factory

I felt this was a big enough talking point to start a new thread.https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/factory-ducati-riders-switch-to-year-old-motogp-engines-for-2022/8673865/

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motogp-jack-miller-joining-factory-ducati-team-in-2021/ Well deserved!

Very aggressive looking. Best design in years.

As a fan of Suzuk's GSXR line I was pleasantly surprised to see that Josh Herrin has been signed for a factory ride in 2019. Looking forward to seeing how Toni and Josh perform as team mates. 2019 MotoAmerica Series (Provisional) April 5-7 – Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia April...

I'm sure this is a stupid question and no doubt we've been through it before. What are the satellite bikes - are they just previous year factory bikes? Do they get new things and test them for factory bikes or the other way round? The 3 satellite bikes that were in the top 4 the other...

Have seen some stories doing the rounds that Hector will again be riding the factory Ducati at Phillip Island with Mad Mike remaining in place as Hector's replacement at Avintia. Rumours indicate that Ianonne has some fences to mend ...............

Read it and weep:   http://motomatters.com/news/2014/03/06/motogp_rule_change_imminent_intermediate.html#comments   .... Honda, and .... their "spirit of the rules" ......... MotoGP has just become the ultimate farce.    Edit: for anyone who doesn't want to read the article, here is...

Dorna will not grant Suzuki a new team slot on the 2014 for its anticipated return to MotoGP, forcing the Japanese manufacturer to align with an existing team.   http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jan/13012299.htm

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2013/Monster%20Energy%20sponsors%20Yamaha%20Factory%20Racing%20team   Guess we'll see 4 Monster bikes this season.   Maybe the livery will be something simmilar to AMA Yamaha:  

http://www.crash.net...t_for_2014.html Sorry, but why does Stefan Bradl deserve this over Bautista? Bautista finished 5th in the championsip and Bradl finished 8th. Bautista had two 3rd place podiums this season, Bradl's best result was just a single 4th place. Bautista finished ahead of...

http://motomatters.com/press_release/2012/07/16/bmw_pass_the_wsbk_torch_to_bmw_motorrad_.html seems like theyre doing an althea kind of thing,letting the satellite team run their operations and concentrating on just making the engines/electronics. melandri will still be there, wondering...

So which of these two factories efforts is fielding the best machine? Here is at least one opinion: I disagree. For the those who want a bit more fuel to explain why Casey is not winning the title because he’s on an inferior bike, you boys now have an ally. Here is how I...

Here comes another topic from a newbie In this forum I have read a lot of comments about Pedrosa being a waste of a factory bike and I saw everybody asking why the guys at Honda are still letting him stay in the team after 5 unsuccessful years? I was wondering if we could look to the...

http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Oct/111014rydernotesfri.htm

By Dovi, see you at Tech 3 Yamaha. Edit: maybe not. http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Sep/110926p-qaz.htm Fausto Gresini is delighted to announce that Marco Simoncelli will once again wear the colors of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini in 2012. The new deal sees the continuation of an...

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2011/June/jun3011-marc-vds-nearing-2012-decision/ Interesting take on the moto1 Homo1 bike, a satellite bike will be more competitve. I memtion this in another thread, there's no way a CRT bike is going to be competitive against a...

I heard that Tech 3 are using last years Factory Yamaha bikes. Can anyone enlighten me on this.

http://gpone.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3051&Itemid=54 Team Gresini held their official team presentation today, in the press room of the Autodromo di Monza. It started with a video shot inside San Carlo headquarters (the company has sponsored the team for 4 years now)...

Question: Which factory bike do you consider to be the best all around bike? What is your reasoning for your choice? What chance do riders on sub-par packages have of scoring a win let alone a championship? With all this talk recently by some members saying Yamaha has become a liability for...