Where's the;
'I owned a Rothmans mc28sp and an mc28 racebike but I sold them both to buy an mc18 and an mc21 (and "make" about £4k)'?

RaceFan wrote:Most people can't ride for ship or can't tell what a good setup is so what does it matter.

I see what you mean but no matter what the standard of rider, he'll be quicker on the faster, better setup bike.
I recently "swapped" my mc28 for an mc21 (bought the '21, sold the '28 ) and I'll guarantee anyone would lap any track (or cover any road journey they actually rode as fast as they could) a lot quicker on the '21.

And setup is no black art, all you do is get a lap timer, change something and see if it feels better and/or if you go faster or not.

Plenty of people who haven't timed themselves round a track think they're times will be all over the place but as long as you're using decent reference points, doing the same thing every lap and getting a clear run you're going to find you're lapping within a second or so all the time.
Of course, if you're not, if you're "racing" a dozen of your mates, braking just after you see God and running off line all the time none of that applies.
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