MotoGP Sepang Test 2020 | Feb 07-09

I always think of the South Park episode regarding fags. Makes me giggle every time lol.

 

When he was winning most races by rolling off 5 seconds the last lap? Lol

 

Ahhh that’s it! How could I forget!!!!

 

Which is strange when you think about it, I mean isn't that what one of the benefits of V-twins/4's was supposed to be, the opposing cylinder banks would cancel out some of the rotational forces, as well as the engine/bike being able to be more svelt compared to 4 cylinders across.

 

I think it has more to do with the longer wheelbase but I'm not an engineer so I have no real knowledge of what's at stake. Aprilia was able to make a fairly compact V4 by narrowing the V but could never get it to work right. They threw in the towel and built a 90˚ V4 like Honda and Ducati. Their pace is near the pointy end all of a sudden and that's with a brand new bike. So who knows.

 

Anyone got final results? Curious how Jorge did.

 

Quattro won the trackday.

Combined results, El Janitor didn't set the world on fire. Top 20 all within 1 second of each other....not bad

1. Fabio Quartararo, France (Yamaha), 1:58.349
2. Cal Crutchlow, UK (Honda), 1:58.431
3. Alex Rins, Spain (Suzuki), 1:58.450
4. Francesco Bagnaia, Italy (Ducati), 1:58.502
5. Valentino Rossi, Italy (Yamaha), 1:58.541
6. Danilo Petrucci, Italy (Ducati), 1:58.606
7. Pol Espargaro, Spain (KTM), 1:58.610
8. Jack Miller, Australia (Ducati), 1:58.616
9. Dani Pedrosa, Spain (KTM), 1:58.662*
10. Aleix Espargaro, Spain (Aprilia), 1:58.694
11. Joan Mir, Spain (Suzuki), 1:58.731
12. Miguel Oliveira, Portugal (KTM), 1:58.764
13. Marc Marquez, Spain (Honda), 1:58.772
14. Franco Morbidelli, Italy (Yamaha), 1:58.831
15. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy (Ducati), 1:58.859
16. Maverick Vinales, Spain (Yamaha), 1:58.893
17. Johann Zarco, France (Ducati), 1:58.951
18. Alex Marquez, Spain (Honda), 1:59.042
19. Brad Binder, South Africa (KTM), 1:59.104
20. Tito Rabat, Spain (Ducati), 1:59.549
21. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Yamaha), 1:59.697*
22. Bradley Smith, UK (Aprilia), 1:59.841*
23. Takaaki Nakagami, Japan (Honda), 1:59.860
24. Iker Lecuona, Spain (KTM), 1:59.898
25. Sylvain Guintoli, France (Suzuki), 2:00.100*
26. Mika Kallio, Finland (KTM), 2:00.148*
27. Yamaha Test Bike 3, Japan (Yamaha), 2:00.791*
28. Yamaha Test Bike 1, Japan (Yamaha), 2:00.920*
29. Yamaha Test Bike 2, Japan (Yamaha), 2:01.744*
30. Lorenzo Savadori, Italy (Aprilia), 2:03.150*
31. Takuya Tsuda, Japan (Suzuki), 2:03.674*
    *test rider

 

Ducati has had this for about a year or two. Seems like everyone else is starting to catch up

 

I wonder how it sucks the rear down like that, as electronic motors etc are illegal... I could see if it was a mechanical catch or something and he bounced on it, but it looks like the bike just lowers itself.

 

Weird. Almost as if there was some invisible force acting on the motorcycle to draw it closer to the ground.

 

There's a knurled knob on the left side infill panel to engage it. Maybe it's some kind of hydraulic reservoir that transfers fluid?

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cr...ati-holeshot-device-caught-camera-updated?amp

I would imagine whatever yamaha is doing is similar

 

Maverick said he did not go for a fast lap on soft tires in this test but instead focussed on spinning laps and gathering data

 

If it's a knob then sounds like something is cable-actuated, yes?

 

At the rate it drops the rear and with how smooth it is I gotta think it’s hydraulic. The knob is probably for easy adjustment with gloves on the fly.

 

Like a switch, that thing goes down faster than Venom workin the corner market on a Saturday night.

 

You got me... they must just be using springs that are easily overcome by the force of gravity and I totally missed it... Thank you for your valuable contribution and helping bring greater understanding to the masses.