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Cycle News 2014 Issue 50 December 16

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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FEATURE MOTOAMERICA P100 Ben Spies (left) moved on to World Superbike after securing his third-straight AMA Superbike Championship over rival Mat Mladin (right) at Laguna Seca in 2008. It was no accident the bike was introduced by Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. While today's MotoGP can now effectively fill the marketing role formerly reserved for Superbikes, it's completely unrealistic to think MotoAmerica (or another national championship) to hope to build its domestic series around the hyper expensive prototype class. And even Moto2 might prove too costly while lacking the appeal necessary to serve as a genuine premier class. Superbike was the only logical option available to KRAVE and one that has a great deal of his-

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