Traction control, fly by wire and other advanced technology

[skipevans]

I would love to hear some thoughts from this group about traction control, fly by wire and other advanced technology used on today's bikes and in MotoGP. I've been reading on web sites by diesel riders and street riders how this stuff is making wimps of racers, blah blah blah.

[ash33]

I think it's a good thing, ultimately GP racing has always been about furthering the development of the machine with the veiw of transfering the technolodgies developed on the track to the road.

A lot of people think comparing the days of the 500's to todays bikes make the modern GP boring. Once again my opinion is they are two separate bikes, the 500's using really out dated technology by todays standards. The 500's had massive high sides and were considered by many to be dangerous, most believe it was because of the savage power delivery, but the reality was it had more to do with the tyres. Consider putting some 500GP slicks on your 2010 road gsxr 1000 or R1...............my guess is you wouldn't stay upright too long either.

Is the new technolodgy making riders soft? Maybe, but it's a different sport to what it used to be. The only people that can honestly answer that question are older riders that still ride, you know the ones at the back of the WSBK grid 

[Northland]

Watch the movie FASTER, and it's follow up FASTER and FASTER.



You will see just how violent the last days of the 2 stroke moto GP bikes were.

The 4 strokes of today may be more powerfull, but the delivery is more predictable and smooth.  Tires have come along way too.

The fly by wire and traction control is overblown bullshite in my opinion.  Shouldnt even be allowed.  Let the rider show his finesse and talent by way of solid cable controls and rider input.

[skipevans]

I've got Faster, but I've not heard of Faster and Faster. On Google I can only find other stuff, but nothing about MotoGP. Any idea where I can order it?

[Northland]

Faster and Faster is the 2nd half of the double DVD that a friend out west had.........it may have been a limited release of the original movie Faster ?

Dont know where he got it, sorry.

[mickey]

Track bikes traction control should be limited to use of Right hand  ...No rider aids,racing is the RIDERS ability to get the best out of bike and not a computers job.For the road..??I'm all in favour of rider aids,some may says "Ah yeah but we need this technology tested on race bikes so it can be then transfered over to road bikes".Correct me if i'm wrong but ABS isn't used on race bikes