Can someone tell me if the 1098 is legal for AMA superbike? If it is, where are they? If they are not, what are the morons that run AMA Pro Racing thinking! [ besides sucking up to the nip factories] Regards, Dan
You might want to read the 2008 AMA rulebook
Jim, you need to learn internet lingo:
RTFRB= Read the f*cking rule book. :biggrin:
I know i have to get with the times!
You gentleman are correct. I did read the rule book. Maybe I should do common sense things like that before asking questions. Dan
remember reading is bad for your eyes
Quote from: Garywc on February 08, 2008, 01:12:24 PM
remember reading is bad for your eyes
I thought tha was the other thing that was bad for your eyes.
Quote from: firebolt on February 07, 2008, 05:33:08 PM
Can someone tell me if the 1098 is legal for AMA superbike? If it is, where are they? If they are not, what are the morons that run AMA Pro Racing thinking! [ besides sucking up to the nip factories] Regards, Dan
Isnt any different than WSBK caving in to Ducati everytime Ducati wants more CC's than anyone else.
Nobody caved in to anyone with Duc in the AMA rule book. Duc just doesn't want to play with the rules the way they are written so, they took their toys and went home. Some people just don't play nice with others.
Caving in?
Twins are allowed more displacement than fours in every class, every series. Why should superbike be different?
Ducati has been given special consideration with their engines ever since the 1000cc switch. More liberal rules for twins kept Ducati competitive, but it cost a ton more money to build a competitve twin than a four.
Ducati built the 1098 to sell it, not to win races. They wanted to offer a street bike that would compare in performance to the jap fours. They built the bike they wanted to sell, and asked the AMA and WSB if they could race it.
I'd love to see more superbikes on the grid. If the new rules mean more bikes, I don't care if they're Ducatis or whatever.
http://www.amaproracing.com/prorace/pdf/Low%20res%20RR%202008%20final.pdf
Page 26 it mentions some rules concerning 1000cc-1200cc 4-stroke 2 cylinder machines. Not sure if they are talking about the new ducks though. Sure seems like it. :thumb:
Ducs are allowed to go to 1200cc motors. They are also limited to the 09 rules package while the fours are allowed the current much less restricted rules.
Actually The motorcycles are limited to the bore and stroke of the original motorcycle that was homgolated.in this case the Ducs are limited to 1098.
Quote from: fourandsix on February 10, 2008, 11:25:09 PM
Actually The motorcycles are limited to the bore and stroke of the original motorcycle that was homgolated.in this case the Ducs are limited to 1098.
i believe the 1098R is homologated, and it is something along the lines of 1198 .
You are correct 1198.4 cc Than that would be the limit according to the rule. And so was Mongo