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Ten Kate
Feb 28, 2019 9:37:11 GMT
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Post by Droog on Feb 28, 2019 9:37:11 GMT
Rumoured to be back as soon as the nexy round according to the Eurosport commentary. Who would they have as a rider/riders? Only one I can think of is the lad who was Laverty's team mate last year. Can't remember his name.
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Post by neilf on Feb 28, 2019 11:57:47 GMT
Davide Giugliano or Lorenzo Savadori.
I hope that they run GSX-R1000Rs.
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Post by mekon on Feb 28, 2019 13:50:35 GMT
Be funny if they rocked up with Ducatis.
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Post by norbs on Feb 28, 2019 14:03:58 GMT
Another couple of riders would be good, I think there was only 18 on the grid last weekend.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Feb 28, 2019 14:46:31 GMT
Might be tricky to find quality riders this late on... who's free?
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Post by norbs on Feb 28, 2019 20:31:06 GMT
Shakey and Gino Rea....  |
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Feb 28, 2019 21:58:24 GMT
Should really be called Ken Tate.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Mar 1, 2019 8:16:09 GMT
Danny Kent?
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Post by Droog on Mar 1, 2019 8:59:37 GMT
I wonder if they still have Red Bull backing?
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Mar 1, 2019 9:14:08 GMT
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 1, 2019 9:24:56 GMT
This paragraph from that article tells me whats wrong with WSB, supposedly a race a street bike series. At first, Yamaha Racing was reluctant in building another YZF-R1 for the World Superbike championship, a competition where they already have four bikes running, with the PATA Yamaha WorldSBK team and the GRT Yamaha team, with both teams getting official support from the Japanese manufacturer. A fifth R1 would place Yamaha Racing in big stress, an stretch their resources to the max, but Dorna was able to convince Yamaha Racing how important the link with Ten Kate will be.Unless you have a massive budget to run a special limited edition version of a normal bike with full factory support, don't expect to be competitive. |
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Post by neilf on Mar 1, 2019 10:08:09 GMT
This paragraph from that article tells me whats wrong with WSB, supposedly a race a street bike series. At first, Yamaha Racing was reluctant in building another YZF-R1 for the World Superbike championship, a competition where they already have four bikes running, with the PATA Yamaha WorldSBK team and the GRT Yamaha team, with both teams getting official support from the Japanese manufacturer. A fifth R1 would place Yamaha Racing in big stress, an stretch their resources to the max, but Dorna was able to convince Yamaha Racing how important the link with Ten Kate will be.Unless you have a massive budget to run a special limited edition version of a normal bike with full factory support, don't expect to be competitive. Good point Phil. If MotoGP still had open rules with regards to the ECU, EMU etc, WSB would have gone down BSB's route years ago IMO. |
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Post by neilf on Mar 1, 2019 10:08:56 GMT
Shame, I would have liked to have seen a Suzuki in the field.
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Post by mekon on Mar 1, 2019 11:26:49 GMT
I don't really follow sports bikes anymore, is a Gixxer still a top bike in terms of racing one? Honda isn't with WSB rules.
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Post by neilf on Mar 1, 2019 12:13:32 GMT
The GSX-R did OK in BSB last year with Bradley Ray and I believe that it has been successful in the AMA (Tony Elias?), but beyond that I don't know.
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