Is Kenan Sofuoglu GP material

He seems to have come out of nowhere in the last 2 years and is Dominating World Supersport.That is one of the best racing series ive seen and those 600's are nothing to hold your nose up at.I saw where they were reaching speeds of 175+ this weekend at Monza.You dont hear his name when people are discussing up and coming riders and i was wandering why.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ May 14 2007, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Don't get too over excited about every rider to roll down the Ten Kate red carpet.
Im assuming that would include Toseland also

But even his champion teammate on the same bike cant touch him.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phleg @ May 14 2007, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Charpentier is also having a terrible year.

He has had some misfortune that has him way down in points but when he is upright he still cant match the pace of his teammate Im assuming the bikes are tuned identically and set up according to rider preference.I doubt Charpantier has lost that much pace since he won the titlt last year

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (baldylocks @ May 14 2007, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>+1
a bit like Rolfo & Toseland ? Excluding Monza I suppose

Except Rolfo is not defending champion of Superbike whereas Charpantier is defending champ of supersport and riding the same bike.I dont think many people expected Rolfo to have the pace of Toseland.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ogunski @ May 18 2007, 06:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I think he has loads of talent and is coming into his own this season. I think he may be a good GP rider someday, however I wonder if WSBK is the next logical step for a GP ride. In the past riding a superbike did prepare you for the brute strength of a GP ride. Recently, with the proliferation of electronic riding assistance as well as a reduction in displacement there is now an increased emphasis on fine technique. So in theory going from a supersport bike to today's GP machine may make more sense. It is just a thought, what do you guys think?


I say it makes a lot of sense.Even though the 600 Supersport machine is no where near as refined as the GP bike,the jump from it to the 800 makes more sense than jumping to a big bore super bike that you muscle around.Then switch back to a finesse bike for GP.You would have to think the 600 would be the bike of choice when the 250's go away,so that might become the progression