Frameless ducs?

[cduarte]

http://www.gizmag.com/ducati-pataents-semi-monocoque-motogp-frame-for-roadbbikes/14285/

that website is infected...

[Bullfrog]

Forgive me for picking fly shit out of the pepper, but

  in French we have a similar expression that literally translates to "sodomizing flies" 

[pitbull]

my first thought as well.

[NorDog]

in French we have a similar expression that literally translates to "sodomizing flies" 

Back in my Navy days we would call such a person a needle-dick bug-make the beast with two backser.

[Bullfrog]

my first thought as well.

Yep, there have been a few frameless bikes. I had a chance to ride that one, back when i lived in NZ.

[Bill in OKC]

It used to be that racing improved the showroom offerings...  now I am not so sure anymore.  Is it possible that what is good for the highest levels of racing is not necessarily a good thing on the street or in your garage?  I can think of a few go-fast goodies that never made it to production.

[Triple J]

It used to be that racing improved the showroom offerings...  now I am not so sure anymore.  Is it possible that what is good for the highest levels of racing is not necessarily a good thing on the street or in your garage?  I can think of a few go-fast goodies that never made it to production.

Racing still improves street machines...just not everything is applicable. Supposedly the oval throttle bodies on the current gen. SBK motors were developed and refined on the MotoGP bike.