MotoGP 2013

[Crasherfromwayback]

Kinda like how Honda developed a teeny bike for pedro instead of something good for both him and hayden?

Unlike Ducati...who've developed a bike no cunt can ride!

[codgyoleracer]

Unlike Ducati...who've developed a bike no cunt can ride!

Never a truer word, except for that one C***that rode it soooo well aye

[merv]

Unlike Ducati...who've developed a bike no cunt can ride!

Lol, and some people still buy Ducati street bikes thinking they are superior to the plastic stuff.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Lol, and some people still buy Ducati street bikes thinking they are superior to the plastic stuff.

Hey I dig Ducati's...but having worked in two diff Ducati dealerships over the years...I'd never own one unless I had way too much money. And that'll never happen.

[Drew]

Lol, and some people still buy Ducati street bikes thinking they are superior to the plastic stuff.

Especially the new one...With ALL the failed technology from the early GP bike.

Good work Ducati, you are only slightly brighter than your die hard faithful clients.

[Oscar]

Hey I dig Ducati's...but having worked in two diff Ducati dealerships over the years...I'd never own one unless I had way too much money. And that'll never happen.

I got a poster kicking around somewhere that says "Ducati - Making riders into mechanics since 1958."

[Mental Trousers]

Lol, and some people still buy Ducati street bikes thinking they are superior to the plastic stuff.

Especially the new one...With ALL the failed technology from the early GP bike.

They changed to the same technology as everyone else and still haven't gotten anywhere. It's only been recently, after Audi took over that they're making the right choices. So it's not the technology.

[merv]

But the motor is still tilted at a funny angle.

[Crasherfromwayback]

But the motor is still tilted at a funny angle.

Honda's engine is a 90 deg v. No wonder Stoner was laughing when everyone was pointing the finger at that once he'd left.

[Drew]

They changed to the same technology as everyone else and still haven't gotten anywhere. It's only been recently, after Audi took over that they're making the right choices. So it's not the technology.

No one uses the engine as a stressed member of the frame though. Road or track.

[merv]

Honda's engine is a 90 deg v. No wonder Stoner was laughing when everyone was pointing the finger at that once he'd left.

Yeah but Honda is a V brother not a flipping L.

[BMWST?]

Yeah but Honda is a V brother not a flipping L.

a 90 degree V is an L

[Mental Trousers]

No one uses the engine as a stressed member of the frame though. Road or track.

The twin beam frames they've been using since the start of 2012 season (I think it was) don't use the engine as a stressed member, same as everyone else. This season (under Audi) they're actually making headway in MotoGP. It's the management that's making things work now.

When it was first introduced the monocoque chassis kicked everyones arse. But because of management decisions on engine/chassis characteristics and behaviour Ducati lost any advantage the technology gave them.

So nobody is any clearer about whether the technology worked or not.

Btw, Preziosi has resigned from Ducati - http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...s-from-ducati/

[codgyoleracer]

Honda's engine is a 90 deg v. No wonder Stoner was laughing when everyone was pointing the finger at that once he'd left.

Honda proved they could out ducati a ducati way back when with the Tornado, the question with dukes is " what is the price of passion" ?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Honda proved they could out ducati a ducati

So did Suzuki when they first released the TL1000. Pity some docile saki soaked Nip got his way regarding the rear rotary damper unit.