• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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WSBK BMW/Melandri doubles-BMW leads Constructor points

Watching the coverage this weekend it was reported that there won't be a "factory" BMW WSB team next year. BMW will be supporting the Italian BMW team. I was mulling whether that might mean that there will be more money available to support "factory" Husky racing efforts ? Probably just wishful thinking but you never know.
 
The best business is to get the Bike competitive then turn over the efforts to a satelite team with their own business plan of operations and sponsor deals.
The S1000 is now at the tip of the spear. (most of the teams in WSBK are based in Italy)
With Suzuki it was Francis Batta's Alstare team (well he's out for now) for one but look at all the motorsports models.
I'm sure with the Panigale version of the Duc the team that picks up that model will have good success.
I think that Aprilia is the most "factory" type team in the paddock.
I am glad to see the Kaw team get back up to the front again, they have been working hard to get the bike sorted and its paid off, they have not been up front for a long time. As far as race ends go.
Just some thoughts. WSBK has been really good lately.
 
It's probably cheaper to provide factory support for the Italian team than to field a full factory team.

Rumors indicate riders will be Marco Melandri and Ben Spies. But this is silly season, so who knows. Spies is leaving the Yamaha team in MotoGP, though. He announced that today.

Personally, Spies after literally owning AMA Superbike and WSBK was unable to get it done in MotoGP. I doubt anyone expected him to drop in and rule the roost, but his tenure in MotoGP has been chock full of lackluster performances with only a few highlights. There are other riders will less success to be sure, but add in that many are very unhappy with the CRT rule (including Spies) and the move back to WSBK makes a lot of sense.
 
i catch some of the races but i cant act like i know wth is goin on with teams,riders points etc...they are frickin cool to watch though.
 
Another good day for BMW riders on a day where just staying on 2 wheels was an accomplishment. Marco M is now only 10.5 behind Mad Max Biaggi with 8 races to go, now with BMW in the Manufacturers Lead. Great racing that puts MotoGP to shame.
 
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