THE all new 4cyl. benchmark has landed...

A new level in road race replica bikes.The gap has just got [much]
wider

ORDER now, all 4 Japanese copycat brands WILL buy them, just like they
always do, so beat them in the "q"...

OVER 200HP.......

http://www.ducati.com/bikes/my2006/desmosedicirr.jhtml [Turn your
speakers/sound on]

WOW!!

 

hmmmm one shitcati or an R1, a GSXR and a 'Blade in the
garage................

black R1, red/black 'Blade and blue K6 for me please

ck

 

Would this make 'em legal in SBK?

 

Arrrrr i take it you did'nt read it?

Its a MotoGP clone [the worlds first] nothing to do with SBK [Aprilia
are developing a 4cyl. SBK bike for 08']

400 only, June 07' delivery ...Price is still to be confirmed $50k+?

Cheers,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

If its road legal, less than 1000cc 4cyl and they build enough production
bikes to homologate them, it should be possible. I can't see Ducati giving
up on twins though.

Al

 

50k Euros so 80+ aus

 

It will be going into (limited) production, will it not?...How many bikes
are needed to be sold to qualify? Will they sell more than Petronas did?...

 

ok so I can buy 4 1 litre japanese bikes

cool.

ck

 

If its road legal, less than 1000cc 4cyl and they build enough production

What _would_ be funny is if a privateer team raced one in WSBK ;-)

 

Nope, the MotoGP "prototype" parts are allowed to move into production 3
years *after* they first appear as prototype bit (and are then still
legal to race with).

big

 

Yep, so long as they build at least 150 of them (75 before the
homologation inspection, and the other 75 within 6 months), and have
them available "worldwide", they'd get through first homologation.

(Second homologation, once they've decided then need to make some
modifications, is a little more difficult, depending on how many bike
the manufacturer builds in a year they'll need to make either 500, 250,
or 150 more bikes...)

I suspect that unless Ducati get their way with their proposed 1200cc
twin rule in WSBK, they'll homologate these instead. The current rumours
are that the only way Ducati can keep up with the current 4 cylinder
Japanese litrebikes is by tuning the 999s up so far they only get 1000km
out of a set of _engine cases!_ It's speculated that the motors are
costing about 10,000 UK pounds to rebuild, and they're needing to
rebuild one every race meeting. I suspect it would be cheaper to race a
$80k or so Desmosedici and _not_ have to spend almost $25k per meeting
rebuilding it than stick with the current 999s under the current rules.

big

 

No, the Italians need an $80000 motorcycle ($50kUSD).

 

What would you do with 4 1 litre japanese bikes that you couldn't do with 1?


G-S

 

Keep the k's down mate!

Johno

Beer?

 

Pfft; EXACTLY the same as a 1987 FZR1000!

 

I take it you didn't understand the question;
he asked "Would this make 'em legal in SBK"?

I can't see a reason they wouldn't be eligible.

 

Yep; if that's what you wanted certainly.
Same as you could buy 4 RX7s for the price of a Ferrari.
You, like me, would have about an equal chance of owning both.

 

Can't hardly walk down the street without tripping over them
Foggy-Petronases.

 

It's the fog, you know. Coming to Alpine?

-----sharks

 

Naah; I'm a homo woose!