WSB is about to get way more interesting

[ArcherWC]

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/17december06_wsbnew.htm

[Squeak the Rat]

Makes sense, especially with the continous moving target of the MotoGP. How many cc's in 2008 again? :shrug:

Anything to improve competition and the number of factories competing can only be a good thing! Wooohooo

[Hellraiser]

Every competition needs someone to finish last, i find it fitting that it will be Aprilia.

[imdying]

Eh what? They (Ducati) can't build a competitive bike inside the rules, so they want to have the rules changed to suit them?

[bistard]

They "Ducati" have always done that,the Championship as we know it,is owned by an Italian company,The Flamigni Group & as long as they own it they will dictate the rules to suit!!

[madandy]

MotoGP machine specs are tightly controlled. WSB aint W1LSB so as long as the competing machinery is homologated under regular guidelines IE: based on production engine sizes and models, I dont have an issue with 1100cc twins sharing the track with 1L fours. It was tough when the I4's were restricted to 750cc against the 1L twins but the litre I4's can make some pretty huge grunt these days and the extra displacement the twins may be allowed may encourage more technological advancement from the I4 manufacturers...
Bah what am I saying...The eyeties owns WSB

[manyrevs]

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[manyrevs]

"WSB is about to get way more interesting"
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That is the overstatement of the current year. Get rid of the cheaterpack Ducs and then maybe we'll have an intersting series...

What gets to me is how all the Japanese s'bikes produce about 10 - 15% more HP than their street counterparts while the Ducs produce something like 35 - 40% more and there is nothing on the street which can be remotely linked to a Duc on the track. How in gods name do they get away with that?

Anyway, just what formula are WSB's...??? Surely they can't have one, with all the rule changes and bending by the Red camp... It really is a nonsense... I have a thorough disliking for those red bikes because of the WSB series...

The Supersports 600 series is way more intersting as far as competition goes. The racing is way way more fierce than the Troy Bayliss benefit series...

[MazTLR]

Here's the Aprilia engine. http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/ima...2006-022_r.jpg

[Paul in NZ]

Why? Are naked Dolly Parton clones going to race manx Nortons over cobbled streets in the rain?

[imdying]

Never in the history of motorsport have dissimilar engine configurations ever been able to race in parity. Turbos vs V8s in touring cars, V8/V10/V12 in F1, 750 4 vs 1000 twin in WSB, etc etc etc etc. It can't be done. Capacity and a cap on the number of cylinders in the only logical conclusion... why do they keep going back to this cylinder size disparity? History has proven this to be a dead end again and again. If a four is the way to win, build a four... Ducati well have it in them, of that there is no doubt. If a twin is slower around a track, don't build race bikes around them....

[manyrevs]

Never in the history of motorsport have dissimilar engine configurations ever been able to race in parity. Turbos vs V8s in touring cars, V8/V10/V12 in F1, 750 4 vs 1000 twin in WSB, etc etc etc etc. It can't be done. Capacity and a cap on the number of cylinders in the only logical conclusion... why do they keep going back to this cylinder size disparity? History has proven this to be a dead end again and again. If a four is the way to win, build a four... Ducati well have it in them, of that there is no doubt. If a twin is slower around a track, don't build race bikes around them....

Too bloody right....

If you can't keep up according to the rules then either change your bike or *&^%## off out of it...

[sAsLEX]

If a twin is slower around a track, don't build race bikes around them....

I dont know if they are destined to be.

They run big bang configs on the fours where they can in order to get power pulses the same as the V twins so they have an inherent advantage in grip exiting corners....

[imdying]

I dont know if they are destined to be.

They run big bang configs on the fours where they can in order to get power pulses the same as the V twins so they have an inherent advantage in grip exiting corners....

I don't watch WSB so I'm not sure what the state of play is. They're running 1000cc twins and fours at the moment? I assume if Ducati are having a cry, they're not winning? I wonder if valve area is as or more important that firing configuration...

[manyrevs]

Duc are winning, not because they are faster/better etc,, but because they are governed by another set of rules than are the inline fours. In short, they are allowed to modify the sh*t out of their bikes while Hon, Yam, Kaw, Suz's are not allowed to do virtually anything. Duc, however are still moaning that they are disadvantaged in every way...

Yeah, that seems fair - doesn't it...

God damned moaning sleezy Ities...