Moto2

orionburn · Post by **orionburn** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:34 am

Anybody catch the Qatar race of the new class? Holy freaking hell that was a wild ass start. I'm going to miss the 250s, but this new class seems promising for some good racing.

One thing I did not know - who in the hell are these manufacturers? I've never heard of any of them. I didn't know all the main players weren't going to be taking part in it.

sickle44 · Post by **sickle44** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:00 pm

NO reason for any of the main players to take part in it Nate, as I'm quite certain all the motors are supplied by Honda aren't they?

Post by **FZRDude** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:46 pm

Yes they are supplied by Honda and I think that it is WRONG. Personally I'd have liked to see a 400 class

spook · Post by **spook** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:03 pm

The Honda cup? One make series. Crap. The drone of the same engines at the same revs at the same speed. Give me proper prototype racing any day!

stan · Post by **stan** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:43 am

maybe the same engine in all bikes, but the bike itself is the craetion of the individual teams, (Tech 3, Morworki ect) it allows smaller manafactures to gear up a workshop, employ people, build prototype chassis and go racing

lets face it, why did Moto 2 come about, simply the 250cc championship had become an Aprillia cup, if you wern't on a works Aprillia you wern't in the show, with little factory support from the japaneese factorys, the class was dying

are we still crying over the change from 500cc to 4 stroke GP bikes!!!!Look foward prople, never back, i lament the loss of 2 stroke smoke as much as the next bloke, but to keep motorcycle racing relevant in todays world, we need to move foward

stan

hotcam · Post by **hotcam** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:33 am

I love a two stroke, it's sad that it's the end of an era. But life goes on.
Personally I look forward to the hotup parts generated by these
extra teams... I have a Moriwaki exhaust on my FZR1000 and it seems
pretty good.

I want to see, how much will chassis technology improve in the next
decade, due to these 'control engine' races...

spook · Post by **spook** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:48 am

stan wrote:are we still crying over the change from 500cc to 4 stroke GP bikes!!!!

Ummm, Yes!

Big Jon · Post by **Big Jon** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:46 pm

stan wrote: lets face it, why did Moto 2 come about, simply the 250cc championship had become an Aprillia cup, if you wern't on a works Aprillia you wern't in the show, with little factory support from the japaneese factorys, the class was dying

And it was 1million pounds sterling to LEASE a bike for one year. Costs were prohibitive, race a spec engine or no race at all was good call if you ask me. There are more entrants than openings to race, when was the last time that happened?!

stan · Post by **stan** » Tue May 04, 2010 5:01 am

anybody catch the Moto2 race on the weekend???

wild, if 2 races down is anything to go by this is gong to be a great series

stan

Mike_SS · Post by **Mike_SS** » Tue May 04, 2010 5:08 am

Yep I have to agree the racing was great. I'll be making sure I catch the next one.

spook · Post by **spook** » Tue May 04, 2010 7:32 am

Just go to H**da racing for all the exciting news...

http://www.hondaproracing.com/moto2/new ... 10/04/2010