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Doddmaster
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PostPosted: 18:34 - 30 May 2002    Post subject: Ducati GP bike Reply with quote
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/detail?sectionID=212132&documentID=148076

Nice isnt it?? Shame they scrapped the single sided swingarm though
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PostPosted: 18:37 - 30 May 2002    Post subject: Reply with quote
sweet Smile
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 21:09 - 30 May 2002    Post subject: Re: Ducati GP bike Reply with quote
Doddmaster wrote:
Nice isnt it?? Shame they scrapped the single sided swingarm though


Hi

Single sided swinging arms are far weaker for the same weight than a normal swinging arm. Ducati used them for marketing. A story goes that one race team got the new (as then) 916 for racing. Doing some developement wprk they dropped the engine into an old 888 rolling chassis, and were surprised to find the 888 with a 916 engine laped quicker than the proper 916

All the best

Keith
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 30 May 2002    Post subject: Re: Ducati GP bike Reply with quote
I thought a coupla racing teams stuck conventional swingarms on dukes a few years ago... don't remember any details if it did happen though.
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Phil.
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PostPosted: 09:24 - 31 May 2002    Post subject: New GP bike Reply with quote
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/content/images/Racing/Grand_Prix/News/images/02488358.jpg

Replacement for the 996? How old is that design now, its gotta be gettin on abit now. Cant knock its racin pedegree though, been top dog for soo long.

Gone for the tubular frame again, why is it the japs are soo sure that beefy aloy chassis are faster?
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Keen
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PostPosted: 09:43 - 31 May 2002    Post subject: Reply with quote
hmmmm.....

its nice but I prefer the sharper lines of the old one.
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tanner18
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PostPosted: 11:46 - 31 May 2002    Post subject: who Reply with quote
that looks amazing arnt one off the wsb riders meant to be riding it in the gp races Question
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 31 May 2002    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, Troy Baylis innit.
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PostPosted: 12:53 - 31 May 2002    Post subject: Re: New GP bike Reply with quote
The air vent makes it look like a fish!.. but I fo quite like it never the less... the 916 etc. styling was getting a bit tyred just cos they're so popular.
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McJamweasel
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 31 May 2002    Post subject: Reply with quote
It does look quite like a fish, I hadnt really noticed it before.

Apparently it looks that way cuz it was designed in an air tunnel for max aerodynamic efficiency. So it should be a ferkin fast fish!
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