Moto2 is winning me over. Slowly.

I love 2-strokes and I love watching the GP250 class as much as MotoGP, so I greeted the news of the 600ss replacement class with about as much excitement as unwrapping another pair of socks for your birthday.

But I have to admit, these two pics of the new Moto2 class have got me excited about the years ahead. None of us know exactly how much influence these bikes will have over our current 600ss road-going sportsbikes, but you can bet they're going to be going in the Moto2 direction.

The bikes themselves are tiny and the pictures show young-gun Alex Espargaro on the Promo Racing Moto2 bike and 1999 500cc GP500 World Champ Alex Criville on the Blusens Moto2.

As long as the top 10 are split by 2 seconds halfway through the race, I'll be happy. It'll be a real shame to ditch the always exciting GP250 class where you can never predict the winner for a slower, budget version of the top-flight MotoGP.

By Ben Cope