BQR-Honda unveils the first Moto2 bike

[cowpoos]

I agree. Even a cursory look suggests that this is infact just a CBR600 with different fairings and a few fruity bits chucked on and some weight shaved off.
Methinks some lawyers are going to get rich over this one.

Heres a more likely looking bike the new moriwaki moto2 gp bike.... http://hellforleathermagazine.com/20...-600gp-pr.html

[Ivan]

were can i get a moto gp muffler for my sv

I love that stumpy out the side by rearset

The Moriwaki bikes are always awsome funny to see its a CBR600 engine and yes I did read the reason behind it being because the rules wernt finalised but by the looks both so far are gonna be inline 4 no crazy inline 4's yet wait till Ducati make one a thumping V twin probly awsome

[Sully60]

Peter Clifford raced in MotoGP, this is new class, with new rules to try and cut costs. Even a claiming rule isnt there? THis is not suppose to be a prototype class like MotoGP.

That's why I think it stinks, they've gone and rehashed one the the purest road racing classes with some muddied concotion of something that resembles a cross between Friday night at the Indy mile (claiming rule!?!) and 600 Supersport (cool class, do we really need Dorna in on that act?) Everybody running the same ECU, paaalllleeeease?

As for cutting costs how about some of the ideas floated for doing this in MotoGP? Requiring engines to last a set number of meetings and limiting the number of bikes a team can use during the year.

Make it cheaper, sure but don't make a junk formula like the yanks did with car racing in the twenties.
I just think it would be cool if the smaller non corporatetypes could participate and innovate in the new class.
I can just see all the bikes evloving in the same direction with the limitations of the class, 600SS will be a far more interesting and diverse so I think I know who's advertising dollar will be better spent.