WSBK to Return to it's "Roots?"

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Via Motomatters.com:

Under discussion is a radical set of proposals which will revolutionize the World Superbike series, MotoMatters.com can exclusively reveal. With sales of sport bikes slumping dramatically around the globe, WSBK is to "return to its roots" as a truly production- and sales-based series. The fully-faired, near prototype machines which have sold so badly - some bikes, including the championship-winning Aprilia RSV4, have struggled to sell even the 2000 units required for homologation - are to be replaced by machines more like the ones which spawned Superbike racing in the late '70s and early '80s: big naked bikes.
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Further radical proposals being talked about for the WSS support class:

While replacing the top racing class machines with naked bikes is an easy and obvious move, the class to replace World Supersport presents a bigger problem. MotoMatters.com has learned that on Monday, Alonso will hold a conference call with Ducati's Gobmeier and BMW's Berthold Hauser to present the proposed support class: Adventure Bike Racing.
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Zerox

Zerox

Can I be....frank?
It makes sense, keep the costs down, and even a big heavy adventure bike can do well in racing if lighter wheels are used. Bikes like the Multistrada and V-Strom have long forks that can be internally shortened to improve cornering.
 
Zerox

Zerox

Can I be....frank?
sinncere said:
Damn dude, you could've at least let it run for a bit. It's a Monday morning after all! :laughing
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The funny thing is that there have been naked bikes like this racing against proper Superbikes, it used to happen every year at the Suzuka 8 Hours due to multiple classes running in the same endurance race.

It was just a bit mind-boggling to see the best Grand Prix and World Superbike riders in the world on the best equipment in the world forced to weave their way through a gaggle of naked bikes.

The closing speeds were rather disturbing when Valentino Rossi's RC51 would pass a naked ZRX1100. :wow
 
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