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others will follow

not a suprise really given the gp changes, why would they need all there eggs in one basket?? i''ll tell you why to win the moto gp championship simple,at any means possible, they will better off than ducati tho as there current bike still wins races and has not been resesigned erm how to say in the wrong department,, oh i forget it did win races with casey on it lol i had to say but all fair to where it is due.

Genuinely bad news for WSBK. I get the feeling that were it not for the Yamahas and Carlos Checa then we'd be looking at a series with the Aprilia being the single competitive machine within it.

But here's hoping that they redirect their efforts into making their road machines more competitive and less expensive - crap sales figures definitely won't help racing efforts in the long term. Their prices have gone way beyond a joke. 

Shame

I was at Silverstone Sunday - what a shame - soon it will not have much in the way of Factory Support - Shame bloody shame for WSBK

Cannabalisation

A few races ago in WSBK there were 7 manufacturers running in the top 7 positions on track.

The number of different manufacturers in WSBK has been its strength, its depth and the reason why its one of the most competitive series. The loss of yamaha is certainly a blow and will make other teams consider which series to put thier bikes into. 

BMW and Aprilia (and kwak) are the only remaining full factory teams
Honda, Duke, Suzuki and Yam were the factory supported privateers

For 2012 where would YOU put your bikes and money if you were running a factory squad?
For me, I would choose 2012 for WSBK and last chance at the championship before switching to MotoGP IF the new rules look to have worked out.... but a big if ont he rules

hmmm

As sad as this is inall fairness on the talk about not many riders, next year with the oe bike rule i reckon there could be alot more riders than this year