<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Apr 16 2010, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Please do share.
20 pages of typing and now you're interested in listening?
1. MSMA stated at the very beginning of the 1000cc era that WSBK must be a non-aggressive sport that serves as a supplement to MotoGP.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2003-Jun/030616a.htm
Do you know who runs WSS rules in the Superbike class? AMA
2. The rules were not adopted by the world superbike council so the manufacturers withdrew b/c the sport didn't have performance controls.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2003-Nov/031115a.htm
3. In 2005 the manufacturers returned, and since that time the sport has clearly achieved non-aggression status b/c all of the bikes have roughly the same performance despite massive differences in technical specifications. Everything in WSBK hinges on chassis, electronic development, and riders. The sport has achieved the MSMA's vision for non-aggression (albeit for a higher price than they wanted), but where are the performance controls that are making it happen? These bikes are full of GP engine parts, yet the only make 210hp. The Ducati is the only bike that is governed by performance indexing in the technical regulations.
4. Kropotkin basically pointed out that I can't allege a rev-limit if I don't have a reasonable explanation for how it could be enforced. My first inclination was money or homologation, but I didn't have any evidence of either.
5. I knew BSB was rev limited so I checked out the BSB rulebook. Lo and behold I found reference to a homologated rev limit in the BSB Evo rulebook. BSB homologation is FIM homologation according to the rulebook. I've since learned that 2 of 6 four cylinder bikes have the same 13,300rpm homologated rev limit.
There it is. The 1000cc WSBK formula was designed to be non-aggressive. The sport is clearly non-aggressive (especially with the new homologation quantities). The BSB Evo rulebook says that the FIM homologate a rev limit.
I understand why my theory can't be added to textbooks or written about by respectable journalists who can't risk their credibility or the ire of the FIM or the Flamminis, but it really shouldn't be rocket science for average fans with open minds to assemble the pieces of the puzzle.
Stop thinking of motorsports of a romantic human contest and start thinking about motorsports as an international business. Things will become a lot more clear.
1. MSMA stated at the very beginning of the 1000cc era that WSBK must be a non-aggressive sport that serves as a supplement to MotoGP.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2003-Jun/030616a.htm
Do you know who runs WSS rules in the Superbike class? AMA
2. The rules were not adopted by the world superbike council so the manufacturers withdrew b/c the sport didn't have performance controls.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2003-Nov/031115a.htm
3. In 2005 the manufacturers returned, and since that time the sport has clearly achieved non-aggression status b/c all of the bikes have roughly the same performance despite massive differences in technical specifications. Everything in WSBK hinges on chassis, electronic development, and riders. The sport has achieved the MSMA's vision for non-aggression (albeit for a higher price than they wanted), but where are the performance controls that are making it happen? These bikes are full of GP engine parts, yet the only make 210hp. The Ducati is the only bike that is governed by performance indexing in the technical regulations.
4. Kropotkin basically pointed out that I can't allege a rev-limit if I don't have a reasonable explanation for how it could be enforced. My first inclination was money or homologation, but I didn't have any evidence of either.
5. I knew BSB was rev limited so I checked out the BSB rulebook. Lo and behold I found reference to a homologated rev limit in the BSB Evo rulebook. BSB homologation is FIM homologation according to the rulebook. I've since learned that 2 of 6 four cylinder bikes have the same 13,300rpm homologated rev limit.
There it is. The 1000cc WSBK formula was designed to be non-aggressive. The sport is clearly non-aggressive (especially with the new homologation quantities). The BSB Evo rulebook says that the FIM homologate a rev limit.
I understand why my theory can't be added to textbooks or written about by respectable journalists who can't risk their credibility or the ire of the FIM or the Flamminis, but it really shouldn't be rocket science for average fans with open minds to assemble the pieces of the puzzle.
Stop thinking of motorsports of a romantic human contest and start thinking about motorsports as an international business. Things will become a lot more clear.
