Flying Brick Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 “The main changes we have decided on are new rules for the MotoGP class. We will have four cylinder engines, 4-stroke of course, with a 1000cc maximum, and the bore of the cylinders will be 81mm.Aw, let them build a 1000cc 2-stroke if they want to. Should be fun to watch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harb67 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/motoczysz-c1-motogp-2012/#more-7207Proof positive that these rule changes are a good thing. Not only is that one more team that they'll [almost certainly] have entering, but it's a small private team that needed this exact type of measure in order to be able to get their foot in the door to begin with.I fail to see any downside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedogg624 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 downside: less wsbk by allowing basically superbikes into gp.upside: maybe some of that action will transfer over and make gp not so dull anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harb67 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 downside: less wsbk by allowing basically superbikes into gp.upside: maybe some of that action will transfer over and make gp not so dull anymore.Obviously it's way too early to tell, but I doubt that many teams would jump ship with a WSBK bike and stick it into MotoGP. Why leave a series you already have a bike built for and enter a new one where you'll have a hard time competing against prototype bikes and extremely heavily modified production-based bikes built to compete against said prototypes? Sure, it's possible this will draw some away from WSBK, but if teams are so concerned with cutting costs it's not really logical for them to pack up and switch to a new series.Who knows; 2012 is a long ways off and a lot of things could change. Here's hoping both series can stave off any more economic hardship long enough to make a solid recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 All this is really no issue anyways.WSBK will still have the better racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedogg624 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Who knows; 2012 is a long ways off and a lot of things could change. like the earth could explode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harb67 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 like the earth could explode.Nah, we'll never be that lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Punk Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 The cost to campaign a 1000 will be cheaper because they are limiting the number of engines you can use for the year. In order to keep the performance of the bikes to the 800 standards they went back up to the 1000 so they weren’t such temperamental bitches and so they could make them last more than one race. These bikes have very little to do with production bikes and I highly doubt you will be seeing privateers that can last a whole season which is how they commit to the series. This is allowing Suzuki and Kawasaki to field a team in this current economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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