Hello all I was watching ducati week on you tube and they showed the dual passenger Ducati MotoGP bike . What was interesting was that despite having a very large rear subsection for the added passenger with added steel bars/grips/hardware to hold on to ,added bars/foot pegs/hardware (even the riders handle bar was heavy steel?) the motogp bike was only 140kg !(the passenger set up is oddly big for some reason )
Why such a low weight then? Ducati has no minimum weight limit for the bike so they took the ballast off . What this shows is that if Dorna allowed a lower minimum weight limit motogp bikes could get down to at least 120kg/130kg ..
At 120kg/130kg this would greatly help 1 The tire heat problem/tire wear problems (safer) 2 better braking (safer) 3 better handling (safer) 4 less fuel used
AND taking ballast off costs NOTHING !!
A lower 119kg was put forth at manufacturer meeting back in 2017 or 2018 but only honda shot it down as Marquez was winning and honda wanted everything unchanged / status quo .( it would help All manufacturers )
Alsp proposed was lifting/repealing of track testing restrictions . Track testing is now practically non existent so engineers are forced to use just a computer simulation program . In other industries this program is just used for a general starting point , a helper so to speak . So now the manufacturers need 8 engineers to do the job where they used to need only 1 or 2. Its all an educated guess as many , many factors need to be tested ON TRACK. So the current system/ way of doing things is VERY inefficient , time consuming and has driven up costs 400%!!! . When track testing was allowed ALL teams/manufacturers showed up ready to go , best foot forward at the very 1st Race . ..... Anyway all manufacturers wanted track testing restrictions lifted ... Honda shot it down as they where winning with Marquez and wanted status quo and to hinder other manufacturers advancements (vote has to be unanimous to pass this is why when honda wants something they always claim it to be .. unsafe ) FYI i
Wish the Honda race team well hope they do fix bike and do well = on the race track . I dislike Honda executive business tactics of trying to win in court room and trying to hinder other teams/manufacturers advancements in tech, lying ( I wouldnt trust Puig if he said grass was green lol) ect in an attempt to bring the other manufacturers bikes to hondas low level of competitiveness .
There is good news ... being hondas rcv213 is SO incompetitive in ALL areas except engine (honda does make good MotoGP engines) Honda desperately need actual track testing time so honda engineers can actually accomplish the goal of fixing the bike . Also a lower minimum weight is so easy and a step in right direction . SO hopefully honda wises up , uses there extensive influence at Dorna and gets these changes done helping themselves and all manufacturers/ the whole sport of motogp/wsbk .
