Moto GP shake up 2027.

[sirch345]

MOTOGP’S RADICAL 2027 RULES AND REGULATIONS EXPLAINED:

https://www.silverstone.co.uk/news/moto ... -explained

Chris.

[tony.mon]

So expect all manufacturers to rush out new 850cc superbikes.
There won't be much of a CC gap between those and the A2 compatible versions.
I won't miss the wings and aero- but the height-lowering tech on some giant trailers seems to have proved a good idea for shorter riders.

Ah, well, the best riders will still win the most races.

[MacV2]

Yeah but like F1 it's the top category in racing...

If I want to see road relevant bikes racing there's WSBK* or BSB.

MotoGP is, & always has been prototype machines & should stay that way... OK reducing costs** is a good thing & over the years tech from the racing has filtered down to the road & that's a good thing as well.

* OK so from the RC30 onwards the homologation specials kind of out price most road users When the RC30 & OW1 were in the shops they were just under 10k... at the time top road bikes, GSXR, FZR, ZZR, CBR ect were around 5-6k. A good RC30 will now set you back 16k+

** In F! before their price cap came on stream even the wheel nuts were bespoke @ about £700 each. 2 cars 4 each plus I'm sure they had spares, mind you you didn't see many cross threaded nuts back then...Oh & the nut guns are about a grand each as well. .

So what's next as Dorna now own WSBK as well you cant have the those bikes being faster than than the MotoGP bikes are they going to drop back to 750's ? Apart from Suzuki I don't think anyone makes 750's now...???

[sirch345]

So expect all manufacturers to rush out new 850cc superbikes.
There won't be much of a CC gap between those and the A2 compatible versions.
I won't miss the wings and aero- but the height-lowering tech on some giant trailers seems to have proved a good idea for shorter riders.

Ah, well, the best riders will still win the most races.

Don't get me wrong I'm all for safety, however I thought we went down the route of having smaller engines in the name of safety back in 2007, they were 800cc iirc and lasted for 4 or 5 years before going back to the bigger engines that we now have

Chris.

[sirch345]

Yeah but like F1 it's the top category in racing...

If I want to see road relevant bikes racing there's WSBK* or BSB.

MotoGP is, & always has been prototype machines & should stay that way... OK reducing costs** is a good thing & over the years tech from the racing has filtered down to the road & that's a good thing as well.

* OK so from the RC30 onwards the homologation specials kind of out price most road users When the RC30 & OW1 were in the shops they were just under 10k... at the time top road bikes, GSXR, FZR, ZZR, CBR ect were around 5-6k. A good RC30 will now set you back 16k+

** In F! before their price cap came on stream even the wheel nuts were bespoke @ about £700 each. 2 cars 4 each plus I'm sure they had spares, mind you you didn't see many cross threaded nuts back then...Oh & the nut guns are about a grand each as well. .

So what's next as Dorna now own WSBK as well you cant have the those bikes being faster than than the MotoGP bikes are they going to drop back to 750's ? Apart from Suzuki I don't think anyone makes 750's now...???

Funny/strange Mac you mention F1, as "Liberty" have either bought or in the process of buying Moto GP from Dorna, they already have F1.
https://deadline.com/2024/04/formula-1- ... 235872844/#!

Chris.