MOTO GP GOING TO 1000cc BIKES

[Dave G]

Looks like theres a good chance that moto gp maybe going to 1000cc engines for the 2012 season, If so cant see rossi packing it in this side of 2013.

 

[Dark Angel]

Can't see them ging back to thous though it would be counterproductive as the last time they were too powerful.

...Just a rumour, as yet. But still a possibility...

 

[Dark Angel]

...Just a rumour, as yet. But still a possibility...

Maybe more than a rumour? :dunno: (The page took ages to load, so be patient)

 

[Oldbull]

Hmmmm...


so everyone will have 1000cc fireblade engine and put it into there own chassis like the moto 2 series ???

Giving them just six engines to work with all year still favours the financial better off teams, they put mega expensive endurance parts in them from the off so they last the season which is more expensive than stripping the engine every other race. Good example is Edwards, JT,s and the suzooks engines were all past there sell by date for the last few races. but the factory ones were still going strong.

Bin the electrics, put the control back in the riders right hand and lets go racing proper :bow:

at whatever cc :-0)

 

[Centaur]

Hmmmm...


so everyone will have 1000cc fireblade engine and put it into there own chassis like the moto 2 series ???

Giving them just six engines to work with all year still favours the financial better off teams, they put mega expensive endurance parts in them from the off so they last the season which is more expensive than stripping the engine every other race. Good example is Edwards, JT,s and the suzooks engines were all past there sell by date for the last few races. but the factory ones were still going strong.

Bin the electrics, put the control back in the riders right hand and lets go racing proper :bow:

at whatever cc :-0)

500cc two strokes with no electronics.:lick:

 

[Smiler 1957]

Long before the Honda and Yamaha two strokes that made up most of the grid there were factory bikes and modified road bikes and one offs and different engine sizes such as slightly bored out TZ350s competing against two stroke and four stroke 500s . While its not fair to compromise WSB why should WSB compromise Moto GP , it is supposed to be the premier class when alls said and done . WSB can still race modified road bikes , they have had changes in capacity over the years and probably thanks to Ducati the 750 class does not exist now . Also WSB has had a good run now and nothing lasts forever . Back to the subject , the best thing for the teams and the spectacle is to continue with the 800 for those that dont want to change , allow modified production engines of 1000 cc with restrictions on maximum power and bring back the two strokes , but as they struggled against the 990s then make them 600 NSRs and yes do away with rider aids .

 

[Gerrard]

Hmmmm...


so everyone will have 1000cc fireblade engine and put it into there own chassis like the moto 2 series ???

Giving them just six engines to work with all year still favours the financial better off teams, they put mega expensive endurance parts in them from the off so they last the season which is more expensive than stripping the engine every other race. Good example is Edwards, JT,s and the suzooks engines were all past there sell by date for the last few races. but the factory ones were still going strong.

Bin the electrics, put the control back in the riders right hand and lets go racing proper :bow:

at whatever cc :-0)

That sum's it up nicely.. p0pc0rn41

 

[KUCIAR666]

Maybe more than a rumour? :dunno: (The page took ages to load, so be patient)

what I know its not a rumour.....

MotoGP's 1000cc move gets green light

By Matt Beer Saturday, December 12th 2009, 09:41 GMT

Spanish MotoGP start 2009MotoGP's switch to 1000cc engines from 2012 has been passed by motorcycle racing's government body, the FIM.

The change has been mooted since the summer, and was officially approved during yesterday's Grand Prix Commission meeting.

Only the basic engine concept has been revealed so far - with the capacity being up to 1000cc and the engines having four cylinders and a maximum bore of 81 millimetres. FIM president Vito Ippolito said that further details would follow soon, but that this should be sufficient for the manufacturers to begin preparing for 2012.

"This base will give all the manufacturers the opportunity to start work," he said.

"At the beginning of next year we will produce the new rules in a more complete format, but that is the basis; 2012 will be the year of a new era of MotoGP."

MotoGP commercial rights-holder Carmelo Ezpeleta added that further meetings to fine-tune the format would take place before next season's championship commences.

"This has been approved and between now and the start of the 2010 season we will have another two meetings to define the rest of the specifications for this new class," he said.

There have been concerns that changing to 1000cc engines would bring MotoGP too close to World Superbike rules, although Ippolito has previously suggested that the FIM feels engine similarity would be irrelevant as the crucial differentiation between the two classes is that MotoGP bikes are pure racing prototypes whereas Superbikes have road origins.

MotoGP started with 990cc engines when it superseded the 500cc world championship in 2002, but the engine capacity was reduced to 800cc from the start of the 2007 season.

However this change failed to keep reduce cornering speeds as had been hoped, and led to criticism from leading riders who felt the lower power and greater importance of electrical systems such as traction control meant MotoGP was no longer sufficiently challenging.

http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/grands-prix/news/news-detail/article/1260547731-fim-road-racing-world-championship-grand-prix-changes-to-the-2010-regulations-1/