..interesting article in Superbike Planet regarding Ducati GP bike

[ZDM]

Soup :: Ducati: Stoop to Conquer? :: 08-17-2011

Super cool pics of Spies' 2010 R1 WSBK...drool.....drool...

[NSP]

that was not much of an article and it did nto say anything new.....but the M1 pics more than made up for that weak blurb!!

[Matt_P]

yeah superbikeplanet doesn't usually have cutting edge technical articles...

Super cool pics of Spies' 2010 R1 WSBK

Spies rode for tech 3 in 2010, and those are pics of his 2011 factory M1...

[tye1138]

Best quote; "Ducati entered MotoGP in 2003 with essentially a "big Superbike"--a 990 motor in a steel trellis frame. Crude? Perhaps, but the machine put the Japanese on their back foot, at times looking for their corner. It won a GP its first year and set top speed records."

Well, its nice to know the writer did his research, considering the GP03 was not just a big superbike, but something much more unique. Heck, it was the only bike on the grid with a "frameless" design! Forgot to mention that didn't he! LOL

[Chuckracer]

Ducati's 2003 GP Machine, see it here

"The tubular steel trestle frame and the exhausts pipes under the tail fairing, together with the desmodromic system and the L-shaped layout of the engine, maintain intact some of the characteristics typical of Ducati's sportsbike models.

"The tubular trestle frame was a natural choice", continued Domenicali. "Our victories in the World Superbike Championship confirm that this is an excellent technical design. The MotoGP prototype however has been built around an innovative structure, which by exploiting the layout of the L-shaped Desmosedici engine to the full, uses it as a stress-bearing member and reaches the required levels of stiffness with a substantial reduction in frame weight and dimensions".