The paddock will never be the same again!!

I'm not convinced with the sound yet.....but R.I.P. the smell of expensive two stroke oil at the end of the start finish straights :frown:

But they do look like proper bikes, with a finish to match now.

Anth

 

All the bikes run the same engine in moto3. All the bikes run the same engine in moto2. And now motogp has a crt superbike option. A downhill slope for prototype motorbike racing, a sad time indeed.
World supermotogpbikes anyone? No thanks.

 

All the bikes in Moto 3 don't run the same engine, just the same ECU.

 

I think what Hammer was getting at is there is not much room for anything other than the same engine with a different name on the crank case.
The single cylinder thing really restricts it, Ducati won't budge from the 90 degree v4 in MotoGP, can you imagine them supplying moto3, a 90 degree.....Oooo, single? Anyone for an inline....one or a parallel....one.

• 4-stroke reciprocating piston engines only.
• Engine capacity: maximum 250cc.
• Single cylinder only.
• Maximum bore size: 81mm. Oval pistons are not permitted.
• Engines must be normally aspirated. No turbo-charging, no super-charging.
• Crankshaft speed limited to maximum: 14,000 rpm.
• Pneumatic and/or hydraulic valve systems are not permitted.
• Valve timing system drive must be by one chain.
• Variable valve timing and/or variable valve lift systems are not permitted.

The whole engine thing is just to make it cheaper for Dorna to get someone to develope and supply the control ECU.

 

I had heard that Honda supplied all the engins for moto3, just like they do in moto2. I may be wrong.
Even if not, the rules for engine building are so restrictive they may well be the same...

I appreciate dorna is cost cutting to get more bikes on the grid, but when everyone has the same(ish) engine it does get boring and development slows down.

I miss the early 990cc days... sniff.

 

Agreed it could slow down bike development, but equal(ish) machines should give closer more exciting racing. Look at it another way, having such strict engine rules could actually push development along, engineers will have to work harder to gain an advantage.... Did I just contradict myself

I can't remember if it was Moto 3 or Moto 2, but I remember something being said about if a rider was so many seconds behind he could claim the winners engine or one like it. Anyone hear about that or was I dreaming!?