Not to thread jack or anything, but one other nagging item is that I believe shortly before TOB went all crazy I saw a few posts that talked about how it wasn't really recommended that people use their street rides to do track days (e.g., me taking my monster), but it seems that most of what I'd seen in the past looked like people had monsters or other Ducatis no problem.
If DTM can race a pretty much bone stock EX-250 Ninja... it's an experiment in the de-evolution of a motorcycle actually. He runs 2 front tires, and when the one on the back gets too worn in one direction, he just flips it around ;:|... Well then, running a monster for a track day is perfectly A-Ok! wt:
(On a side note: If you ever get the chance to see Dan's 250 in person, politely walk to the other side of the RV before you start laughing!
Honestly though, for as ugly-duckling as it is, it was the only bike of the 3 Tigerbike Racing boys that managed to start, and finish, all of its races in the last round of AFM. And it took a 2nd place podium in its class! Tigre had his huge get-off, and DatV had mechanicals.)
