I've been pondering about this for awhile and decided to finally ask anyone who may shed some light on this.
Regarding MotoGP, if they had dialed in their bikes for a particular track last year, and it ran almost to near perfection, why don't they use the same dial in for the same track this year?
Why do they keep saying, "We've been having problems with the front suspension trying to dial it in" or what have you?
Can one of you racers shed some light, please?
Here's another thing I don't understand. This was an excerpt from Superbike (July 2005 issue):
According to Karl Muggerridge, "Basically late in the race, when the tyres are worn the bike has a mind of its own and is harder to deal with. With a year on the CBR1000RR in 2004 Chris (Vermuelen) is a bit more used to it and better at riding around it, I'm taking a little longer to get used to it. But the truth of the matter is we're having problems with the suspension." One of the main reasons are some new prototype WP forks they're developing. The scoop is they're gas-type forks (as Ohlins and Yamaha race teams have been using for awhile now). Karl reckons the WP gas forks were the root of his two crashes at Valencia saying: "When you come off the brakes they basically spring up and push the front wheel and bike out in the corner rather than going round it. Which is obviously hard to deal with."
What does he mean by, "...they basically spring up and push the front wheel and bike out in the corner rather than going round it."
I mean, isn't that what the suspension does anyways? Spring up and push the front wheel when you come off the front brakes?
