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27-08-10, 05:00 PM
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No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
Just heard on Eurosport, Ducati have confirmed no factory bikes in WSB next year. Mustn't be able afford it with Rossi's wages
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27-08-10, 05:19 PM
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Re: No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
Where are Haga and Fabritzio (sp?) going to be going?
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28-08-10, 11:41 AM
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Re: No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
The trouble with WSB is that they got so greedy with the tv rights.Despite it being some of the best racing anywhere,and so much better than Motogp,hardly anyone watches it because its not shown on mainstream telly,and any utube links get deleted straight away.Even their own SBK website doesnt show it this year like they did last year.Serves them right really.
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28-08-10, 12:49 PM
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28-08-10, 12:55 PM
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Re: No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
Publicity
Simples.If no noe watches it they wont compete in it.
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28-08-10, 02:27 PM
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28-08-10, 05:51 PM
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Re: No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
True enough,but I think they would stay in if it generated the kind of following it had when shown on national tv.Considering theres Brits in it,and one been leading it most of the season,you hear nothing about it in this country and it rarely gets a mention on this forum either.Shame as its far and away the best spectacle in bike racing,and knocks the Motogp shambles into a cocked hat.
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28-08-10, 07:31 PM
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People watch it, and even more people follow it. It's on a satellite channel (when was it last live on terrestrial TV?) here, but the publicity offered (when you win) and the direct link to the products you actually sell, still has great value. MotoGP doesn't have that in the same way, and costs miles more to actually compete in. WSBK is stronger now than it has been for a while. Ducati aren't leaving because it isn't as popular or as watched as it used to be. If they're leaving it's because they aren't winning any more. They'd prefer to stay away and let people think they might win it, rather than compete and prove they couldn't 
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30-08-10, 09:31 PM
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Re: No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
Word is they will be back in 2012 with a completely new bike, so they are taking a year out to focus on making a new bike.
Rumour is it's going to be an L-Twin Short Stroke 1164cc and frameless.
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01-09-10, 07:24 AM
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Re: No Factory Dukes in WSB for 2011
Sterilgarda anounced that they had more people see their logo in one race when their livery was on a bike in GP, than in the whole of the WSB series.
The single biggest problem WSB has is TV coverage. C |
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