Suzuki: done like a small roast.

[veefer800canuck]

MotoGP's worst kept secret of the year:

http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Nov/111118a.htm

[Tyrroneous]

Sucks.  They're saying a comeback in 2014?  I guess Suzuki is banking on the racing being cheaper and much less 'prototype' by that point.

On the other hand...Biaggi, Cheka, Hopkins, DePuniet, Melandri, Oayama, et al in WSBK next year.  That'll probably be some good racing.  

[DredheadV2.0]

Sucks.  They're saying a comeback in 2014?  I guess Suzuki is banking on the racing being cheaper and much less 'prototype' by that point.
 

"Having an eye to returning to MotoGP in 2014, Suzuki will now focus on developing a competitive new racing machine for that class."

Sure, they'll develop a killer 1000cc machine just in time for the next rule change.

[DredheadV2.0]

Hopper tweeted this AM that he's officially riding with Crescent Suzuki's WSBK effort.

[phoenix]

Sure, they'll develop a killer 1000cc machine just in time for the next rule change.

you can't deny, or at least I won't, that the rule changes over the past decade must have been very expensive to manage for all the MotoGP teams.

[Mookie]

Hopper tweeted this AM that he's officially riding with Crescent Suzuki's WSBK effort.

Sweet!  Now we can finally watch him race again.

[DredheadV2.0]

Sweet!  Now we can finally watch him race again.

BSB was pretty awesome this year.  

[veefer800canuck]

Shit, he would have had it in the bag if it wasn't for his finger.

That was gruesome for a "small" injury. The pics were bad.

Let's all hope he'll put THIS behind him:

http://superbikeplanet.com/2009/Apr/090428c.htm

[Shmoo]

At times WSBK was much more entertaining than MotoGP.  

[veefer800canuck]

At times WSBK was much more entertaining than MotoGP.  

Agreed, and you could actually buy one. Well, a stock one anyhow.

[Rockin SV]

At times WSBK was much more entertaining than MotoGP.  

I'd have to say that the AMA Daytona Sportbike and Superbike races were much more entertaining than WSBK and MotoGP put together. With one every race came down to 4 or 5 guys dicing for it on the final lap and side by side finishes. The other came down to the final lap of the final race. The big guys just seemed to have one guy run away with it and was a real yawn. I miss the days when you had guys like Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz and Mick Doohan really going at it.