AMA grandfathers bikes for '09

From AMA Pro Racing

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Ensuring that competitors will be able to continue to race motorcycles from a large pool of proven products and models, AMA Pro Racing announced today that all currently approved motorcycles from this past road racing season will remain certified and eligible for competition in 2009. The continuation is part of AMA Pro Road Racing's overall 2009 motorcycle approval procedure which was opened for applications last week.

The grandfather clause applies to motorcycles that were previously approved for Formula Xtreme and SuperSport competition and which are now eligible in the AMA Pro Daytona SportBike and AMA Pro SuperSport championships. Previously approved Superbikes are also automatically eligible for AMA Pro American Superbike competition.

No renewal applications or fees are required for currently approved makes and models to remain eligible, but all motorcycles must be brought into compliance with current 2009 AMA Pro Road Racing specifications for their respective classes. This rules compliance also applies to any aftermarket parts on the current-specification motorcycles that may or may not be eligible within the new regulations.

"AMA Pro Road Racing will always be an arena available to manufacturers to showcase their latest and most exciting products," said AMA Pro Racing president Roger Edmondson. "It is equally important, however, that our teams and riders have unhindered access to a broad pipeline of competitive and contemporary motorcycles, and our 2009 homologation and motorcycle approval policy meets those objectives."

New or previously uncertified motorcycles may now be submitted for homologation. All eligible motorcycles must be four-stroke production models certified for street use in the United States.