Keshav

Wow - three in one year for KTM! Who'd have thunk it?

Congrats to Olivera and to Poncherral and company.

Fond farewell to Cal.

Keshav

That's the most accurate prediction I've seen here in more than ten years.

michaelm

Was hoping for a Jack Miller win, but while he was good Oliveira was better.

Watched the moto 2 race which I mostly haven’t been doing and enjoyed that race. Lowes was amazing riding with a broken wrist.

Keshav

Haven't watched the Moto 2 all season. Will start watching now to extend my viewing pleasure into the cold dark days of winter.

misfit

Moto2 can be a real blast. Some fabulous racing there. The season was quite up and down like with MotoGP.

Keshav

In days of yore, I often found F2 (as it was once called) to frequently be more fun to watch than the premiere class races because the riders were young and wild to make their mark and of course, the bikes being so light and flickable made for much more slice and dice. The old two-stroke TZ 250s and the Aprilias with few electronics and simple engines weighed in at about 229 Lbs as compared with the current Moto 2 bikes at around 347 Lbs which really had a huge impact on how they were ridden, and the resultant show for the fans. Every years since the change to 4-strokes, I've become less and less interested in the class.

Mrpurple

I very much agree, I don't think Ive watched any feeder races since Sic vs Ayoma.

2-smokes are what i consider racers, not CBR 600 engines. Casey Stoner may still be racing if we had 750 2-strokes...imagine that beast.

Mick D

Hmmm... haven't used CBR600s for a couple of years - Triumph triples now.

warthog1

2 strokes appear done and dusted from a road bike stand point due to emissions.
I don't mind racing contributing to road bike development even if it may be trickle down in effect.
Love the sound of 4 strokes too and plenty of horsepower is being produced.
MM93 has been able to do some outstanding shit on them also, despite the weight.
(I hope he still can )
Don't mind them at all
Haven't seen much moto 2 as it aint broadcast here.
The riders coming through still seem to produce the goods anyway.

Keshav

Still, a production street bike engine. That and the fact that there's no inter-factory competition. Basically not drastically from run-of-the-mill supersport.