How about the sale of 20,000+ GSXR units per year
Its not like no one will have a GSXR in DMGs version.How about the sale of 20,000+ GSXR units per year! Sounds like a good reason to stay to me
. If Honda, Kawa, Yama stay, I really don't think Suz could afford to leave
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Maybe, but POOR quality ridersIts not like no one will have a GSXR in DMGs version.How about the sale of 20,000+ GSXR units per year! Sounds like a good reason to stay to me
. If Honda, Kawa, Yama stay, I really don't think Suz could afford to leave
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Its just that no one will have a factory Suzuki ride if they pull out.
DMG is wanting the rules to equalize the bikes and replace factory teams with sponsored teams. So that will play into Suzuki's hand, there'll still be Suzukis racing.
I haven't watched the races yet so either one of two things could've happened:
Yup! The 2 best moto racing series in the WORLD!!Well, in a few months we'll see who pulls out and what happens
At least there'll be WSBK and MotoGP
The new rules basically eliminate the Superbike series as we know it as well as the Supersport series. The new premier series would be the "Daytona Superbikes" which is the equivalent to the current 600cc Formula Extreme series. Then they will have the new "Literbike Series" which will be not too far off from the current AMA Superstock series. All would require Spec Fuels, Spec Tires and perhaps even issue Spec ECU's at each race and all would have HP limits as well. They would eliminate the 16.5" wheels from Superbike and also the 6.25" wide rim width now used. They also eliminate aftermarket forks and shocks and non-homologated brake components as well. Basically everything that makes a Superbike a superbike is no longer allowed. But then they go on to mandate that if a Manufacturer wants to participate at all they must field 4 bikes in each race and not one AMA team at the moment has the capacity to field four bikes. The new rules are generally not being recieved well by anyone. The up side is that the purses will be bigger and potentially TV coverage would increase and the sport in general would prosper albeit in the absence of its fastest most challenging class of racing and the best and brightest talent.
I watched a couple of MotoST races last year. I didn't realize it but I guess I fell asleep 15 minutes into it!!
I got what you were getting at and I appreciate what DMG wants (needs)to do but I still question the execution of the plan as s whole. At the moment the big money in bike racing seems to be coming from Energy drink manufacturers, and telecoms. The days of Tobacco funding are long since gone and Alcohol would seem to be hot on its heels (everywhere but Nascar that is). We now have Rockstar, Monster and Redbull all sponsoring people and even entire series in the US. What percentage of those folks are going to stay the course (or even increase funding necessary to support four rider teams) through this transition without the draw of the big nasty Superbikes? The World Superbikes, British Superbikes, Australian Superbikes and even Canadian Superbikes are all pretty successful in their respective markets because of this I presume. I can't answer all the questions but speaking as a fan I can say I don't dig the direction at the moment. I would really like to hear what some of the old guard have to say about it? The Kenny Roberts', Eddie Lawson's and Kevin Schwantz's of the world. So Far all I have really heard is from Mladin and Mel Harris and they seem to be likewise unhappy with it.Pics were in effort to illustrate that more money brought into the sport made better conditions for everyone over a long period of time , even the spectator but , who benefits from this ?
The slow guy who qualifies 20th position is who and hopefully he's not the guy who takes other riders out . 18th place on the start grid is who has that job . Matt Maladin could see clear through it all .
All we can do is sit and watch it all unfold and ..
Yak about it
