World SBK Round 1 Phillip Island Australia
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Nevermind the racing topic thread on the forum, who reads that anyway...
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haha wasn't it all about the V4?
I will lol
https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/20...orld-superbike-race-1-results-phillip-island/
What i wanna know, is that the new bmw thats out there competing?
The one thats not released for the road yet.. ( the road going version)
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I'd save the Kawi bash for a legit gripe. Ducati has been known for decades to politic rules in their favor. They finally build a bike thats legitimately on the pointy end without concessions and it's about time. Remember they were the initial complainers on the Rev limit when the Inlines and Aprilia we're spanking them. They also cried when the Kawi, Yam, BMW, and Aprilia were using variable independent intake tracks to control cylinder activation thus eliminating their Twin's low range grip advantage.
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Honda certainly doesn't seem motivated by WSB. Sykes really struggled in Race 2 and I can't quote it correctly, but the BMW was down on top speed so every lap it lost tenths of a second down the front straight going into turn 1. At least that's what BMW reported. Ducati and Kawasaki looked like heat seeking missiles going into Turn 1. The top guys looked fearless into Turn 1 and it makes me wonder how much they are getting paid. I couldn't quite figure out Davies but he rode hard. Maybe he just doesn't gel with Phillip Island. It was a great race and I liked Race 2 better than Race 1. Peace.
What the hell, why is this !?
Sorry, bit of a noob to the mechanical rulesets.
Didnt know this at ALL
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They were introduced last year, and here is a link that explains it. This was with Ducati on its Twin, you can see now why they brought out a short stroke 1000 V4 as it is based on road bike revs then has a series of penalties depending on how successful a bike is.
Also remember that for Ducati to have a 1200 twin they were penalised with air intake restrictors.
With a V4 of 1000cc they no longer have these restrictors
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/world-superbikes/2018/february/wsb-2018-rules-explained/
This is the actual 2019 rev limits, but Ducati starts with full revs as per its R model road bike, and will be adjusted don depending on how successful the bike is ...
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/828d0...1a3c/Rev_limits_for_2019_Superbike_models.pdf
Also remember that for Ducati to have a 1200 twin they were penalised with air intake restrictors.
With a V4 of 1000cc they no longer have these restrictors
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/world-superbikes/2018/february/wsb-2018-rules-explained/
This is the actual 2019 rev limits, but Ducati starts with full revs as per its R model road bike, and will be adjusted don depending on how successful the bike is ...
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/828d0...1a3c/Rev_limits_for_2019_Superbike_models.pdf
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