Joined Jul 2008
2K Posts | 14+
Tweed Valley Australia
157kg vs 165kg. Much lighter? Rider alone would account for a greater variance than that.
And electronics on WSBK are as advanced as the current crop of CRT bikes. Not stock, not even close.
Which is my point all along - I was here in 2008 beating out the mantra "WSBK is catching up".
The weights are immaterial - don't go all Lex on me - a GP bike should be faster.
And Lex, a market is comprised of buyers and sellers. The reason I used the CBR900RR and this may be the absolute peak, the shining light of my genius (yes that dim little backwards spelled thing in the corner - correctly called a "dit") is that it didn't follow the rules, it couldn't be homologated but everyone bought the bloody thing.
Then came the R1 - In those days you didn't see anything else on the roads but they weren't racing in WSBK.
The sellers can do nothing more than respond to buyer demands unless they want to get acquainted with some receivers. Forget all the numbers, the buyer dictates everything in the market and the class. For example I am buying a 1000cc bike (Aprilia) when I am better. If WSBK changes its rules and 800cc bikes are dictated I will still buy a 1000cc bike. If some of the manufacturers stop making them I will go to another manufacturer. This was the success of the CBR900RR in the first place - a product for the market, not a product of a marketing product.