Not many people may have been paying attention enough to notice that twin-cylinder motorcycles competing in the AMA American Superbike Championship in 2010 have to weigh 390 pounds while the limit on the four-cylinder Superbikes has dropped five pounds - down to 370 pounds. But Larry Pegram noticed.

Pegram, who won three American Superbike Nationals last year on his Foremost Insurance-backed Ducati, was testing his 1098R at Auto Club Speedway last week and was a bit befuddled as to why AMA Pro Racing would allow his competition to shed weight.

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