The Vehicle - Technical Achievements
World Championship Winning Technology For The Road
The engine clearly represents the beating heart of this fantastic
motorcycle, but the technological advancements also extend to the
chassis: a signature tubular trellis hybrid frame, refined components,
and a superb carbon fibre body. This is a motorcycle that is destined
for an expert rider, someone who is always looking for extreme sporting
performance, as well as being an exclusive, esoteric, reliable product
that is more than capable of track racing. | The colour scheme of the Desmosedici
RR was the work of Alan Jenkins, the designer and one of the men behind
the Desmosedici MotoGP, who was also responsible for the aerodynamics
package which is aimed at achieving maximum speed and excellent
handling. The bike is totally inspired by the racing machine, the
Ducati Desmosedici GP6, from which it inherits all the aggressiveness
of its lines. It is fitted with a new lightweight multifunction
dashboard, developed in collaboration with Ducati Corse, the same one
that has been fitted to the racing machine, the Desmosedici GP7. Desmosedici-style digital instrumentation is taken from Ducati's MotoGP GP7 project. This pure racing, minimalist solution by Digitek has no switches or buttons to compromise its clean lines. The wide screen allows the rider to read six values at the same time and to scroll through and select from various menus by handlebar-mounted switch gear. |
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Activating the Ducati Data Analyser (DDA) riders are able to acquire up
to 2MB of data (approximately 3.5 hours). The system records several
channels of data including: vehicle speed, engine rpm, throttle
opening, engine temperature, distance travelled, laps and lap times. So
riders are able to compare, analyse and get an inside view of the
Desmosedici RR performance.
The bike's development could not have been made possible without the
significant collaboration of Vittoriano Guareschi, the official Ducati
Corse tester, whose riding abilities and hundreds of hours of track
time have made a fundamental contribution to the evolution of the
project.
For the first time the Ducati Desmosedici RR uses a new welded tubular
steel trellis hybrid frame (ALS 450) with the frame geometry that is
the same as the Desmosedici GP6. This construction guarantees an excellent stiffness-to-weight ratio,
allowing superior manoevrability and riding precision. Attached to the
red frame is the rear seat support in high temperature resin type
carbon fibre. This material, normally used only on racing bikes, has
the characteristic of being extremely lightweight but exceptionally
rigid.
The Desmosedici RR sports a new extra-long, cast, forged and pressed
aluminium alloy swingarm. The geometry and the technology of this
component derive directly from the MotoGP bike, and give the RR a high
level of traction, and excellent weight distribution as well as a
superb stiffness-to-weight ratio.
The Desmosedici RR will be available with a special race kit that
includes a 102 dB racing exhaust, a dedicated CPU, bike cover and
paddock stand.
Two versions of the RR will be available: 1) the Desmosedici RR -
painted in 'Rosso GP', with a white number plate on the tail section;
2) the Desmosedici RR 'Team Version' - painted in 'Rosso GP', and as
with the factory Corse bikes, this has a broad white stripe on the
fairing. A team sponsor decal kit will be provided with each bike.