Kwak OUT?!?!

[Mr Lefty]

if Honda pulls out... I can almost guarentee WSBK will have 10+ new riders next season.

fuck... I really hope the WSBK folks realize the market in the US if MotoGP fails and AMA runs with out factory support of any kind...

[smileyman]

F1 has had bad years before, they always manage to survive.

WSBK has a crowded grid already and WSS is practically flooded. Talent pool runs pretty deep as well.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by smileyman

F1 has had bad years before, they always manage to survive.

WSBK has a crowded grid already and WSS is practically flooded. Talent pool runs pretty deep as well.

but has F1 ever had two major manufactures possibly drop out in a year? shit in the last 2 years MotoGP has lost 3 teams... Kawasaki, Team Roberts, Ilmo... now maybe a 4th and one that supplies 1/4 of the grid?


and yes WSBK does have a crowded grid... but can you imagine 1-15 being world championship contenders? mother fuck'n

[smileyman]

Thats what I like about WSBK. The spec tire puts them all within 2-4 seconds of the pole time. Sure there are some who can't ever hope to close that gap, but each weekend different people go to the front and there always seem to be 5-6 that have the pace to challenge any given race, sometimes even different between race 1 and race 2! I would hate to watch MotoGP and see 8 bikes on the grid. Can't imagine that it would get that bad but even with a 20 bike grid there are usually only 3-4 on the pace and always one who has them covered...

[Porkchop]

I've never been big into WSBK... and I dont know why. I mean when SPEED actually covers a race or two, I'll sit down and watch them. And it does generally seem like good racing, with the likes of Haga, Bayliss, Biaggi, Fabrizio, and Tamada....

But it would be immensly sad if GP were to fizzle and die. Theres just something about the prototypes and riders that I enjoy so much more...

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

I've never been big into WSBK... and I dont know why. I mean when SPEED actually covers a race or two, I'll sit down and watch them.

You lost me there... Speed covers the entire WSBK season.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

You lost me there... Speed covers the entire WSBK season.

good to know! thought I can't stand Greg White so hopefully they have the British commentators...


you can also just go here and watch the full races for free

http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#

[pickle.of.doom]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

You lost me there... Speed covers the entire WSBK season.

Yeah but WSBK gets the red headed stepchild treatment... they usually don't play the weekends WSBK races until Tuesday.