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2012/2013 MotoGP Off-Season News, Rumors and other Info Thread

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#154 ·
This gap shouldn't even be close. It's embarrassing. SBK bikes weigh a lot more, have lower revs, probably 30+ less hp, mufflers, stock based frames, steel brakes, and 17" wheels. And, supposedly lower caliber riders.

What we do know for certain, is that CRT bikes are vastly inferior to SBK bikes. wtf? This is MotoGP, the pinnacle of two-wheeled racing?
 
#155 ·
THIS is the point we should be making, instead of mocking one or more riders. The fact is that these WSBK bikes are giving us more exciting racing, AND quite more than respectable times...what is MotoGP bringing us right now?

I won't stop watching it, but I really hope things can find some way to turn this around.
 
#162 ·
The pirellis don't operate at over 100*C


Good luck getting there on soft bridgestones in the cold

I've raced in such low temps you'd be lucky if you see 60*C on the tires. Grip drops off a lot on the race tires available to us in low temps. I can't imagine how bad the stones get.
 
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