This is my opinion, based on the factual info I absorbed over the years. Suzuki used to be in WSB's but we all know there's a certain Euro bike manufacturer which has pushed the rule book almost into extinction with its constant abuse of the rules from day 1, building and demanding that they get special dispensation to run larger capacity bikes so they could keep up and then adding non standard parts to further enhance their already one sided advantage even further. As they years rolled by Suzuki and other Japanese manufacturers began to get tired of this b/s and threatened to pull out and form their own world series, leaving this other bike crowd to become a WVTS (World Vee Twin Series) all by themselves. They soon pulled in their horns and complied, for a while, but then soon began its usual abuse and demand tactics again, making more and more demands each year. Several years ago, Suzuki said enough is enough and said they were out of here and would never return as long as that "brand" was part of it, because they could see this other brand continuing along their "toy throwing out of the cot" ways forever. Guess what,, they were dead correct, weren't they...!!! WSB is but a shadow of its former self now and we all know why. Spectators and followers are not stupid and will soon grow tired of b/s when it's thrown their way year after year, making the series boring and sad and most of all, without any clear hard and fast rules.. Each year they bring something new to the table. They and their followers call it leading edge technology. The rest of us call it plain old ch**ting, because that's what it is, and that particular brand of bike is now synonymous with bad taste in some parts of the world. The original WSB series was formed on street bikes and even though basically all the brands had their little secrets to reveal over the years, that one brand to me has a bad company philosophy. This year has not really gotten off to a great start for them, because last year they once again got dispensation to run much higher revs (along the power vs revs rule formula) with their "new" bike, but BMW under the same new bike circumstance were denied along with all the rest. They were able to rev up to approx 16,200 rpm while the others were all capped at up to approx 14,500 rpm. This year many of the others have now adopted the "so can we" attitude and have developed new bikes along the same lines as "them", hence all the horsepower bump ups for this years new models, and can now also follow the exact same ruling as them, but you just wait and watch, like mushrooms popping up overnight, it's more than likely that "they" will soon adopt something new - once again...
It's not only in WSB either. Have a look at MotoGP and tell me which brand is always in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Last year they submitted their own versions of the rules in certain sections of the book and expected the series owners to change the rules concerning add-on bits and pieces. Nothing ever gets done about their constant indiscretions which are just glossed over and forgotten about, so now the others simply adopt the same attitude - if they can, so can we. The difference being that some of the others know how to do it much better and by the rules...
Al
