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Rossi debuts gyroscopic onboard camera
By Ben Cope on 19/07/2010 13:26:55
New technology for our viewing pleasure derived from the Red Bull Air Race series
VALENTINO ROSSI debuted a gyroscopic camera at the Sachsenring MotoGP at the weekend.The camera is designed to 'lean' with the rider, giving the viewer a more realistic view of riding onboard a 200mph MotoGP machine.The technology has been developed
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Hub centre steering to make its GP comeback
By Visordown News on 14/01/2011 13:01:54
You could help old-school technology make its comeback
THIS YEAR promises to see the return of hub-centre steering to the MotoGP circus with more than one project under way to bring the technology back to the track.Last seen on the Elf 500, as raced by Ron Haslam in the 1980s, proponents of the design
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Reasons behind the Moto3 class detailed
By Visordown News on 13/04/2011 09:58:44
MotoGP Director of Technology discusses the change from the 125cc of current to the next generation of 250cc four-strokes
AFTER the 6th November two-stroke Grand Prix race bikes will be resigned to a historic memory when the engines of 125 GP class will be changed for 250cc four-stroke engines, MotoGP's Director of Technology, Corrado Cecchinelli detailed the new
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Aprilia shelves its Moto2 project
By Ben Cope on 25/11/2009 16:04:37
Aprilia pull out of Moto2 class and won't be supplying any bikes to privateer teams
shock as its Moto2 chassis is said to be 'almost finished'.In a statement Aprilia said: "It would be useless and harmful to the image of a large Italian and European motorcycle manufacturer, which has won 43 world titles in road racing and off road
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Inmotec unveil new MotoGP racer
By Visordown News on 09/11/2009 10:39:25
New European machine seeks to take-on Japanese manufacturers
valve springs. No power output was quoted, but it is “competitive with the current level,” said the spokesman. It was designed by Inmotec, in conjunction with noted Kawasaki tuner and race entrants Akira Technologies, of Bayonne in France.The bike first
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Ten Kate supplying engines for Gresini CRT
By Visordown News on 03/01/2012 09:11:32
Italian team to use engine and electronics from the World Superbike team
.In an announcement on the Dutch tuner's website it was revealed: "Engine and electronics will be based on the late 2011 WSBK specifications and during the season developed to suit the CRT bike."Of course the CRT bike will also use the latest fly by wire technology
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McCoy to start testing FB Corse MotoGP bike mid-March
By Visordown News on 05/03/2010 15:21:57
Sliding Aussie to prove newborn MotoGP bike can hold its own in 2010
15-17 with recently-named team rider McCoy. The team's three-cylinder 800cc bike, which has been built using technology from the now defunct BMW MotoGP squad, needs to show it's capable of running competitively in MotoGP before it's officially allowed
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For Sale: Marc Marquez's 2011 Suter
By Visordown News on 13/03/2012 13:08:54
Repsol Moto2 team having a clear-out ahead of the 2012 season
THE Suter MMX machine ridden to second place in the 2011 Moto2 championship by Marc Marquez is for sale.Advertised on Classic-Motorbikes.com the Suter Moto2 bike was ridden by Marquez to 11 podiums and seven wins last season, coming close to winning
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Roberts Jnr: Scrap traction control from 2012
By Visordown News on 26/08/2010 11:20:36
"I want to watch the best riders in the world, not the best electronics"
FORMER 500cc World champion Kenny Roberts Jnr. has said he believes traction control should be banished when MotoGP switches back to 1000cc from 2012, claiming the technology makes MotoGP look "like anybody can do it" .Speaking to Superbike
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Garry McCoy splits from FB Corse
By Visordown News on 07/06/2010 14:27:52
Talented Australian, 39, seeks MotoGP ride
-cylinder 800cc bike, built using technology from the now defunct BMW MotoGP squad.From what we can gather, FB Corse weren't developing their bike at a fast enough pace for McCoy, who's itching to get back into top-flight racing:"After spending the last 4 months
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