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http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Dec/121220a.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Dec/121220a.htm)

Good news -- that new points system for riding like a dick should result in a significant increase in the number of threads about how political Dorna is.

I dunno...that seems like a Marc Marquez frequent flyer program  ;D

"To ensure that teams in the Moto3 are supplied with engines of the same specification at a reasonable price it has been agreed that engines will be supplied via the series organisers and distributed randomly. Engines will not be returned for maintenance but having completed normal mileage will be retained by teams for other purposes or sale on."

WTF?

I thought all the Moto3 engines were bought items?

And there's several manufacturers?

WTF?

OK, cliff notes here:

http://www.motomatters.com/analysis/2012/12/20/analyzing_motogp_s_new_rules_the_marquez.html (http://www.motomatters.com/analysis/2012/12/20/analyzing_motogp_s_new_rules_the_marquez.html)

Well there goes WSBK as we know it... [roll]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jan/130104a.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jan/130104a.htm)

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^ this! :P

gosh that's surprising.

I'm tellin ya...next they'll eliminate right turns.
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 :-X

let's see... MotoGP sucks, so let's grab ahold of the better series, WSBK, and make it suck more, so we don't look like we suck so bad.

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I was thinking about this...

Do you think this will slow down R&D for showroom sbk's because they prob wont allow that much engine modding under the new rules or spur development of stock engine power and create a new hp war?  Maybe see more homogolation specials?

I think manufacturers will spend/do as little as possible to keep selling new bikes....one thing's for sure, it'll be based on far more marketing and far less technology for a few years so the homologation specials (marketing) might be one way - although, for example, I don't know how well/poorly the Nicky Hayden Ducati sold.

the nicky duc wasn't a homologation special. he's referring more to the the ducati "r" or "rs" bikes, the kawasaki zx-rr, and yamaha yzf-r7 type models. those bikes are specifically built in adequate numbers to legalize configurations that are more desirable in race-trim than the sold-for-street-the-masses models.

Je comprends....aren't homologations produced in 'limited' numbers, like only 50 or 100 units?

2012 regulations were a minimum of 2000 units available to the general public by the end of the year.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jan/130116b.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jan/130116b.htm)

and the picture is starting to come clearer...

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Dorna: ruining perfectly good things since 1988...

we should just rename  [bang] from "bang" to "dorna"

Ah, didnt know that... so that's just going to kill off the homogolation idea I see... and I guess that 1199r's arent limited edition then?

no....and they haven't been for a while...they have been building "R" models for sale to privateer race teams as well as the general public for homologation for a long time....

At least half of that article is good news. Having CRT bikes being that far off the pace was ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as the prototype Ducs being that far off.

homologation idea?  2000 units = homologated.

Well I've finally get the point of Q1 and Q2

gets the CRTs out of the way of the GPs

Talking heads from the marketing departments...foam started to come out of my ears at around 2:30....

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/why-motogp-is-the-ultimate-alt-investment-zEMbM1VdTFWq_90vOpUcAQ.html (http://www.bloomberg.com/video/why-motogp-is-the-ultimate-alt-investment-zEMbM1VdTFWq_90vOpUcAQ.html)

This type of investment is exactly what the marketing egg heads need to expand MotoGP in the US. I'm surprised that the factories are not pushing for even more races in the US, simply because it's the one market that everyone should be focused on while Europe continues to be a mess.