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Official 2019 MotoAmerica silly season thread.

Discussion in 'General' started by 418, Sep 24, 2018.

  1. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

  2. stangmx13

    stangmx13 Well-Known Member

  3. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    Ditch the fancy schmancy electronics. Use what BSB uses. Use exactly what BSB uses. It works.

    Contrary to what the naysayers think ditching TC won't lead to riders launching themselves to the moon. That hasn't been the case at all. But whoever MotoAmerica chooses as a provider they should also provide tech support included or at a reduced rate. With a factory rep on hand at every event. One make, one choice across the board.

    Maybe selfish of me because I think all the electronic wizardry on superbikes both on the track and in the showroom is boring. Don't care one bit about how many levels of wtf it has. And it's not needed to have exciting racing. If anything it has proven over and over to take away from it.
     
    Last edited: Dec 4, 2018
  4. tecknojoe

    tecknojoe Well-Known Member

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  5. TX Joose

    TX Joose Well-Known Member

  6. Boman Forklift

    Boman Forklift Well-Known Member

  7. grasshopper

    grasshopper Well-Known Member

  8. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner


    I mean shit....the guy built his own frames out of giant chunks of aluminum.


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  9. grasshopper

    grasshopper Well-Known Member

    I don't even want to know how many hours of machine work that is. I'm sure it's off the charts
     
  10. stangmx13

    stangmx13 Well-Known Member

    once a series goes spec ECU, they can probably pick whatever functionality they want. itd be cool if MA tailored the functionality to whatever works for the available talent in the teams. are there only 2 guys in the US that can adequately tune turn-by-turn anything... then don't include turn-by-turn. are there plenty of tuners that can do non-turn-by-turn TC and EB... include it.

    MA SBK could run the Moto2 Spec ECU. and so should MA SS. simple TC, EB, and LC, but no turn-by-turn changes.

    maybe. TenKate was the reference team for Honda in WSBK. someone defined an electronics package that all Hondas had to use and only TenKate or Honda could change the software for that reference hardware. if they changed the software, they had to share it. but TenKate didnt even start running that hardware at the beginning of the year. and who knows how much help they got from Honda with it.

    the whole concept of reference teams when some of them arent factory teams is silly IMO.
     
  11. ryoung57

    ryoung57 Off his meds

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  12. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    The Triumphs won't have TC in Moto2 next season.
     
  13. tecknojoe

    tecknojoe Well-Known Member

    Nick Mcfadden takes JD's vacated 600 seat on the Rick Team
     
  14. sharky nrk

    sharky nrk Rubber Side Up

    ^^ well TC won't be "unlocked" or "activated" until 2020
     
  15. Banditracer

    Banditracer Dogs - because people suck

    After reading that carbs look much easier. :D
     
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  16. rcarson15

    rcarson15 Well-Known Member

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  17. stangmx13

    stangmx13 Well-Known Member

    ahh, missed that recently.

    it was included in the spec that Dorna required for the new ECU, which highlights my point further. Dorna thinks is not necessary for 2019 and wants to keep the racing good. so they adjusted the ECU functionality. itd be awesome if MA had that control over the class.
     
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  18. sharky nrk

    sharky nrk Rubber Side Up

    Honestly that seems to make ALOT of sense to me as well. Start everyone off with minimum capability activated or whatever, since resources are scarce and the team with the $$$ will get the resources - then as more people learn and systems become easier to handle - increase the capability of the software step by step if you "need" to have SBKs with modern electronics in your series.

    ** edit **

    The moto2 ecu setups are MM based kits though. So I would assume there is serious potential for failure unless you have some MotoGP/Dorna style pull to make them deliver the goods for all the teams.
     
    Last edited: Dec 4, 2018
  19. JTRC51

    JTRC51 El Speedy Gonzalez

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  20. Chino52405

    Chino52405 Well-Known Member

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