Moto GP going back to 1000cc?

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

https://www.motomatters.com/news/2009/11/06/ezpeleta_mulls_a_return_to_1000cc.html

1000cc and a control ECU would be awesome. Back to the tyre smoking days.

What do we think chaps?
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[Barry_M2]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Going back to this perhaps?

https://www.metacafe.com/watch/138420/moto_gp_animals/

(skip to 1.15 or so)

https://www.moto-net.com/images/motogp2006/ptest_sepangjanv_slide.jpg
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[stevo as b4]

I always said that the best way to have slowed Moto gp bikes down, would have been to increase the capacity and minimum weight limits. I could never see the point in the 800cc capacity, as it was always unlikely to slow the bikes down, and it's also a very irrelavent capacity to road going sports bike classifications.

WSB is 1000cc or 1200cc for V-twins so why not have made Moto gp a 1200 or 1250cc class, with a higher weight limit. More power would slow the bikes down, due to the out performance of the available tyres, so although that could be seen as a dangerous thing, the bikes would have to have traction control, power limits, or just be ridded slower to make the tyres cope with the performance.

[boundy]

When I watched the GP in 2007 at Valencia Im not sure what engines were in use but the Kawasaki's seemed to slide everywhere on the saturday practice, it was awsome to watch

[NSR Mick]

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[Alexio]

I agree. This class should have silly amounts of power
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Remove traction control. That'll sort the men from the boys (and leave Stoner spending most of his weekends in the gravel).

[Wozza]

Everything I thought agrees with the above.

[WishayKillie]

[DEN MONKEY]

I just wish they would make up their bloody minds and stay with it.

Whilst I do agree it makes sense to to align the capacities with public available bikes, I'm really don't give a rats ass because I'm not going to buy my next bike based on what is at the head of the pack in the GP. I ride a kawasaki for fuck sake

With the current stock of 800s we're talking a bike which weighs about 150kg and has over 200bhp. It's not like they can't do anything a thou bike can do.

I just think it's already ridiculously expensive as it is and to make a complete change yet again must put some huge pressure on those who are struggling to stay in the game as it is.

Either way I will still be watchin it when it's on


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[Barry_M2]

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[Skudd]

I'm not too up on the tech stuff, but what ways would be better to slow down the 100cc bikes? Perhaps wheel size, make them smaller or larger depending which works, Ride height of the bike, yolk/tank/seat has to be xxmm from the ground, size of brake disc, smaller disc have to start slowing earlier, as well as electronics being controlled.
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[bEN_]

Yeah, it's all the 'electronics'
some of the rossi bummers really stand out

https://www.motogphirek.hu/userfiles/image/2009/motogp/Ducati/stoner-sepang-slide.jpg

so who's going to post the next 'how do i get my knee down' thread?
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[Dr. DaveJPS]

Spoiler:

Electronics didn't help stoner today at valencia
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[bEN_]

I love it when people take the bait
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

That pic of Casey Stoner is fantastic.
I was looking forward to 20 odd laps of that..shame he dropped a bollock.
Interesting to hear Leon Camier say that electronic aids are hardly used by Casey and himself, and judging by the shapes the bikes made this season i believe them.
And what about Ben Spies..Hero or what?
As for whether i want 1000cc bikes, not arsed.
A bigger grid would be good. Then hopefully a few more riders rising to the challenge of Pedrosa,Rossi,Stoner and Lorenzo. Cos lets face it nobody else consistently touches them.
I'll be looking for the testlap times next week.
Also the 600's in Moto2 sound good. Never understood why they've held onto 250 2 strokes for so long. Always breaking down mid-race.

Roll on 2010


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