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Title: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: gm2 on June 09, 2008, 06:51:42 AM http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68169
Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: Grampa on June 09, 2008, 06:53:20 AM very cool
Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: desmoquattro on June 09, 2008, 08:54:18 AM I also heard talk of pneumatic valves on the Eurosport coverage at Catalunya. Not sure how credible it is.
Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: gm2 on June 09, 2008, 09:10:44 AM given the desmo heritage and the performance it's known to give that bike, that one would be hard to swallow.
Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: mitt on June 09, 2008, 10:03:10 AM I don't understand why. The bike is already at the minimum weight possible, are they going for a handling change?
mitt Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: desmoquattro on June 09, 2008, 10:16:43 AM given the desmo heritage and the performance it's known to give that bike, that one would be hard to swallow. It certainly would. Just something I heard on the Eurosport coverage from someone they interviewed, so take it for what it's worth. Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: jswledhed on June 09, 2008, 10:53:36 AM I don't understand why. The bike is already at the minimum weight possible, are they going for a handling change? mitt +1 Seems like it'll make tuneable flex in the frame more difficult to acheive than with the trellis. ??? Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: Speeddog on June 09, 2008, 10:48:53 PM It'll be easier to get flexibility in certain directions, whether those directions are what the bike needs is another matter entirely...
I foresee lots of time/money/energy spent, but it may not really bear fruit. For cars, the pursuit is maximum stiffness at minimum weight, but they also have very severe crash/penetration specs to meet also. I don't see a lot of technology transfer from cars, other than in the fabrication. Title: Re: GP9 has a CF frame Post by: gm2 on June 10, 2008, 07:26:39 AM working so far...
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Positive+debut+Desmosedici+GP9+with+Casey+Stoner http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68182 |