It was bad enough that KTM pulled out of the 250 class, but now leaving the 125 is terrible news.
Even though the 125 / 250 class have never been short of numbers, another make pulling out cant be good.
Are KTM going to start funding thier RC8 superbike with the money they are going to save ?
The last I heard they were €57 million in debt and were going to be bought by Baja in India. Sales of WP racing products are down alot as well.
Not good news.
Your thoughts please race fans ?
Anonymous2009-10-01T11:17:47Z
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Makes me think about the first comment by brookspeed - are we seeing the demise of the 2 stroke completely. will we see a moto3 class. and If we do see the end of the 125s how will that effect the learner process in the UK. will we move back to 250cc (4 stroke)
as for the RC8, Best of luck to them. if they get the thing to work well enough for superbike competition they are just one step away from a GP bike.
You have to think Yamaha have rattled a few cages this year with the R1, a lot of Boffins will be back to the drawing board, and thats not going to be a cost cutting exercise. thats going to be playing catch up.
I think Proc is right. Yesterday a read a great interview with Hiroshi Aoyama where he is asked If he will miss the 250´s and he says he is sad becasue he´s been racing 2 strokes for 23 years. Everyone (me included) is excited about the moto2 arrival, but the 2 stoke era will end soon. I´m sure the 125 will be phased out. Perhaps the 400 cc 4 stoke will end up being the entry class in MotoGP. About KTM, for me the less brands at the grid, the worst for the competition. If MotoGP wants to be the premier racing class it must have makes like BMW, Kawasaki, Aprilia who prefered to enter the SBK championship. It´s a shame to see them going,