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RSMick

January 22, 2013 2:44 PM

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Why do you need them all to slow down Codger? The only ones that need to is the factory bikes, they went back to 800's at the request of the factories because they were getting too fast for the tracks. Tom Jojic posted on twitter that the MM system for customer CRT bikes is very impressive and said they got fantastic results on the dyno. The one problem with that bike last year was the electronics were all over the place. So hopefully improvements will be made, as in the Suter we know the nightmare with Bosch and they will use MM this year. As for WSB take it back to its roots and it will naturally slow down, BSB like all nationals need to be the same rules as WSB, this will get wild card entries back. National championships when 500 was the top class were never slowed down to GP's, you regular would get the riders attending nationals on their GP machines. Japan's 500's were mostly top spec as it was used for developing.

RSMick

January 22, 2013 7:55 AM
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MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


Dr Who, the twins were around 30 odd bhp less and weighed 30 kilos less than Factory (V4 165bhp - 130kg, V twin 135bhp - 100kg), in those days fuel was not limited either on any so the factories cold burn what they want limited only by the size of tank regulation. As for the engines do you think the privateers were bunging a new in every session? Ring changes was about the limit accross the weekend, you used to hear stories of bikes with bearings spinning in the case. The factories have requested the new engine limit not Dorna, they want to prise money from R&D (well Honda did) but the MSMA agreed, I am sure CE jumped at that.

RSMick

January 22, 2013 8:07 AM

MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


Without the CRT, there would be no production RCV's next year (Nakamoto said they would produce them to show how it can be done as a swipe at Aprilia) and no factory engines from Yamaha. My only worry is that history does not repeat itself where these bikes will only be good for 3 months at most, then the factory stop producing them. After which the teams will have to start again. At least CE has done what he did in 2000 by protecting the private teams now they have a full grid, unless a team drops out the likes of Suzuki will have to go to or pay an existing team for its grid slots.

RSMick

January 22, 2013 7:36 AM

MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


Quote Eddy "From the inception of the (then)500cc World Champion class the event had a two tier structure with exotic works machinery and privateer machines that occasionally gave the works machines a run for their money." True but about as occasionally as they did last year, pre mid 80's there were less factory bikes, in those days we had the joy of production 500cc race bikes. The last time one did was 1993, August 1st. Before that it was May 14 1989, but wait there was only 2 factory bikes on the grid that day and 1 retired. Donington 1997 kind of but Barros had factory backing. The truth is the CRT bikes with no developement, engine or chassis are around the same distance back as the 1992 the year of ROC/Harris and they were copies of the real thing, but they mostly went backwards. Honda NSRV was worse. The Modenas in its first year the closest it got was 40 seconds, that had a lot of money behind it.

RSMick

January 21, 2013 9:15 AM

MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


Matt - Try 30-35 bhp. That chassis was cobbled together from the RSA250 in less than 3 months, the first in Nov11 was the RSV with a few strenghthening plates welded on covered in ductape. 3 months developement against a SBK that was 2 years in the making before it hit the track. I watched that interview live on the end of season show, he held a sign up saying this will wind the crash posters up. Regardless of what they did on the track (how a bike with no developement people expect to eat factory bikes??) they did show the manufacturers that they weren't needed and there was another way. Therefore now you have the right authorities (FIM ha) making the rules not the manufacturers.


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