Re: [ST] Beemer GP?

[david.funk@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Matt I think you have missed something.
In MotoGP only the Yamaha/Kawasaki inline 4's is remotely like stuff the manufactures sell. You did notice the Honda V-5, but Suzuki V-4 and Ducati V-4 are not really for sale.

MotoGP is about selling "tech".

Triumph has no place in MotoGP. 
They don't have the money and they don't have the "tech".

David W. Funk
'00 Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> 
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 12:12 PM, Paul English wrote: 
> 
> > So I don't know why anyone would expect to see K or R technology, or 
> > their 
> > Rotax based stuff in motogp. 
> 
> Manufacturers don't get into racing because they want to win trophies. 
> They race to sell bikes. For the most part they do that by either 
> selling bikes that are similar to what they race, or they race bikes 
> that they sell. (The Honda 5 Cyl. or the oval piston being well known 
> exceptions.) 
> 
> If Triumph were to race in motogp I would expect an inline triple. If 
> Harley (gasp) were to go at it, it would be with a V-twin. 
> 
> Even if inline fours were kicking everyone's butts, I don't think you'd 
> see Ducati or Aprillia running one unless they had one in their street 
> lineup. 
> 
> So even though they raced in the original Superbike series, the opposed 
> twins, as people have mentioned, don't make real good race bikes. So it 
> seems far more likely that BMW would choose an inline engine layout. 
> Whether it shares any real parts with their production machines is 
> irrelevant. I guess that's what I meant by "K" technology. 
> 
> Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - 
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