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rac3r
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PostPosted: 21:27 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Ducati goes frameless Reply with quote
Looks like Ducati are going to ditch the trellis frame, in fact they're loosing the frame all together!

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2010/February/feb1710-ducati-plans-gp-style-frameless-superbikes/
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PostPosted: 21:31 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Engine as a fully stressed member eh... tres cool

Would make dropping the engine a shit to do though Very Happy
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PostPosted: 21:43 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
DonnyBrago wrote:
Engine as a fully stressed member eh... tres cool

Would make dropping the engine a shit to do though Very Happy


It would be like 'undo the bolts.....oh f**k' Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
MCN are reporting.

They'll drag this on with 'exclusive factory pics' for the next 15 years, and then the production model will actually launch in 2046.
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PostPosted: 22:45 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wait, what?

So how does this work then? Everything is attached directly to the engine?
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PostPosted: 22:48 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
would be a bitch to work on i should imagin Shocked
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PostPosted: 23:00 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
L4Isoside wrote:
would be a bitch to work on i should imagin Shocked

...and that'd be different to a regular Ducati how? Confused

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rac3r
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PostPosted: 23:00 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
It should be here in 2011 along with some new engine stuff as well Wink
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PostPosted: 23:04 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Using the engine as a fully stressed member is perhaps best demonstrated by the Britten Bike.
https://www.britten.co.nz/
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PostPosted: 23:05 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If there's ever a term I wasn't comfortable with I think it's "structural airbox".

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PostPosted: 23:32 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gazdaman wrote:
If there's ever a term I wasn't comfortable with I think it's "structural airbox".

Don't worry, they're just trying to scare you - the zx10 amongst others has a frame that's an airbox, so did my husaberg come to think of it.
Ok, they were one piece rather than two piece frames, but frankly it doesn't really push the boundaries of bike design that much.
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PostPosted: 23:49 - 25 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
G wrote:

Don't worry, they're just trying to scare you - the zx10 amongst others has a frame that's an airbox, so did my husaberg come to think of it.
Ok, they were one piece rather than two piece frames, but frankly it doesn't really push the boundaries of bike design that much.


Still i like how the Europeans are really throwing down the gauntlet to the Japanese. You'll find no gentleman's agreement on this continent.

I imagine it'll be another 2 years before the Japanese match the S1000RR
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PostPosted: 10:22 - 26 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not a particularly new concept - in fact Bimota's DB7 uses the (Ducati) engine as a stressed member, and that came out 2 years ago.
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