Erik Making a New Streetbike

Dave · 02-19-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikey

I do like the looks of the bike, but I'm not looking forward to what will likely be a very heavy price tag.

I wonder if it will finally be able to compete with the Japanese liter bikes now that it's at damn near 1200cc.

no

Sixxxxer · 02-19-2011, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

no

I hope your wrong.

Be nice to whoop on some jap hardware with some american built muscle.

tommymac · 02-20-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

I hope your wrong.

Be nice to whoop on some jap hardware with some american built muscle.

his bikes were competitive last year and he had decent riders, gotta see who rides for him this year and how they do in testing/developing the bike, as far as homologation I bet they will make some concessions like thye did for foggarty and his bike a bunch of years ago.

Dave · 02-20-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

his bikes were competitive last year and he had decent riders, gotta see who rides for him this year and how they do in testing/developing the bike, as far as homologation I bet they will make some concessions like thye did for foggarty and his bike a bunch of years ago.

Are you talking about the petronas fp1? Edit, I reread it. Fim has a set of very specific rules laid Out this season to prevent another debacle like That

tommymac · 02-20-2011, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

Are you talking about the petronas fp1? Edit, I reread it. Fim has a set of very specific rules laid Out this season to prevent another debacle like That

to run in superbike you had to make/sell x amount of bikes, I am prety sure FIM looked the other way so they could get in, but that was considering who he was at the time, I dont know if erik is that popular at the wsbk level.

Dave · 02-20-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

to run in superbike you had to make/sell x amount of bikes, I am prety sure FIM looked the other way so they could get in, but that was considering who he was at the time, I dont know if erik is that popular at the wsbk level.

the fp1's were made, just never sold. theres a warehouse in the uk still stuffed full of the things.

tommymac · 02-20-2011, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

the fp1's were made, just never sold. theres a warehouse in the uk still stuffed full of the things.

I think there was a provision about them being sold too. I know yamaha made it difficult withthe old r7's they wer eonly selling them to race teams be it factory or privateer. I remember our local dealer had a few but you had to give some sort of racing resume to buy one.