01-11-2018, 02:31 PM
(01-06-2018, 01:24 PM)DAC_imp Wrote: Don't know as much about racing as a lot of you guys and only started to check it out in the last few years. So, feel free to discount my comments.
However, the Superbike classes have sort of bored me a bit. I wanted it to be great and see really competitive motorsport.
But, the same 3 or 4 guys were in contention each week and they just ran away from the rest of the pack. Usually only two brands are competitive per circuit. In World SBK it was Kawasaki and Ducati. MotoAmerica was Suzuki and Yamaha. So, if you're a Honda fan you just got used being an also ran. Stock 1000 might be a good way to judge who makes the best superbike, but maybe not so fun to watch since it'll mostly be the newest bike with the latest cool bits that wins.
It's hard to match the product that MotoGP puts out there and works-style racing is certainly hugely expensive. But somehow they've managed to make it really competitive. 2017 was tight and in 2016 they had something like 8 different guys win races.
Just my $.02 and sorry to be the downer.
MotoGP has not always been like 2017. There were the years where the battles were only between Rainey and Schwantz but they were good battles to watch. Then came the domination of Doohan.
MotoGP fixed it and made it fun to watch as it was in the last couple years. WSBK will have to do the same. MotoAmerica is fun because you get to go and meet the racers, take a few pictures with them. MotoAmerica races in 2017 were good to watch too. Good to see Suzuki kicked Yamaha's butt. Honda is catching up. And hopefully Kawasaki, Ducati and other manufacturers will join the fun !!
