Posted by Champ on January 14, 2009, 9:54 am
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2009/January/12-18/jan1409-new-gp9-ducati-unveiled/
It must offer a real advantage if it's tempted Ducati to move away
from their trellis fram.
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Posted by voeut on January 18, 2009, 11:15 am
Don't know what this means for future production models. Its always
great to have the replica stuff but this means that parts like that
can't be repaired. So a minor slide would mean writing off the
particular part - street stuff only I mean. So far we haven't had
Titanium frames thank goodness.
Posted by pablo on January 19, 2009, 1:29 am
On Jan 18, 8:15 am, vo...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
> Don't know what this means for future production models. Its always
> great to have the replica stuff but this means that parts like that
> can't be repaired. So a minor slide would mean writing off the
> particular part - street stuff only I mean. So far we haven't had
> Titanium frames thank goodness.
Does anyone really want a traightened frame anymore? Let's face it,
bikes -along with many other things- are becoming more discardable.
Several years ago, with electronics and what not, I finally came to
the conclusion that cars are just supposed to be leased these days
because they are no lomger designed for long term longevity, and I am
now coming to the same conslusion when it comes to motorcycles. Except
leasing programms unfortunately have not made it to the mainstream.
I mean, come on. Fact is any bent frame is pretty much a writeoff
these days. Garbage in every day speak. It's sobering, but true.
Carbon is perfect - stiff and yet flexible while not abused,
discardable after. That's a sign of the times.
Posted by Champ on January 19, 2009, 4:37 am
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:29:14 -0800 (PST), pablo
>> Don't know what this means for future production models. Its always
>> great to have the replica stuff but this means that parts like that
>> can't be repaired. So a minor slide would mean writing off the
>> particular part - street stuff only I mean. So far we haven't had
>> Titanium frames thank goodness.
>Does anyone really want a traightened frame anymore? Let's face it,
>bikes -along with many other things- are becoming more discardable.
To be honest, aluminium bikes frames have been beyond straightening
for some years now - any structural distoration (as opposed to a
cosmetic scrape) usually means the frame is written off.
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Posted by Julian Bond on January 19, 2009, 5:15 am
>To be honest, aluminium bikes frames have been beyond straightening
>for some years now - any structural distoration (as opposed to a
>cosmetic scrape) usually means the frame is written off.
There's some question marks over structural composites and degradation
by UV. There's also some issues with MOT testing as there is with CF
wheels. It's fairly easy to see cracks in aluminium. It's rather harder
to see if CF is damaged and about to break up catastrophically.
I dare say both issues can be resolved.
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> great to have the replica stuff but this means that parts like that
> can't be repaired. So a minor slide would mean writing off the
> particular part - street stuff only I mean. So far we haven't had
> Titanium frames thank goodness.