Racing Silly Season - Who's Going Where For 2017?

[Lincsblokey]

ZX10R NIN said:

Lincsblokey said:

Taylor on stocker, coops on one of the sbk's, guinters or Brookes on the other.

Don't count chickens on Dunlop being on a Suzuki with hawk either. As of Tuesday he & Hicken were discussing running beemers again in basically the hawk team structure but under the MD racing banner. All depends on when they get the bikes and how much factory support is actually arriving

I'd heard it was a done deal MD will carry on with the BMW & they'll develop the Gixer in 2017 with MD making the switch then, by the way that'll be some record to have won with so many different manufacturers if he manages it.

As i say, as of early this week it was still up for discussion.

MD wants proper factory support and a good testing program, which is the current sticking point.


Good to see Team 6t9, who also sponsor me, increasing its support in the bsb paddock too.

[WaferThinHam]

Team Traction Control stepping to BSB with Ellison and Laverty. I believe they have the old SMR bikes and support from Yamaha EU too. Should be a strong team if they have the budget. They're keeping their Supersport effort too.

[FourWheelDrift]

Must be the EPayme Tommy Hill bikes used this year then?

[WaferThinHam]

FourWheelDrift said:

Must be the EPayme Tommy Hill bikes used this year then?

Exactly. I have no idea how much support THM got from Yamaha EU. I guess THM just ran out of money to do it for another year.

[egor110]

I'll be interested how long Keith flint keeps pumping money into this project.

Ellison and laverty aren't going to be cheap.

[ZX10R NIN]

He's not paying there are other backers that are paying for those two also this has come about from Yamaha EU KF was happy to stay the size he was approaches were made to him after TH's team went to the wall.

[Turn7]

Didn't th fold because Higgs poached epayme
Tho ?

[theshrew]

I dunno but he posted on twitter the other day he was looking for a sponsor

[Lincsblokey]

FourWheelDrift said:

Must be the EPayme Tommy Hill bikes used this year then?

No they are building box fresh bikes. Tommy still has the ex SMR bikes as he had a 2 year agreement with Yamaha.

Yes he has lost epayme to another team via mr Higgs playing musical chairs.

Keith won't be putting much in at all. Raceways provide the facilities and initial machines, monster & now mcams (ellisons personal sponsor and the reason he was signed allegedly) covering the majority of the teams running costs

Good to see HUK keeping JoH, he deserves that ride. And they are confirmed as using the SP2 blade, should be a proper weapon in even bsb sbk trim

[Gavia]

Lincsblokey said:

No they are building box fresh bikes. Tommy still has the ex SMR bikes as he had a 2 year agreement with Yamaha.

Yes he has lost epayme to another team via mr Higgs playing musical chairs.

Keith won't be putting much in at all. Raceways provide the facilities and initial machines, monster & now mcams (ellisons personal sponsor and the reason he was signed allegedly) covering the majority of the teams running costs

Good to see HUK keeping JoH, he deserves that ride. And they are confirmed as using the SP2 blade, should be a proper weapon in even bsb sbk trim

Aren't most riders signed as they can bring money to a team?

[Turn7]

Guigliano and Iddon @ Tyco...

[egor110]

Turn7 said:

Guigliano and Iddon @ Tyco...

Interesting , there was a tweet doing the rounds at the weekend supposedly from brookes saying he wasn't going to be in bsb as none of the teams have any money and he's not riding for free.

I think tyco was the last team who could of afforded him .

[tight5]

A broken arm for Brad Binder testing the KTM moto2 bike.

[Sea-Doo]

egor110 said:

Turn7 said:

Guigliano and Iddon @ Tyco...

Interesting , there was a tweet doing the rounds at the weekend supposedly from brookes saying he wasn't going to be in bsb as none of the teams have any money and he's not riding for free.

I think tyco was the last team who could of afforded him .

Very disappointing if Brookes isn't back in BSB next season

[tight5]

MOTOGP to go to Spa by 2020 ?

[George29]

tight5 said:

MOTOGP to go to Spa by 2020 ?

I doubt it, there's too many races already, and they're going to add one in Indonesia next aren't they?

[egor110]

I thought the issue with spa was the track was too quick?

[Gavia]

egor110 said:

I thought the issue with spa was the track was too quick?

It's epic. Soooooooooooo fast and flowing. Never ridden a bike so fast in my life before and never maxed one out in 6th either. By the end of the second day, I was looking for 7th gear down the straights and I'm rubbish at riding, so I dread to think what it would be like for the creme de la creme

[FourWheelDrift]

Moto3 would only be braking twice

[Lincsblokey]

George29 said:

tight5 said:

MOTOGP to go to Spa by 2020 ?

I doubt it, there's too many races already, and they're going to add one in Indonesia next aren't they?

The circuit operators at spa have confirmed they are in talks with dorna about a return to spa no later than 2020. Possibly 2018.

Can't wait to see that. Imagine the desmosedici down those straights 😳

In other news, William Dunlop to Halsall for the roads, great move on both parts.

And LFC executive Ian Ayre joining Roy & Ben Constables brilliant RC Express team to help with commercial ventures.

http://www.rcexpressracing.co.uk/news/announcement...