Im a relative newcomer, paid £1000 for my first mc21r complete with burnt out pgm and seized PV's in 2003. Didnt even bother taking it for a test ride, it looked so pretty I just had to have it.
Paid £1050 for the mc21SP in 2005 Couldnt get my money out quick enough to be honest!
I bought my mc21r track bike in bits about 2 1/2 years ago for £400, spent about that much again or more on bits for it....I now have an even bigger pile of bits and no track bike