[OreoGitorio]

GOOD!

Dorna CEO Advocates Limits on Electronics in MotoGP

[akira700]

+2

[hammadown]

[Wishbone]

I dunno, I mean I like to see competitive racing just like everyone else.

BUT-Continuing competition is good for developing new products and eventually trickling down to us poor slubs.

I'm torn where I think it sucks that just cranking open the throttle and letting the ECU sorting it out is a load of crap to watch on the race track. I do think its great to have that on the street

[CMG241]

would mean following Formula 1 and banning traction control.

+3 +4 and +5!

[Karaya One]

A standard ECU was the only way to ensure compliance in F1. Traction control was banned before, as was launch control and teams found a way to hide it.

MotoGP knows this, and a standard ECU is the way to ensure compliance.

[Kurlon]

No way, if I want a rider's only competition we'll get them all on spec CRF50s assigned at random. This is a rider and MACHINE team competition, let the mfgs pull out every stop and show us what they can do.

[smf]

thank god. it's been turning into 2-wheeled F1

I'm all for manufacturers advancing technology, but this is a sport and humans are supposed to be a significant factor. I got a sinking feeling reading the roadracingworld article about riding the new 800s, but maybe they'll get it back on the right path.

great rainey quote: “500s were probably too dangerous even after the big bang motors came along, but when they changed to four-stroke 990cc bikes that problem was really fixed. Big four-stroke engines allow wide powerbands, but still require riders to respect the limits. With traction control it looks like the bikes are too easy to ride.”

[bergs]

Originally Posted by Article

Dovizioso said after testing the JiR Honda RC212V for the first time, “It is easier to ride than my 250. The electronics control things very well.”

Exactly. It's becoming a race of technology not riders.

I mean, what's next? Lining the bikes up on slot tracks and cracking the throttle wide open?

One ECU, one tire, no electro-assistance other than to deliver fuel.

[Karaya One]

The jury is still out on F1 with single tire, though they will go back to slicks in 2009 - YES!!

[OreoGitorio]

Forget where I read it, but I just saw a quote from an article on another forum that said the first time Rossi rode the old Honda equipped with traction control that he told Jeremy Burgess it was "Fucking boring"

[OreoGitorio]

another quick little article (not the one I was talking about in the post above.)
Soup :: MotoGP To Rein In Traction Control? :: 12-28-2007

[OreoGitorio]

Old article from 2006 with rider reactions to traction control. At that point alot of riders were for it rather than against it.


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