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Originally Posted by RAMMIUS
^^^^  well that mechanical chaos , ruled the WorldSBK for years , so it`s an ''organized chaos ''  after all that works and quite good  |
Ducati homologated a new engine and chassis for every new year of competition - that is how many changes they had to make to "perfect" their chaos... and the
only play Ducati did anything was in WSB sprint races...
Everywhere else, the Honda RC45 chassis was homologated for world use in 1993 (for 1994 season) and 1994 (for the 1995 European Season) - and never again...
That's right - the same homologated chassis and engine went on to dominate 750cc and open class endurance racing from 1993 to 2000 - until the cost of the RC45 program was no longer viable. That is how well the 45 was engineered in 1993 - which was a direct derivative of the NR racer and the NR road bike (the fuel injection systems and software and chassis) and the older RC30 (the engine layout and other components).
Not even Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki or Ducati et al could topple them for 6 years - even though they all homologated new bikes every year (except Kawasaki - who kept the same WSB platform from 98 through 2000)
Ducati is a boutique brand
It is not known as the Ferrari of bikes for nothing...
-- with that name comes the stigma and reality of unreliability and tempermental engineering...