British Superbikes: Ex BSB Rizla Suzuki Team Boss joins engine spec debate

Former Rizla Suzuki British Superbike Team Manager Simon Buckmaster has defended the current engine specification rules in BSB, calling for the teams to rev their bikes less to be more reliable.

The comments came about after the current Parkalgar Honda boss who looks after Craig Jones in World Supersport read the comments in this week’s MCN.

“I read with great interest the reported views of several British Superbike Team Managers in MCN this week. It makes me laugh,” he said.

“I agree 100 per cent with Colin Wright on the subject of engine spec.

“Last year, when I was manager for the Suzuki BSB team, we ran in ’08 spec with standard rods for full mileage and had no problems.

“At Brands the Suzuki of Sykes had a speed advantage on the straights and I have heard they have more power than at the end of 07 – but the engine failed in race two quite spectacularly.

“The answer isn’t a change in rules needed to stop the bikes from blowing up – it seems simple to me – just don’t rev the bikes so hard.”