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If you are already a subscriber, log in to read the full text. You can find out more about subscribing to here. To read the remaining 830 words of this article, you need to sign up to become a site supporter by taking out a subscription. The cables for the latch mechanism are no longer visible, as the latch mechanism is now located at the back of the aerodynamic fork covers. The metal protrusion which serves as the catch which the latch mechanism grabs hold of is more clearly visible, and though it is hard to tell, it looks like the plate may now be made of carbon fiber rather than metal. The catch plate has been moved from the clamp around the fork outer to the same mounting bolt used by the suspension travel sensor (the thin rod attached to a plate fixed to the radial brake caliper mounts).
Other things to note here: the bottom of the teardrop-shaped aerodynamic fork cover is flat, and there is a sizable gap between the fork stanchion and the fender.Ĭompare this to the 2022 prototype, and even though the angle is different, there are a lot of changes. You can also see the two cables which operate the latch mechanism, controlled by a butterfly switch on the top triple clamp. That protrusion is a catch, which is captured by the latch mechanism on the lower stanchion, and hidden by the front fender. That bolt holds a metal plate with a protrusion at the bottom. If you look at the bottom of the carbon fiber fork tube, you will see above the gold section marked Öhlins an aluminum clamp with a bolt attached. Let's start with the old device, used at the end of the 2021 season and seen here on the Ducati Desmosedici GP21: What's more, it has been turned upside down, with the metal catch and the latch release swapped. What is that detail? If you look closely, you will see that the front holeshot device has been moved from the front of the fork leg to the rear.
(For a full analysis, see my post-Jerez test round up).īut one detail caught my eye, and in private discussion with Peter Bom and Tom Morsellino, two people with enormous technical knowledge, a few interesting points arose. Many of the new development parts have been discussed here already, including the new fairing, the new engine, and the extra long exhaust tried on the bike that might become the GP22.
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So with two years of enforced inaction due to the restrictions imposed to keep costs down during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jerez test saw Ducati unleash a pent-up torrent of new parts and ideas. Ducati have turned that around over the past decade, and now, where they lead, others follow. In the past, the Desmosedici was an intransigent beast that only a few riders – or rather, one rider – could wrangle into submission. You find yourself back where you started, or worse, the only difference being that everyone is another tenth of a second quicker, and finding the next tenth is now exponentially more difficult.ĭucati are the current masters of this, though it wasn't always this way. The trouble is, of course, that once you have made your own bike go faster, your rivals turn around and do exactly the same. A contest between manufacturers to try to make their bikes go faster.