MotoGP Jerez Testing 2019

Looks like a servo motor on the exhaust

 

Yup, they've been using one for many years now.



Here's a better shot of that contraption...

 

Weird looks just like post 33...

 

Weird, like in post 34?

 

Oops

 

It looks as though the brake bar thing attaches with a pivot somewhere very close to where the lower shock linkage is located.
Given that any rear shock has a specific maximum length, eventually while braking enough weight will be transferred forward, the shock's max length will be exceeded, and the rear wheel will begin to lift. At this point the rear tire's friction will be transferred to the front tire and the rear brake's friction will be transferred to the front brakes. This will cause more heat in the front components and less traction and braking.

So what if, that rear brake arm attaches to the rear shock linkage in a such a way (a second linkage?) that when the rear shock reaches its maximum length the shock "unhinges" from the swing arm allowing the rear tire to stay on the ground and the rear brake engaged? A few mm's at the linkage could translate to cm's at the rear wheel. At all other times the shock and its linkage would operate as normal (so long as there existed any pressure on the rear spring).

Or maybe I shouldn't have had so much cough syrup this morning.

 

Ive noticed teams doing that several times over the past year. They quickly put covers over crashed bike, as if they are trying to hide the fact that it is crashed.

Or maybe some of the proprietary shit is exposed from the crash?

 

Many people don't, however the rear tire is still critical in slowing the bike down, even without the rear brake being applied.

 

Stahhhp.

 

https://www.kistler.com/en/product/type-18030779/

 

All the cheating stuff. Like nitrous, velocity stacks and hidden turbos

 

I was thinking about it, and could it be that it is used to compress the rear shock some when braking, therefore "squatting" the rear of the bike, which would inherently change the center of mass at the rear to be lower, therefore harder to rotate over that center of mass, and lose contact with the ground?

 

this thread is in loop mode

 

Extend, not compress.

 

But extending it would assist into doing a "stoppie", helping it to rotate over the front wheel.

 

how about if it was just an arm to hold a sensor for swingarm movement and not some crazy shock assist?

 

What fun is that? better to speculate and imagine what it is they are trying to achieve.

 

on the other hand
http://forums.13x.com/index.php?threads/motogp-jerez-testing-2019.356811/page-3#post-5436293

 

What Rick said. I missed his post when I replied.

Potentiometer is infinitely lighter, more simple and has been used for a long time to monitor movements like that.