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A meeting at this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix has ended with the MSMA (Motorcycle Sports Manufacturers' Association) responding to Dorna's proposal for a new four-stroke class, to replace 250GP from 2011, by naming 600cc four-cylinders as its preferred choice.

The decision was reached by a majority verdict and follows previous suggestions that 650cc or 500cc twin-cylinders should succeed the quarter-litre two-strokes.

The 600cc proposal will now be examined further by the other members of the Grand Prix Commission - FIM, IRTA and Dorna - with the next meeting to be held at the Dutch TT later this month
The main difficulty for the new class will be to avoid conflict with the World Supersport Championship - which believes it has exclusive rights to the use of production-based 600cc machines in a world championship - whilst keeping costs for the new class as low as possible.

as above the last i heard, so if they cant use an engine based on an engine that allready exisits its gonna be expensive which i believe is what they are trying to get away from, this hasnt been thought through properly