Moto GP to be slowed down

It would appear that the Moto GP bikes are to be restricted to make them
safer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/4701657.stm

How long before racing is completely sanitised?
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Heh, I think horses go too fast... maybe we should make their legs
shorter.

 

The safety link seems to come from something Rossi says, almost as an
afterthought, could it be that they're reducing the four+ cylinder
capacity to give the twins a chance?

I don't know this, of course, so wibble.

 

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 09:46:56 +0100, "sweller"

This is MotoGP not Superbikes so the 4 cylinder vs Twin debate isn't
relevant as most bikes are 4's or V5. V6 arriving shortly from Blata!

I think it is a safety issue but one led in part by bike development
outstripping tyre development. Michelin who haven't actually had any
tyre safety issues have gone on record saying at the current rate of
development the bikes will be simply too much for the tyres for a
single race distance.

Personnaly I don't see a capacity reduction as a step backwards at
all.

 

What's the general view amongst the riders?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Colin Irvine

"Someone shoot that **** Rossi".

HTH.

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Good call. He was unbelievable this afternoon.

 

A faster cadence to compensate will be surelt less safe. What they
need is less sticky shoes.

 

And in other news, scientists announced that the world is actually round.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Switters

No it's not, it's an oblate spheroid.

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and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Sounds like bollocks.

 

So one of them isn't round then? Is it flat or angular or what?