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PROPOSED RULE CHANGES FOR WORLDSBK
A
fter some outspoken me-
dia comments from overall
Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta in
the run-up to the Laguna Seca
weekend, the WorldSBK Series
Director Dani Carrera gave some
clarification of what will probably
really happen in the USA.
Ezpeleta's comments—that
WorldSBK should become a
more or less stock class—ap-
pear to be more of a guidance
for where to go than any kind of
declaration that Superbike will
be a Superstock-only class, and
very soon at that.
"It is just the intention to give a
clear direction of where we want
to go," said Carrera of what has
been reported in the media from
Ezpeleta.
"This does not mean we will
land in a completely stock, stan-
dard spec. I think between the
completely standard rules there
is a line in the middle, and this
is the work that Scott Smart, the
Technical Director from the FIM
together with Gregorio Lavilla,
are trying to define—having con-
versations with manufacturers
and teams. So, we are getting
close to being able to prepare
a set of rules, or a proposal,
that will go to the SBK Commis-
sion to try to see what can be
implemented for next year, and
what things can be implemented
in the near future. But the clear
direction to go in is a simpler
spec to bring other bikes com-
peting on the track closer to the
products on the street. That is
the DNA of our championship
and that is the way to put a new
limit for the level of performance
that will allow all manufacturers
and all teams to have a level of
performance that nowadays we
see that only two or four bikes
are able to achieve." CN
2018 SUZUKI RM-Z250 UNVEILED
S
uzuki introduced the
2018 RM-Z250 and it
returns much like it was in
2017. Its bigger brother,
the RM-Z450, got a major
overhaul for 2018, but
we'll have to wait a little
longer before the 250
gets its long-awaited
update.
The 2018 RM-Z250
returns with KYB PSF2
Pneumatic Spring forks,
Suzuki Holeshot Assist
Control (S-HAC) and up-
dated graphics.
It will be available in
July with an MSRP of
$7749. CN
The 2018 Suzuki RM-Z250 returns with updated graphics.
