So, Nick Hayden accidentally (?) leaked this pic of the Ducati GP10 bike.
(http://hellforleathermagazine.com/images/Ducati_GP10.jpg)
Article: http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/12/ducati-gp10-leaked-by-nicky-ha.html#comments (http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/12/ducati-gp10-leaked-by-nicky-ha.html#comments)
Just thought y'all might be interested. 8)
What's goin' on with those forks?
Quote from: Spidey on December 23, 2009, 10:09:01 AM
What's goin' on with those forks?
Looks like a different style of front brake rotor, too. Carbon-ceramic? Last year's rotor looked a bit different.
GP09 pic, for comparison:
(http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/hayden-stoner-desmosedici-gp9.jpg)
Quote from: Spidey on December 23, 2009, 10:09:01 AM
What's goin' on with those forks?
could be for mock up also though...
Doesn't look any different to me. Just a slightly different routing of lines and the travel measurement thing is out of whack.
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on December 27, 2009, 09:09:36 AM
...and the travel measurement thing is out of whack.
i think that's just a reflection of the front stand.
Quote from: derby on December 27, 2009, 03:25:27 PM
i think that's just a reflection of the front stand.
So basically, it looks normal. If you can call a $20K front end "normal"
good deal more than that, i'm sure...
Are the forks really more than $20K? (I'm not counting the wheels, brakes, etc.) :o
And on closer examination it does look like they've changed the "remote" reservoir somewhat. It appears to be much smaller, and mounted horizontally, rather than in parallel with the fork tubes.
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on December 28, 2009, 10:37:08 AM
Are the forks really more than $20K?
sbk forks can be more than that, even
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on December 28, 2009, 10:37:08 AM
And on closer examination it does look like they've changed the "remote" reservoir somewhat. It appears to be much smaller, and mounted horizontally, rather than in parallel with the fork tubes.
they're probably using a similar part to yamaha (with the internal reservoir).
Quote from: derby on December 28, 2009, 11:42:56 AM
they're probably using a similar part to yamaha (with the internal reservoir).
Didn't the Showas on the Honda bikes have a similar set-up?
So, if this is what Yamaha had last year (and we know Rossi gets the premium Ohlin's stuff first) I wonder what the new Yammy will have this year.
Or this could be a set of 'junk' forks they clanked on just to hold the front end up.
Quote from: Speeddog on December 28, 2009, 03:49:21 PM
Or this could be a set of 'junk' forks they clanked on just to hold the front end up.
[laugh] Good point.