Question for bike guys: Will the big four's I4 bikes have to raise displacement soon?

[EJ25RUN]

Here is what i've been observing for some time about the "race replica street bike of today competing in wsbk".

I know Ducati threatened to leave the World Superbike championship before the 2008 season if the displacement cap for twins wasn't lifted.

Well, the FIM did.........to 1200cc. :eek:

So Ducati came out with the 1098. So in 2006 Ducati released the 1098. With 2 more years before 08. The 999 F06 and F07 were left to contest the series.

Now that the 2008 season is at it's 4th round, /Ducati bikes have won 5/6 races. Only "Nitro" Nori Haga has been table to win with a Non 1098cc Ducati. Granted Lorenzo Lanzi won round one at Valencia because of this \/. But we are still 5/6 for the 1098!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IthdtcuvVCo

KTM's RC8 is at 1148cc respectively and they are already running a bike in the Superstock liter class.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2935/cimg3741smalluo0.jpg

MCN reported yesterday "they've made up since"

My question is, if Ducati has a walkover this year (I think they will),
will we see the return of the Suzuki GSX-R-1100 and a K-Wack ZX-11? Will we also see the start up of a new set of bikes such as the CBR1100RR?

Let's not forget that just last week BMW finally revealed their Inline 4 S1000RR for the 09 season. Sad they will only make 1000 bikes to suit homoligations.

http://imagesme.net/tuvie/bmw-s1000rr-superbike2.jpg

Aprilia has the RSV 4 (V4 engine)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/imm_hp_00372.jpg

Rumors also say that Honda is working on a 1000cc V4.

Imagine a RVF1000 bike for 2009.
http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2007/08/honda-v4-revival-in-2008-2009.html

I'll be honest, i miss the 750cc bikes. But speed has to go up and will to get that......so does displacement.

What do you guys think about the possibility that the CBR1000RR, the GSX-R1000, R1, and the ZX-10 might raise displacement?

[josh green]

That aprilia is beautiful!

[The BUCKY]

i think they will have to raise the displacement back up for the I4 bikes in motoGP. they lost some power when they went 800cc but i would love to see bigger, faster bikes. the Gsxr1000 is already a busa killer with bolts ons

[EJ25RUN]

i think they will have to raise the displacement back up for the I4 bikes in motoGP. they lost some power when they went 800cc but i would love to see bigger, faster bikes. the Gsxr1000 is already a busa killer with bolts ons

You know, those 800cc machines don't have as much straight line speed as the old 990cc bikes but are faster through the corners and therefore have faster lap times. Oh and then there's traction control. :no:

You know that Kawasaki and Yamaha are the only teams running an Inline 4! Everyone else (Honda, Ducati, and Suzuki) are running V4 power.

On a note im excited about. The 250cc 2 strokes will turn into 600cc 4 strokes next year.

[The BUCKY]

i think a v4 production superbike would be awesome. i have never ridden one but would like to try it out

[EJ25RUN]

i think a v4 production superbike would be awesome. i have never ridden one but would like to try it out

I would like for Honda to bring back the RC nomenclature on say an RC60?

It would have a Motogp based V4 and it would have a powerplant between 800cc-1000cc. They could but it against the Ducati Desmocedici as a rtrue Motogp street bike.

But i don't want it to be overpriced, maybe around $35,000. That's cheaper than the Ducati 1098R!

and i think it would be a good machine to sell with the I4 CBR!

[cornercarver78]

the rules were tweaked in wsbk to keep Ducati interested. The only result of Ducati's success (mostly due to Bayliss) is that they will tweak something to bring the duc's performance back in check. I don't think they would go the other way around and loosen the rules for I4's.

[Cool Cat Racing]

Now that the AMA race side is up for sale we'll have to see how the rules will change. I'd love for the V4 bikes to get cheaper too, I'd love a Suzuki GSVR.

[BLK JDM]

Wow these are some really good points to ponder.