MotoAmerica changes for 2018

Gonna be mister popular with this post but. . . the twins class has no business at a MA event. It belongs at a club racing event and just smells of a money grab to me.

I got nothing against making money in fact I love money but I don't dig this.

 

Not that I don't think they belong, but the rider pool with pro/alien talent and speed is very thin for this class. All the big names or ultra fast dudes are taken up in the other classes, so it definitely becomes less of a draw.. and out of the club racers making the step, very few of those are pro quality.

 

Been to them, it was fine but didn’t enjoy it as much as racing. I don’t get the same enjoyment out of watching things, especially in person.

I played baseball for 18 years, hate watching it. Been to several NBA games, and even with seats close to the court, it’s not the same as watching it on TV. Last weekend we went to see Kevin Hart in Charlotte, it was a lot better on TV.

As far as the event/game goes, it is cool just to do something different. But when it comes to actually enjoying what is going on, it’s better on TV.

 

@Chaotic I believe he meant you should race an MA event.

 

Well shit. My bad.

It was the “attending” that threw me off.

 

How much did Suzuki dropping the SV for a few years contribute to killing the class?

If MA wanted something new and exciting they should have gone with something like an open class naked bike series. 1000R versus Z900s versus the rest of those wallowing pigs. No fairings, limited mods, no (or almost no) baffling in the exhausts cans. Big, loud pigs that barely go around corners . . . like the original superbikes.

 

There could be a basic RBoM Superstock SV available if someone was seriously interested in getting on the grid. A bit of a scramble to prep it to pass MA tech. Probably not a front runner, but a decent bike. Unfortunately, I've disassembled 3 previously ineligible bikes to build Curtis Murray a 2009 bike. Emails would be best for further discussion: [email protected]

 

They already had an XR1200 series.

Or do you mean even bigger and louder pigs with no fairings and even more limited modifications that go around corners even worse?

 

I can't believe MA sucked you in.

 

That was a spec class with just one bike allowed to dance to the music. Invite the rest of the town to the square dance and see what happens.

 

I think a spec class would be best. The grids have always been pretty full in BSB for their spec class, whether it's Triumph 675, Ducati 848, Ducati 959, etc.

Bodywork, slip ons, shock, fork internals, rear sets, Spec ECU and go race.

Spec racing is usually pretty entertaining. No financial advantages, just riders banging it out.

 

I think that for support and feeder classes, spec is the best way to go in regards to the racing.

I don't think that there is a certain type of motorcycle or brand of motorcycle or engine configuration that's going to do anything as far as putting asses in the seats.

 

Word.
You should see the FZ cams. They barely have any bumps on them at all. It's a really detuned design. The SV has better cylinder head design and layout. The FZ is hamstrung by sidedraft heads and lack of perimeter frame. That isn't stopping people from getting power out of them, however.

 

I agree. But the problem, as usual, is getting someone to pay for it.

 

I meant you racing at the event.

 

If nothing else the MA twins class will provided the spectators a nice break in the action to grab a beverage, get something to eat, take a leak or just take a nap. So it’s got this going for it.