moto3 Articles
23 photos of the fully liveried KTM Moto3 racer in action
These photos mark the first time we’ve seen the KTM Moto3 racer in all its fully-painted, ready-to-race glory. Including the rider, this tiny gem weighs just 326lbs and is powerd by a 250cc, four-stroke single making something in the region of 54bhp. Lap times are still slightly slower than the 125cc two-strokes its replacing, but Moto3 has yet to see even its first race, which will occur next m...
20 March 2012
Watch the KTM Moto3 racer lap Valencia
Many, including us, mourn the loss of GP racing’s last two-stroke class. But, this new KTM Moto3 racer is going an awful long ways to making up for it. Tiny, powerful, intricately engineered and already capable of some pretty impressive lap times, the last question remaining is: what does it sound like? Here’s 36 images and a bunch of trackside videos of it testing at Valencia last week. Even ...
24 February 2012
Honda NSF250R coming stateside
The utterly gorgeous Honda NSF250R Moto3 competitor isn’t going to be reserved just for GP-level competition, but will be available to teams and privateers racing in the US too. Priced at $28,599, the single-cylinder 250 will be legal in USGPRU and WERA and Honda plans contingency payouts in those series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYt1HAcnSY&feature=player_embedded “Now riders have th...
03 August 2011
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The Moto3 rulebook
Here it is, the rules that will transform grand prix racing’s smallest class from two-stroke 125s to four-stroke 250s. Other than the obvious two-stroke-racing-dying thing, this appears to be a change for the better. Costs will be controlled through the use of spec components and attainable parts, which should mean better racing, more competition across the field with rider skill, not team budge...
08 November 2010
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A tiny Moriwaki for tiny Indy racers
These two races might be something of a swan song for the MD250H and its race series. The CRF250X-powered Moriwaki will be unable to compete in the new four-stroke Moto3 class that's officially replacing two-stroke 125GP racing in 2012. Despite using a four-stroke motor of the correct capacity, Moto3 dictates a prototype engine and an 81mm bore, where the production-based motor in the MD250H has ...
26 August 2010
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Two-stroke racing ends in 2012
It's the weekend for confirming things we all know at the Czech Grand Prix. Before Valentino Rossi announces he is moving to Ducati next year, FIM have confirmed their own news-that's-not-really-news-at-all and announced 2011 will be the last season of two-stroke racing, with the 125 class being replaced by Moto3 from 2012. The Moto3 bikes will use a single cylinder 250cc four-stroke engine with ...
14 August 2010
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2012, the two-strokepocalypse
The end of the two-stroke motorcycle is nigh. Word from this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix is that the 125 GP formula will be swapped for four-stroke 250cc engines in 2012 or 2013 and the class will be renamed Moto3. According to MotoMatters, these engines won't be based on existing 250cc four-stroke motocross engines, but will instead use an 81mm bore, effectively making them a one quarter of a 1,00...
26 June 2010