MOTO-ST endurance series

[weggie_man]

Check the RRW site.

Roger Edmondson gets himself back into motorcycle roadracing. With john Ulrich on the same advisory board. Talk about strange bed fellows.
http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=25224

[Super Dave]

Real interesting...

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Not THAT sounds like fun!  Kimmie?  Drag out the TL!  We's gonna be BACKMARKERS! ;D

[tug296]

This could be a good thing for the sport.

[Super Dave]

Only thing I don't like is the spec rules.  

[damico]

ya dave, spec rules would suck. Close racing, low cost, everybody has got a chance. Your right I don't know. It's just killed World Superbike!

[spyderchick]

ya dave, spec rules would suck. Close racing, low cost, everybody has got a chance. Your right I don't know. It's just killed World Superbike!

 ;D ;D ;D

[Super Dave]

ya dave, spec rules would suck. Close racing, low cost, everybody has got a chance. Your right I don't know. It's just killed World Superbike!

Well, if you only want to do that series...and you have obligations to another manufacturer...

Close racing?  Dunlop supplies all the factory teams in the AMA, and most of the privateers...hasn't always meant that it was close racing.

Cost?  Will the tires be supplied in the entry?  And then how many tires will you use?  And how much is the entry?  

Everybody has a chance...

Sometimes, people run out of talent...LOL!  Tires still don't help that.

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea.  I liked it more when you weren't required to use an unleaded racing fuel and a spec tire.

[damico]

Rightttttt Dave, I forgot about our obligations to the manufatures all of us have on this forum. Let me go check my contract right now............Yup, Mastercard AND Visa says I can charge anything I friggnn please!!!!

Is Dunlop the "spec" tire in AMA?? uuuMMMMMM?? NO.[/i][/u]


Are ther tires in your entry fee include now? Mine are not. So we can asssumeee they are not included. How many tires you think you need and how many I need is my secret!



Everybody has a chance? ummmm.........YUP!

[weggie_man]

Nobody has a chance if those dang illegal Buell's are allowed in there........just look what they did at Daytona!!! Oh, never mind........none of them finished. ;D ;D ;D Guess all those protests won't fly now.

[Super Dave]

Fixed your stuff there Jason...

Dunlop a spec tire.  No, but Dunlop pays to play.  So, it has the whole factory paddock.  You've got others playing, but basically, it has been Dunlop primarily for a long time.

There are riders that have obligations.  If their obligations won't let them race on those tires, well...

WSB with the Pirelli spec stuff...how many AMA teams/riders entered the event at Laguna when they had it that last time?  

My entry fees do not have tires on them...because we don't have spec rules.  I have the choice to make deals or decisions.

Another series can make the choice for riders what they will use.  They can it up anyway they want.  Seems like there is an article somewhere  that someone talked about the cost of tires for WSB for a team.

Again, it's a choice to enter the series.

You gonna give it a go?

[weggie_man]

Specs don't bother me in this series. If it keeps the factories and other big name teams out, gee, it just may let some others shine and bring some opportunity their way.

The rule book isn't out yet so let's wait and see what happens.

I can see a flood of SVs and the new Kaws out there in lightweight but what about big bikes? Bue'lls for 8 hours? I think not. Ducatis, very expensive for endurance and their durability is in question also.

Looks like it would be a Suzuki series with SV1000's filling in the big class. I'm sure an ocasional Honda will come in but the majority to me seems like it would be Suzi's.