Some days ago I received the book Motogp Technology, by Neil Spalding. Books about motorbikes and technology are not very common, even less common if they are about racing motorbikes, so I was waiting for it with impatiente. I had good expectations about this book, because I already read some really good technical articles (normally […]
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Hace unos días recibí el libro Motogp Technology, escrito por Neil Spalding. Los libros que tratan sobre motos y tecnología no suelen ser muy habituales y menos todavía sobre motos de carreras, así que lo esperaba con impaciencia. Tenía buenas expectativas con respecto a este libro, por los magníficos artículos técnicos de su autor (casi
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I remember very clearly when I saw this motorbike for the first time in a magazine, it was 1987. I was shocked. It is very easy to impress a 14 years old boy, but I still like it as much as I did as a boy. From time to time some design catches me, to
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Kork Ballington won the 250 and 350 world championships in 1978. He did the same in 1979. During 1980, 1981 and 1982, he rode in 500, developing a new Kawasaki prototype, the KR500, with a liquid cooled “square four” 2 strokes engine. The bike didn’t win any race, but it is one of those bikes
Kork Ballington ganó los campeonatos del mundo de 250 y 350 en 1978. Al año siguiente volvió a repetir el doblete. Durante 1980, 1981 y 1982, Kork corrió en 500, desarrollando un nuevo prototipo de Kawasaki, la KR 500, con motor cuatro en cuadro. La moto no consiguió ninguna victoria, pero es una de esas
CGI son las siglas de “Computer Generated Images”, o imágenes generadas por ordenador. Según la wikipedia: “es la aplicación del campo de las imágenes generadas por ordenador (o más específicamente, imágenes 3D generadas por ordenador) en películas, programas de televisión, anuncios, simulación, y medios impresos”. Permite la creación de imágenes y animaciones que tienen un
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Computer generated images or CGI according to wikipedia: “is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media.” It allows for the creation of realistic images and animations which are so realistic they fool the
In the photo you can see the size differences between the original Honda CBR 954 chassis and the new trellis built for the Bott 1000 Morlaco. One of our objectives in the design stage was to achieve a smaller and narrower bike than the original one, mainly in the area that the rider embraces with
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En la imagen se aprecia claramente la diferencia de tamaño que existe entre el chasis original de la Honda CBR 954 y el chasis de la Bott 1000 Morlaco. Uno de nuestros objetivos en la etapa de diseño fue conseguir una moto más pequeña y más estrecha que la Honda original, sobre todo en la
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In the photo you can see the fueltank model mounted on the bike. One advantage about building the fueltank using composites is that it is possible to create more complex shapes than using aluminium, for example (building an aluminium fueltank with this shape would be very complex). This allows to take more profit of the
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