Quote Originally Posted by Yeeker View Post
Records aren't a fair comparison - they're too rider dependent. Yes, in a combined 250/300 class the 250 record holders would likely win. The people that would be affected are the riders of equal skill on different machinery. When a 300 ends up beating a 250 because of machinery, it will become less fun for the 250 rider. That 250 rider might even want to spend more money to build a 300. Riders looking to enter that class might not want to buy the more-affordable, less competitive 250s, so they either spend more money building a 300 or, worse, don't enter the grid at all. The healthy 250 grid begins to disappear and the 300s continue to slowly grow (as they would grow anyway).

The 300 class is a slowly growing class, but handing out less trophies doesn't make cannibalizing the 250 class a good idea.
Good points. I'm certainly interested in hearing from more of the current 250 and 300 riders. If the 250s are truly at a performance disadvantage compared to any of the 300s, it would be a shame to combine the classes and penalize the 250 riders.

The main impetus for combining classes (with comparable machinery) is to fill grids. If this cannot be achieved, because the only comparable bikes share the same displacement, this wouldn't work for obvious reasons. Sounds like we need to discuss more at the rule change meeting...