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1992 WORLD SUPERBIKE RULES: Loaded Dice?

In 1992, with the World Superbike Championship celebrating its fifth anniversary, there was a widespread feeling among all teams and manufacturers that it was time to take stock of the previous half-decade of world-level four-stroke racing.

No motorcycle then dominated its own racing category at world level as totally as the desmoquattro Ducati 888 twin, leading to widespread complaints by the four-cylinder faction that the technical dice were loaded against them. But back when the Superbike World Series was conceived by

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