Sidecar wrote:
But you can’t re write history... Race classes for age related bikes should be just as they would have been, pre 98 moto should allow Husaberg’s, Husky’s, LC4 KTMs, XRs etc... That’s how it was back then that’s how it should be now???
Those bikes, in GPs, (other than XRs) were in the 500 then 650 class, And, they kept the MX3 class around until 2013 for (supposedly) Big 4 strokes, and 500cc 2ts. Well, by (before) then even 350s were being used (Jussi Lansoo, if I recall correctly in his last year / a few MX3 GPs, for example).
I'm not sure when 400 / 450 4ts were allowed in the '250' class in GPs - perhaps before the 2003 season when Everts and Smets went at it? But that's the year they basically started to take over in (what was) 250 2t GPs
Of course, the USA allowed up to 540cc 4ts in among the 250s for some years, but, they were LC4 level bikes, with No real contenders for Championships ever being out there on them, or Husabergs / Huskies. It took the 400+cc Yamaha to really signal the impending doom of 250 2ts, as Superbike level tech 400+ 450cc 4t became the inevitable King, with the Handicap rules solidly in place.
So there is plenty of racing / classes for the Pre 98 bikes you mentioned.
I love Bergs, by the way - I worked in a Berg Dealership for about 5+ years, from 95 to 2001. But they really weren't of the same generation as the new Japanese 4ts, as they came in.
Simply - Equivalent capacity classing for the 'modern generation'. 4ts , as they come into Vintage / EVO, whatever you might call it. racing