Superbikes it's not cheap you buy the tyres maybe £160 a set x 4 sets Wets,Inters,SC1's and SC'2 then a set on the bike and a backup set for what your running. Fuel controlled by BSB maybe £100 - £200 for 50 litres x 4 drums a weekend for 2 superbikes min. Carbon fibre bodywork + paint £3000 a set, then a team of 10 men food each day somewhere to sleep from Thurs to Sunday and for us flights for 10+ people each round and ferry crossings and we do the roads as well in between BSB so we can have 10 weeks of straight racing no gaps, race weekends 7am - 10/11pm everyday and on Sunday a full day pack up and at Brands hatch 6hr drive to Holyhead 3hr boat (sleep) Dublin 6am at the workshop 8am. So to find all the money is hard and Mr Flint has to sell a lot of music to cover it and hope no one backs out of their deal or goes bust. On top of all that you have damage you could loose the entire bike in a crash with nothing useable after at £50,000 - £100,000 which can soon put a team out of business.