i was just using it as a comparison like the golf analogy, (real simple comparison between 2 sports and the costs associated with both) and i'm not suprised that so much goes into them, and i was talking about parts that needed replaced after 1 race, not the whole bike. I know people who have more than $20,000 in the front forks of their moto bikes, and probably upwards of 200,000 in all the R&D, and hop up parts just for 1 bike... not me though...way too poor..lol , and this just cements the point even better, why would there even be a concern with the $50 if you have hundreds of thousands of dollars up there in the air???