Re the switch to 850’s has anyone heard/anyone know if the teams will reduce the cc in current engine models or design a new engine altogether?
Not sure if this link will work but an interesting article by Mat Oxley, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/...achines-are-surpassing-225mph-at-some-tracks/. Andy
Casey OGorman 7th and Scott Ogden a superb second in m3 quali. Just got to hope he gets a decent start for once, gets his elbows out and doesn’t drop back about 5 spots before turn one like he usually does.
Moreira nicks pole from Jake on his last lap of m2 quali. Jake lucky he put a banker in before crashing. Canet crashes in front of Manu Gonzalez to deny him a spot any higher than 8th! First race up tomorrow for those that haven’t seen the arse about face schedule.
Yea to both. Despite coming off, I think he has done well in quali and not bad in the race. Not like he has had seat time..
30 laps on a moto gp bike at Jerez before this weekend. Fair play to Alex and yes please to Pedro on a Ducati.
I’d love to see a one off “christmas special” sprint race where everyone on the current grid is on the same bike.
Has anyone seen any updates on teams/riders for the baggers next year? This article is from August https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2025/08/15/introducing-the-harley-davidson-bagger-world-cup/756437 “Prospective teams, riders, and sponsors are now invited to engage with the series as preparations accelerate for the 2026 debut season. “ Cutting it a bit fine aren’t they? I wonder if we’ll see any riders bombed from moto 2 in it?
Well done Bez. Imagine if he’d had a proper team mate for most of this season. Looks like we will have a couple of years of fun out of Casey Og though. Ogden not so much although I’d love to know what he’s done to put a fkn Aussie ahead of a Brit on the menu d ‘Jor of the tnt comms team (apart from his incoming team owner) So biased it makes my toes curl. Hodgson talking about racing characters all weekend too lol. Mate you were the most boring cry arse ever until Toseland came along. Pipe the fuck down. Some of us have memories still available to us. Next year will be a dead rubber for moto gp. Moto 3 (and possibly 2) will be where it’s at. Shame about Jake but not entirely unexpected.
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1...racing-future-after-emotional-motogp-farewell WSP it is (with Yamaha). Imagine he will do quite well.
3 new teams, no rider announcements yet. News, Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup: new series racing with MotoGP in 2026 | GPone.com
Just something to give you a taster of what might be expected, https://www.baggereurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rules-and-regulation-provisional.pdf. Surely 3 teams isn’t enough interest to make it worthwhile ? Johnathon Palmer was rumoured to be planning a Bagger Racng demonstration at one of the BSB rounds, which didn’t happen this year. It’s big in the US and there is a European series but is it big enough to justify the costs of taking a series internationally ? From a marshalling point of view, there is no chance of me trying to pick up a 290kg bike in the gravel, not a snow ball’s chance in the fires of hell Andy
Haha! You’ll have to ask for an orange fork lift. Its only six rounds isn’t it with only one outside of Europe which I guess keeps the cost relatively reasonable while they assess next steps. I was a bit harrumph to start with but it’ll be nice to see something different and it can’t be any worse than the lecky bikes.
Be decent if one of the teams could snare someone like Bradley smith and it’s not just a grid of American and Italian riders no one’s ever heard of.
