially I'll have both taken care of.)

[SA E30 driver]

Well all I can say is fix the Bimmer

[M3NTAL Kev]

I would suggest the following list...

[list=1][*]GC coilovers, with properly valved shocks and camber/caster plates[*]Maxx (or other) Alpha-N setup[*]Something nice for your wife :D[/list=1]

[Carlo M3]

Forget the TL1000s.

[BoxFlares]

so your saying stick the $5k into the car? :D

[Carlo M3]

I wish I had $5k to spend on my car right now !

[Highrever]

TL's are beasts, but something V-twin sportbike that hugs the track tighter than grandma on Thanksgiving would be a 99 or so Ducati 748, but I'm a fan of Ducs, so take it with a grain of salt. Not to mention a nice used 748 would be a bit more expensive than 5k, unless you buy a monster.

5000 sounds like alot for the M, but it's not. I say it ultimatly comes down to which you would ride/drive more, beating up the M at the track all the time will be more expensive down the road, but a used bike to thrash would be sweet.

[Evo2Trela]

Id get the bike , , why you ask ? for the reason that you will have a bike wich is just as cool as the E30 M3 and second you can sneek and fix up the M3 over some time and at the end have bouth , what can be better then that .

[M39023]

I actually roadrace,i have a 2000 yzf r6 wsmc ssport for a few yrs now,and an owner of an e30 m3 for about approx 9 yrs.My advice is that the M3 is more of a long term project and not need to be rush.As far as getting into bikes, well that too is very addicting.If your itching to take some track days with a bike i suggest for you to go to a track school where they provide everything and teach you far more than what street riding will ever!.I can honestly say that my interest of racing my m3 at the track has greatly decrease and will only do on special occastions like when i get new thing for it.The're both fun sport but racing bikes are more physically involve.So to answer your question, i wouldn't recommend you spending 5k on a bike that most likely be needing some work specially when used at the track.I would probably concentrate more on the M3 and get everthing sorted out and definetly try to enroll in a track school for you to feel whats it like to ride a bike at the track.If you need more info on this i'll gladly answer more ??
send me a PM cuz this could be a long dicussion . Good luck!!!

[VtwinVince]

I was out dropping the hammer today on my VTR, big twins are GOD. I'd go for a Tiller over the S though.

[BijanH(do not do business with me)]

save it for your childrens education or something else responsible, nope, spending it would be more fun .

i would see if i could find a used SV650 for around that amount. have a hell of a lot of fun on that while people luagh at how fruity i look, and then get a shiny new RC-51 a little down the road.

[jmarch]

One look at my collection and I bet you'll guess my answer. Still looking to add a Boxster S someday.

[Manhattan]

Gee, sounds like me. I was going to buy a race bike that was a great deal, but I'd have to buy new leathers and such too, so it would end up being more in the end.

I didn't want to go too thin so I'm only investing in my business, and hopefully by the time summer comes, I can get busy with the M3.