The entire motorcycling landscape has gone through a massive shift over the last decade or two. Arguably, one of the biggest victims of this change has been 600cc sportsbikes; or traditional ?Supersport? machines. Whether that?s come from a desire to ride bigger, faster sportsbikes, a shift away from sportsbikes altogether, or ever tighter emissions regulations making it harder and harder to make a ?traditional Supersport 600? exciting. You can argue about the reasons until the cows come home, but realistically, it?s likely to be down to a combination of factors. But because of the fact that people stopped buying 600s, manufacturers stopped making them. That meant Supersport racing started to die a death. But Dorna and the FIM have got a plan. It?s a plan to rejuvenate the class as the Next Generation of Supersport. And it?s going to look something like this.
The Next Generation of Supersport will see new rules allow a greater variety of bikes onto the grid. The ?600cc? thing will no longer be what the class is really all about, with larger capacity bikes being allowed onto the grid, each with a different set of rules to adhere to. Yes, I know, it sounds very complicated. Hopefully this will clear a few things up?

New Bikes

Yep, there?s going to be a whole host of new machines in the World Supersport Championship in 2022. If you kept an eye on BSB in 2021, you?ll have seen Triumph campaigning a 765, and with some success. Obviously in the olden days, 76...