1000cc in 2012

[Raux]

getting their engine is one thing...using it is another....given the chassis's and how custom they are going to have to be for the production engines....

so if two teams are using different frames for the same engine, seems that if one crt is dominating with that motor, the other team could claim their motor and see if it was the motor?

[zooom]

so if two teams are using different frames for the same engine, seems that if one crt is dominating with that motor, the other team could claim their motor and see if it was the motor?

yeah...in theory...

[zooom]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Nov/111130trac34control.htm

[zarn02]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Nov/111130trac34control.htm

A good read.

[fastwin]

Indeed. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[zooom]

I think it speaks volumes about the double edged sword that DORNA is now dancing on...

[gm2]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96777

[Spidey]

http://motomatters.com/news/2011/12/15/aspar_doing_everything_within_the_crt_ru.html

Lemme get this straight-- so the Aprilia was too GP for WSBK and now it's too GP for CRT?  Why don't they just build a damn GP bike and be done with it?

[gm2]

here's where carmelo's deliberately vague CRT rules start to come into play...

besides, this was absolutely going to happen as soon as Aprilia announced they were going to build 'full' CRT bikes. 

[zooom]

here's where carmelo's deliberately vague CRT rules start to come into play...

besides, this was absolutely going to happen as soon as Aprilia announced they were going to build 'full' CRT bikes. 

Noyes writes about this very Priller and then some...

http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/motogp-the-aprilia-heard-round-the-world/P1

[fastwin]

Well written, intelligent and insightful article. Change is a coming, batten down the hatches.

[duccarlos]

2013 will be the beginning of the end of Honda's full involvement in MotoGP. Yamaha and Ducati might stick it out, but Honda has had a lot of say in the direction MotoGP has gone, specially in the 800 era. They were the main reason there's even an 800 era to start with! I doubt Casey will retire, but he will complain the whole time.

[fastwin]

Like the article says, Dorna et al will force the "new MotoGP" down the throats of the factories. I too believe the factories' day of having a hand in running the show is coming to an end. 125cc and 250cc GP classes no longer exist and 5-6 years ago I couldn't imagine them not being around today. I can see the factories someday looking at their checkbooks and bank accounts and wondering what they are really getting out of racing the GP classes. The bang for the buck isn't what it used to be and they are partly the reason. Shitty world economy doesn't help either.  

[Jester]

They were the main reason there's even an 800 era to start with!

With the direction Honda took in regards to the 800cc era, could one stretch a bit and say that Pedrosa was actually the driving force and the pioneer of the 800 class?   

[fastwin]

Pedrobot certainly walked away from the 800cc era with empty hands. But he did have some cool surgeries!