[Ducati] SBK homologation rules

[Victor M. Castañeda Jr.]

>From what I've heard, Ducati wants to produce 50,000 bikes per year in the
next year or two.  They probably agreed to those homologation rules so that
other brands that compete directly with them, like MV Agusta, Aprilia and
soon KTM, can't show up and race.

Ciao,
Victor
Buckeye, AZ USA
2004 MV Agusta Brutale
www.RaginPitBull.com
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From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On Behalf
Of Alex
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 5:14 AM
To: ducati at ducati.net
Subject: [Ducati] SBK homologation rules

I was looking at the new rules for WSBK, and I think it's great that 
Ducati got the 1200 engine in, and also that the new rules put the 
bikes all in the same "tune", however I was thinking about the 
homologation requirements and I am thinking they are a little unfair.

Specifically, the new rules will phase in a 3000 bike 
requirement.  For Honda, that's nothing -- they can fart and make 
3000 bikes, but for Ducati, that's 10% of the total bikes sold last 
year, world wide.

I don't think it seems fair for the homologation requirements to be a 
straight number for everyone -- I am wondering if a different rule, 
i.e. percentage of total bikes made for the last three years or 
something like that.

3000 is about 10% of Ducati's TOTAL bike production, but about 
0.0003% of Honda's 10 ~million~ bikes made annually (2004 
numbers).  Honda expected to ship over 12 million bikes in 2005, I 
don't know the later numbers.

perhaps homologation should be "10% of the total bikes made by
manufacturer"..

Ducati would have to make 3000+ bikes in that class and Honda would 
have to make 1,000,000

Obviously, it would need fine-tuning.  But I see the new homologation 
rules possibly hurting Ducati.


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