What is the Difference between motogp and superbike?

Answer 1

World Superbikes are based on production motorcycles. They have to be homologated to be allowed to race in the series. That means that the manufacturer must have made and sold a certain number of the streetbike to the public before they can use it in the series - cuurently that number is 1000. From 2010 it will be increased to 3000.

MotoGP on the other hand is the "Formula 1" of motorcycle racing. The machines are not in any way production based, they are special purpose-built racing machines.

World superbike currently allows 1000cc engines for multi-cylinder machines and 1200cc for 2-cylinder machines with some additional restrictions. This increase in capacity was instituted to allow the Ducati 1098 to be included in the series.

MotoGP has previously been limited to 500cc 2-stroke engines, then 1000cc 4-stroke engines, and now is 800cc 4-stroke.

In general, the level of technology in MotoGP is some years ahead of SBK and the machines are a lot faster.

Answer 2

The MotoGP is derived from the "500cc" GPs which is the constructors HiTech platform for introducing and testing new innovations.

Three categories exist for MotoGP: 125, 250, the "500" category was increased to 800cc.

It follows the same programming as the F1: qualification trials on the Saturday and the race on the Sunday (22 et 26 laps)

Many details are available at the motogp.com site:

http:/www.motogp.com/en/about+MotoGP/key+rules

The Superbike (1000cc) and Supersport (600) competitions use bikes that are derived from "road machines".

Arguably nearer to reality, they are not always standard "Off the shelf" machines.

Each meeting has two races: one on Saturday and the second one on Sunday.

Many details are available at the worldsbk site:

http:/www.worldsbk.com/en/home.html

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Answer 3

The AMA Superbikes are production based bikes, or modified versions of the bikes you can buy. MotoGP bikes are built to race. Their made of the strongest yet lightest materials, such as carbon fiber. GP bikes are also faster.

Answer 4

Superbike racing motorcycles must have http://www.answers.com/topic/four-stroke-cycle of between 850 http://www.answers.com/topic/cubic-centimetre-1 and 1200 cc for http://www.answers.com/topic/v-twin, and between 750 cc and 1000 cc for http://www.answers.com/topic/straight-4-1 machines. The restriction to production models distinguishes Superbike racing from http://www.answers.com/topic/grand-prix-motorcycle-racing racing, which uses prototype machines that bear little resemblance to production machines. This is somewhat similar to the distinction in car racing between http://www.answers.com/topic/touring-car-racing and http://www.answers.com/topic/formula-one cars, though the performance gap between Superbike and MotoGP racing is much smaller.