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Title: 2012 Ducati WSB Post by: OT on November 26, 2010, 06:37:05 AM RIP Steel Trellis
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/superquadrata---ducatis-2012-wsb-return/15907.html (http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/superquadrata---ducatis-2012-wsb-return/15907.html) Where's the gas go, in the swingarm? ;D http://www.bockmier.com/bikes/ducatipatent.jpg (http://www.bockmier.com/bikes/ducatipatent.jpg) Title: Re: 2012 Ducati WSB Post by: zooom on November 26, 2010, 07:38:06 AM well...the patent drawing looks interesting...I am just not sure where or how this is going in terms of their heritage and the relative abandonment they seem to be taking...
Title: Re: 2012 Ducati WSB Post by: desmoquattro on November 26, 2010, 09:16:34 AM Two local dealers also heard that it has gear-driven cams...that would be sick, but I wonder hiw expensive it'd be.
Title: Re: 2012 Ducati WSB Post by: derby on November 26, 2010, 09:41:19 AM well...the patent drawing looks interesting...I am just not sure where or how this is going in terms of their heritage and the relative abandonment they seem to be taking... "heritage" is relative.... you know what they made prior to bikes with trellis frames? that's right, bikes without trellis frames! bottom line, ducati has a company identity based on racing (and winning). if they have to move away from the trellis n' twin formula, they will (reference: desmosedici). Title: Re: 2012 Ducati WSB Post by: zooom on November 26, 2010, 10:01:35 AM derb- while I understand exactly what you are saying...in the 1st link, they refer to their heritage identifying single sided swingarms, and yet, you have had many identifyable Ducati's with regular standard dual sided swingarms...it is the Trellis frame and L-twin motor that has been their constant of identification for the last 20 years...from the Luccinelli 750 F1's onward....
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