Surprised that nobody heard it announced on WSB at Brno sunday....was talked about at length but didnt hear any rumours about why. Just thought the cognicenti on here would know !
I just find it very odd, as so much has been written in MCN over last couple of years about how much effort BMW have put into winning WSB, and it was a prerequisite for going further into motoGP...it looks like they are now giving up.BMW italy motorrad wont have the same impact as a full factory team, plus its less riders on the grid so team points will be less.Its yet another nail in the coffin of bike racing ...hence why one side of me does just wonder if its something to do with motoGp...just have to wait and see...
I also muse just how serious a threat Triumph and Ducati are to BMW in terms of bike sales...have sales of the GS fallen enough to warrant budget savings ??...given the imminent launch of the Trophy Tourer ( but why in september at the end of the touring season !!)....are they worried about a big fall in sales of GS and RT, both big income generators...
I cant work it out when on my recent euro tour there were 16 bmw bikes out of 25 going. Most were GS and RT, there were no triumph or ducati GS wannabees, but there were 2 tiger 800s.That evidence would suggest the explorer has not displaced the GS just yet...