Big ole shoes to fill

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=39284.
Let the comparisons begin

What is there to compare to?

Old bike, mid-pack rider, on a former cheater.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Feb 2 2010, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>What is there to compare to?

Old bike, mid-pack rider, on a former cheater.
HUH!

Knapp gets a Yosh deal and Soup is reporting Zemke signs with Jordan. What a backwards deal.
Zemke has his faults but he is the better rider. He was respectable on the POS Honda SBK for years so it will be interesting to see how he does on a better bike. Jordan now has a stronger team than Yosh.
It will be a crime if Jordan doesn't put Zemke on a 600 for Daytona.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Feb 2 2010, 07:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Knapp gets a Yosh deal and Soup is reporting Zemke signs with Jordan. What a backwards deal.
Zemke has his faults but he is the better rider. He was respectable on the POS Honda SBK for years so it will be interesting to see how he does on a better bike. Jordan now has a stronger team than Yosh.
It will be a crime if Jordan doesn't put Zemke on a 600 for Daytona.

I agree with you about Zemke on a GSXR-600 at Daytona.

However, Taylor Knapp's bike isn't going to be better than a Jordan Suzuki or an M4 Suzuki, imo. Jordan Suzuki and M4 Suzuki have access to all of the Yosh parts, AND they also have Yoshimura technical personnel who gather data and assist with development.

It sounds like the AMA is slowly moving towards the turnkey concept that DMG tried to bring to life at the end of last year. Yosh will be working with its own 2 factory bikes, 2 Jordan Suzukis, 1 M4 Suzuki, and 1 Riderdiscount.com Suzuki. Likewise, Graves Motorsports will be preparing 1 Graves team bike, and 2 Pat Clark Motorsports bikes, as well as countless R6s for Daytona Sportbike.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mylexicon @ Feb 3 2010, 05:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I agree with you about Zemke on a GSXR-600 at Daytona.

However, Taylor Knapp's bike isn't going to be better than a Jordan Suzuki or an M4 Suzuki, imo. Jordan Suzuki and M4 Suzuki have access to all of the Yosh parts, AND they also have Yoshimura technical personnel who gather data and assist with development.

It sounds like the AMA is slowly moving towards the turnkey concept that DMG tried to bring to life at the end of last year. Yosh will be working with its own 2 factory bikes, 2 Jordan Suzukis, 1 M4 Suzuki, and 1 Riderdiscount.com Suzuki. Likewise, Graves Motorsports will be preparing 2 Graves bikes, and 2 Pat Clark Motorsports bikes, as well as countless R6s for Daytona Sportbike.
When it comes to these so called Superbikes, I have access to the Yosh parts These are nothing but street bikes with professionally tuned engines and suspensions. Great for a support series, sucks as the so called premier series in North America.