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Originally Posted by Rsv1000R
If the SV1000 is legal (which I think it would be) I'm all for Yosh fielding one.
I'm sorry the concept of a open class that accepts different styles of bikes is so hard for everyone to accept. It isn't a 600 class anymore, but it is a class the existing 600's fit into. Yes there are a range of displacements based on engine configuration and factory performance level, and yes they will get handicapped based on how well they do. I think it'll provide better racing, and better bikes from the companies that participate for us.
And yes you could regulate them based on power to weight, and that may be what they're doing as they try to make a fair class. But a bike with 100hp and 100#' of torque isn't the same as one with 100hp 55#' of torque engine. That's probably about where the season started at, and the Buells were cleaning up.
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The problem is that it isn't an open class. If it was, the Japanese manufacturers wouldn't be running 600s. If you want an open, run-what-ya-brung class, then the Buell will get killed by the Japanese and the Italians.
That's not what this is. This is a class where, from what I can see, the Japanese manufacturers have to play by the rules and Buell doesn't.
