why wouldnt they move the 125's up to 250
and then the 250's up to 600?
or would that be too logical?

I missed the 250 race at indianapolis. I was so upset it got cancelled.. going again next year to see them...

REKLOOSE
are you from the states?

So stop with the Motogp 800 cc class and go back the way it was

125cc, 250cc and 500 cc quit with the tractioncontrol and all of that not race stuff. Race like it always has been. To early on the gas you loose the bike to late in the brakes loose the bike again..........

I think that is racing when i am real honest i think the 250's is the nicest race class even better then the 800's.........

Well the factories don't make 250's anymore so the natural progression is to go to what they do make which is 600's. I have a 600 and love it so I'm excited and can't wait!
Supersport is 600's so I think it would be 650's so they're not competing.

this clas jumping is wierd...
i love the 250ccs.... and in India we have the 250s... very much present... and Honda makes most of 'em....... as most of you have suggested adding one more class will be cool.... 125s 250s 600s 800s... but then again its the ppl with the money who decide...

The thing is they make 250cc 4 strokes not 2 strokes! Thats the point the Factories say they don't make them anymore so why not race what we make. 800 MotoGP bikes are 4 strokes.

Dorna are giving the 250's the boot because it just costs too much for the teams, and it stops smaller teams from giving the motogp series a go..

One of those 250cc bikes costs the teams over 1 million a year to lease..

Going to the 650 4 stroke, the cost per bike drops right down to as little as $100,000..

I certainly don't want to watch a series dominated by KTM & Aprillia..

Yawn ...


Bring on the 650's..

look what KTM said :

KTM Factory Road Racing Team to focus on 125 class in 2009KTM reopens activities in the 125cc Grand Prix factory team for 2009. Official withdrawal from the 250 cc World Championship.KTM is focusing its efforts on the 125 cc Grand Prix class for the future of the road racing world championship. The Red Bull KTM Team, under the technical leadership of constructor Harald Bartol, will be a newly formed factory squad. Next to the Spanish youngster Marc Marquez, American Cameron Beaubier, the successful protégé of the KTM MotoGP Academy, will be officially appointed to compete for the Mattighofen (Austria) factory. A further developed version of the 125 FRR will be deployed as a replacement motorcycle.

"We have decided for the GP 125 cc class because contrary to the 250 cc class, its existence is secured in the medium to long term", said Winfried Kerschhaggl, head of KTM Racing.

The company, which has for years encouraged the next generation with intensive activities in offroad and road racing activities, thus re-affirms this strong and long-term commitment to the smallest cubic capacity within the world championship competition.

They had moved the 500 to 990 and now to 800. Later the 250 to 600/650 and I have a feeling the 125 will follow suit to 400, all 4 strokers.