Buell 1125R & Other Massive Twins Legal In Daytona Sport Bike & Supersport WSBK Planet
The DMG/AMA released the latest version of their rules package for American Superbike, Daytona Sport Bike and Supersport last Thursday night, in turn confirming that the make up for the Daytona Sport Bike and Supersport classes may be the oddest looking "middleweight" grid in history. 1100cc liquid-cooled, four-valve V-Twins will legally race against the top 600s in both the Daytona Sport Bike and Supersport classes.
The newly released rules list as homologated machinery for both classes: Aprilia RSV, BMW HP2 Sport, Buell 1125R, Ducati 848, Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, KTM Super Duke, Suzuki GSX-R600, Triumph Daytona 675, Yamaha YZF-R6.
Interestingly, Ducati is limited to 848cc while Buell and other twins are 1100cc or better.
It's been rumored for months that both former XBRR rider Jeremy McWilliams and Australian Garry McCoy will race Buells in '09 DMG/AMA action.
Dyno numbers are apples and oranges in the best of circumstances. That said, the following numbers come from PR sources and an independent dyno facility:
'08 Buell 1125R: 146 horsepower, 82 foot pounds of torque
'08 Honda CBR600RR: 105 horsepower, 46 foot pounds of torque
Even if the dyno numbers for the Buell were taken at the crankshaft and the Honda's from the rear wheel, there would still seem to be a rather wide difference between the two in terms of power.
The BMW HP2 Sport (1170cc) is rated at 130 horsepower, 85 foot pounds of torque.
DMG will be striving to make the Sport Bike and Supersport grids as equitable as possible. How this parity is accomplished with 130-140 horsepower motorcycles racing against 600s making dramatically less power may be interesting, to say the least, to watch.
Fukken Racing at PBIR 5/2/2009 the Weekend
Fukken Hot at West.
What a great Fukken weekend. The trip down took longer than expected and we were put behind the forever cruel 8 ball right off the bat.
Now keep in mind this was another brand new track that neither of us had seen before this weekend. We were going down blind and needed every bit of practice we could get. But that was easier said than done.
Right off the bat we forgot our tickets to get in. We had to sweet talk the gate guy into letting us get in to set up and practice. This was not easy as the gate keeper was the race promoter's brother. He finally gave in to our begging and so were off to try and find a pit.
The pit part we scored BIG on. After racing for so long you kind to get to know a bunch of racers. D-Wire (one of th efastest guys there) had a great pit, and said we could pit in front of him. This turned out to be agreat spot for traffic and pit out. I mean just look how out in the middle of everything our pit was:
A few hotties were walking by and stopped to ask about Fukken Wax. We grabbed this op for a quick photo shoot and treated them to a couple Fukken shirts.
As the weekend went by the girls were parading around the "Fast On" Fast Off" shirts. I am just not sure if this shot was aimed at the shirt or not. You decide :).
The practice sessions were filled with good times and drama. As you can see below the bikes had a great Fukken shine, the competitors were putting their knees down, the crash truck was cleaning up the mess, and the night races were not to bright. We passed on racing in the dark because it was our first time there. We did not want the pleasure of riding in the crash truck.
Stand By for the Race Report and Shots from the weekend.
SPIES to Yamaha WSBK in 09
Ben Spies Rides 2009 Yamaha R1 Superbike
American Superbike champion Ben Spies rode the Yamaha R1 Superbike this afternoon. His ride included a stint on the '08 and '09 models.
The last time Ben Spies rode a Yamaha it was an R6 a 600 in an endurance race at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1996. Since then he's been a full-time Suzuki man, winning the Superbike title three times. Time now for a new chapter though: Spies signed with Yamaha and made his maiden voyage on an R1 today at Autodromo International Algarve in Portugal.
"I think it's going to be good," Spies said after his two short riding stints. Wearing black and white leathers, he put in a few laps on Haga's ex-R1 Superbike, then came in and the team rolled out a very black and very new 2009 Yamaha Superbike. With its distinctive exhaust note--sounding slightly like an RC45--Spies did a lap and then returned to the garage to have some changes made to it. Soon after that the checkered flag flew, ending the day of press testing.
Spies will have a full day to test tomorrow when he takes to the track on a day which will see him ride the Yamaha, and Max Biaggi ride the Aprilia as well.
Fukken Racing at Homestead
Making a Fukken showing at Homestead.
Fukken Racing closing out at Homestead
The weather was beautiful and the bikes were running like champs.
The trip down took a little longer than expected and we missed the first few rounds of practice. This put us behind for a little, but we were able to get up to speed pretty fast. We had our trusty Fukken Radar Gun on the main straight and the changes we made to the bikes were showing in our top speeds. After a few adjustmens we were able to hang with the lead guys and ready to put on some new tires and go racing.
The morning practice was wet and did not help out much. We were unable to test our last settings and decided to just race with what we had. All of the big player were at the track for this race. Mainly due to it being the only race in the SE. Every garage was full and the grids were packed. Some races needed to do a 3 wave start due to the number of racers in attendence.
Our races were not pretty. A few bad starts and some blown apexes made for some long races playing catch up. We were still able to nab a podium and some top 5 finishes. The good news is were took the bikes home the same way we brought them in one piece.
Fukken Racing Ready to Kick off 2009
Fukken Wax Racing Ready to Take it the the HIgh Banks of Daytona.
Daytona has always been mentioned as the "World Center of Racing",,, well it time for Fukken to start off 2009 by being front and center at the center of racing.
Fukken wax has retooled and brought on a few more racers this year to bring home the gold and show why Fukken Wax is the fastest Wax on Earth. With new riders, new bikes, and a new attitude Fukken Racing has positioned its' self to finish one top of the boxes.
We will be racing the SE and touring the local towns to help spread the Fukken word.
Look for us at the following track in the SE US:
Barber
Jennging GP
VIR
Carolina Motorsports Park
Daytona International
Palm Beach
Homestead
Our Race Stable for 2009 will be:
2008 R6
2006 R1
2009 R1
We will competing for the follwoing championships:
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