Technology comparison of new supersport motorcycles 2015 – part 2

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Technology comparison of new supersport motorcycles 2015 - part 2 30th pictures

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1/30 Aprilia RSV4 RR. Aprilia is still quite stingy with pictures of the new RSV4 RR.

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2/30 Kawasaki Ninja H2.

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3/30 Also Kawasaki extäYou can count on the finest Brembo brake mechanism and 330 mm discs. This is intended to keep the gigantic propulsion of the supercharged 1000 engine in check.

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4/30 Classic cockpit on the Ninja H2. Settings and maps wählen. The transversely built steering deviceämpfer regulates electronically, depending onängig from the driving speed.

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5/30 The first Kawasaki with a serialäßigen Quickshifter für fast acceleration.

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6/30 Hüpretty and noble: Kayaba fork with adjustment screwäubchen für compression, rebound and spring base. The new fork has a cartridge system für Öl and a separate one für air and achieves the best response with a strongly progressive effect.

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7/30 The first Kawasaki with a steel tubular space frame. Nevertheless, the motor is integrated in a load-bearing manner and takes up the swing arm mounting. the ülush stiffening in the steering head testifies to the brutal Kräof the new engine, which in the race track trim of the H2R should even produce a whopping 300 hp.

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8/30 Kawasaki Ninja H2.

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9/30 Kawasaki Ninja H2.

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10/30 Yamaha YZF-R1.

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11/30 The sensor box of the Yamaha R1 comes almost directly from the Moto-GP-M1 by Rossi and Lorenzo. It records all accelerations in six directions and thus determines engine power, brakes and semi-active chassis. Slide control is also available on the Yamaha.

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12/30 Hünicely made strut with manual DäAdjustment of the standard R1. Interestingly attached rear frame, it is made of light metal casting.

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13/30 The R1 trägt also numerous knotsöPunch on the handlebars to surf through the menuüs and has a TFT display for information.

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14/30 No Brembo: Yamaha relies on Japanese qualityätsware on the brakes and lälet Nissin come to the train. The construction of the monoblock pliers is äSimilar to that of the Italians, and the ABS is also from Bosch.

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15/30 Great cockpit: The wonderfulön programmed color TFT display is a specialtyät from Ducati. With the handlebar fittings, the Panigale can be tuned in all directions.

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16/30 The Ducati handlebar fittings are also pretty busy. ÜThe pilot can use the two buttons to navigate through the menuü wüheal.

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17/30 Therefore the cockpit of the racing machine as an alternative: instruments as in series, dafür handlebar fittings für the different maps (right) and circuit (left).

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18/30 The Brembo double disc goört to the best there is on the market für series machines exist, as well as the fantastic Öhlins upside-down fork with Däadjustment.

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19/30 BMW S 1000 RR.

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20/30 The shift rod trägt the control für the quickshifter and the blipper. The switching pressure or pull is recorded and the engine output is reduced accordingly.

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21/30 The handlebar fittings of the BMW S 1000 RR accommodate most of the knotsöpfe. Even a cruise control is on board. On the fork you can see the connüsse für the semi-active chassis.

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22/30 Simple and efficient: Radially struck brembos, the ABS sensor is neatly integrated.

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23/30 Networked thinking: The fork and shock absorber of the semi-active chassis control work together with the braking system. The sensor box üProvides signals above the air filter box üAbout the acceleration in all three axes. Accordingly, the Dävaccination can be adjusted. In the cockpit, even the driven Schräglage displayed.

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24/30 BMW S 1000 RR.

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25/30 BMW S 1000 RR.

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26/30 Ducati 1299 Panigale…

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27/30 and Ducati 1299 Panigale S.

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28/30 Panigale specialtyät: Suspension strut flanged to the side, no frame left, the engine block ütakes on a supporting function. The Däattenuation of the ÖThe hlins TTX shock absorber is actively adjusted in the S version, as is the fork.

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29/30 Cornering ABS is standard on the DucatiäßG. She owns the powerfulähige Bosch system, which was first seen at the KTM Adventure. The Brembo monoblock calipers are includedßen in huge 330 slices.

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30/30 Aprilia RSV4 RR, BMW S 1000 RR, Ducati 1299 Panigale S, Kawasaki H2 and Yamaha YZF-R1 in the technical check.

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In part 1 of our technology consideration kläwe redesign the engine concepts of the new super sports bikes Yamaha YZF-R1, Aprilia RSV4 RR, BMW S 1000 RR, Ducati 1299 Panigale and Kawasaki Ninja H2. The second part is now about chassis, brakes and electronic driving aids.

Michael Pfeiffer

13/01/2015

In the first part of our technical analysis of the new super athletes, we delved into engine technology. One thing is clear: about them üOver 200 hp crazy engines also only halfway to bändigen, you not only need the very best chassis technology, but also a lot of electronic helpers. This is the only way a responsible manufacturer can produce a rocket like a BMW S 1000 RR or even one Kawasaki Ninja H2 with compressor motor on the öpublic streetßlet go of traffic. And no one comes to me with it, he würde 200 HP under control even without traction control and wheelie control. Never!

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Turn the gas once a bit stupidly at the correct speed and the load is already on the rear wheel. With 200 hp and more, you can still do this in third gear. But schön in sequence. InitiallyäWe would like to introduce the chassis concepts of the füFive new super sports bikes BMW S 1000 RR, Aprilia RSV4 RR, Kawasaki Ninja H2, Ducati 1299 Panigale and illuminate the Yamaha YZF-R1. Then the braking systems and, last but not least, the topic of electronic driving aids.

Motor should have the correct stiffness

ReasonäA frame doesn’t just have to have the engine and the two wheel archesärecordings. It should also have the right rigidity to keep the machine stable at top speed on the motorway and still be flexible enough für fast Schrächange without much fidgeting of the handlebars. Three of the fünf manufacturers rely on the bewähard aluminum brücorner frame. This construction, once brought into series production by Bimota in the YB4, connects on möas close as possible to the steering head and the swing arm bearing. The Aprilia RSV4 RR accommodates the slim 65-degree V4, the BMW S 1000 RR and the Yamaha YZF-R1 appear much wider due to the transversely built in-line four-cylinder.

Ducati goes a completely different way and takes the engine as a frame part. The rear swing arm and shock absorber are flanged directly to the engine. The fork is held in an aluminum box (monocoque)ühears the one on the two cylindersöthe V2 is mounted. That saves components and weight Ducati 1299 Panigale is by far the lightest athlete in the bigßen class.

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One für the brand unwögoes the same way Kawasaki at the Kawasaki Ninja H2. For the first time, a steel tubular space frame is used. A construction that you could see at Ducati for many years. Reason füFor this type of construction there will be the space problem caused by the air flowüleading to the loader and its own installation space. A steel tubular space frame can accommodate the höoffer maximum rigidity with a very flexible shape. And it usually looks good too.

The frontäthey are consistently caught by upside-down forksühear the rearäthat of more or less mägood aluminum swingarms. Whereby again Ducati 1299 Panigale and the Kawasaki Ninja H2 step out of line and use one-sided swinging. This construction is usually a little heavier, but allows a very slim silhouette in combination with the exhaust system. Especially the Kawasaki with its mega double exhaust pipe wäre without single-sided swing arm even more expansive and prägentler. The huge dimensions of the wings show what a brute drive forceäften the landing gears have to reckon with. To destroy this power again, you need the best brakes in the world. And Brembo seems to be building them, because four of the fünf super athletes trust the brand from Italy. Like so many in the Grand Prix circus. Only the Yamaha YZF-R1 uses Nissin monoblock pliers.

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Braking: Nothing works here without the ABS system

Of course it isüIt is clear that in this price and performance segment you can definitely rely on an ABS system kömust be. And all F have that tooünfe good on board. How quickly is the noble machine pounded away when you have to brake with a cold front wheel. This völl notöterm and foundäAn ABS system reliably avoids dangerous situationsässig. F.ür the athletes must natüAnother driving profile can also be mapped. What if you go fully into the curveämmert and then plösuddenly have to brake? F.üNo problem for the BMW S 1000 RR. And für the Ducati 1299 Panigale, the a äsimilar system will not wear either. The Yamaha YZF-R1 also promises the bestösame vote. Of the Aprilia We still don’t know enough about the RSV4 RR and the Kawasaki Ninja H2. The fact is: thanks to Bosch and Conti, ABS development was advanced. Highly efficient sensors record all mösimilar parameters and sets the möresembled ütransferable braking force on the two tires. In largeßhe Schräglage will first apply the rear brakeätigt, then switched on the front one. This happens at the will of the computer, the driver does not notice anything. Außhe that the load is surprisingly strong in Schräglage brakes.

That is just as important Ürollover detection. This prevents the machine and pilot from moving forward üovershootägt. What through the high focus of the super athletes and their short bikeänd can happen relatively quickly. Depending on the purpose köThe ABS systems can also be programmed differently. For example, the rear wheel ABS on the BMW S 1000 RR für the race can be switched off (slick mode) so that it is easier to drift into the curve. Well, if you can do it … Ducati, BMW and Aprilia rely on the latest Bosch version. Yamaha and Kawasaki are still silent about who is the manufacturer of the ABS systems. What they all have in common: Without a highly sensitive sensor box, möLike with three-axis measurement, almost nothing works anymore. If the acceleration in all three axes, i.e. längs, across and up, can be recorded at lightning speed, then the Kräfte to the Rädern, the Schräglage and the lifting of the Räthe sensible capture.

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The highly sensitive sensor box is your eyes and your ass at the same time

And with this technology, which comes from automotive engineering and racing, you can finally do things that even Grand Prix drivers did not have ten years agoühad the desire. What it takes: Motor power control through ride-by-wire, actuators in the spring elements with displacement transducers and the ultra-modern ABS control. The sensor box gives you all the right commands, based on the throttle position, gear, braking force and so on. The sensor box is an eye and a backside at the same time, but is perfectly networked with the throttle valves, the brake modulators or the spring elements. Because whenever an acceleration out of the grid fällt, she attacks üAbout the regulations. For example, if the rear wheel is plöturns faster without the machine accelerating rapidly, the engine output becomesüwithdrawn (traction control). Or if the machine turns around the transverse axis plösuddenly turns (wheelie control). If in SchräIf the brake pressure rises and the front wheel speed drops sharply (cornering ABS). The electronics react in no time at all and büvalidates the pilot’s driving error.

All fünf super athletes are operated in this way in a network. Depending on the purpose köYou can also choose different basic votes for all of themäbe held. With that one already puts the Höhe of the wheelie or the response of the engine. The ride-by-wire can still offer some real goodies. A launch control, for example, in which the maximum take-off acceleration is achieved (all except the Duacti 1299 Panigale have), or a drag torque control in which a little gas is given in coasting mode.

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Yamaha YZF-R1 offers a patented slide control

The automatic gearshift also has a very pleasant effect. These systems use a sensor in the shift rod to measure whether a gear change is pending. Then the engine is throttled in a flash and light pressure is applied to the gearshift leverügt that the nächsthöhere gear engages (Quickshifter, on BMW S 1000 RR, Ducati 1299 Panigale, Kawasaki Ninja H2, Yamaha YZF-R1). It works when downshifting äSimilar, except that a little double-declutching has to be applied to the gangräto synchronize (blipper).

Available from BMW, Ducati and Yamaha. ÜThe Yamaha in general: It goes one better and offers a patented slide control. So that Hinz and Kunz can also drift stylishly around the cornerönnen. We can look forward to it. Yamaha wants the vote directly from Rossi’s and Lorenzo’s M1 ühave taken over (well, maybe not quite).

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Aprilia RSV4 RR with smartphone connection

The Aprilia RSV4 RR also offers something special: für really eaten up a telemetry package. ÜThe machine uses the smartphone to learn the route on which it is currently fäto then switch the motor control to the nänext curve or straight line. Since wüyou want a warm one „Good network!“ „Free travel at all times!“ you can call out to the new BMW S 1000 RR. You trägt a cruise control, certainly an exciting thing on the race. Okay, we’re digressing.

Another look at the semi-active chassis is allowed. Thanks to sensors, the compression and rebound speed of the fork and shock absorber is measured. Together with the acceleration values ​​of the sensor box, this results in an image üAbout the work of the spring elements. Thanks to actuators that act at lightning speed, the Dävaccination can be adjusted. In Schräglage, for example, you need a sensitive, when braking rather a lot of Dävaccination. This can now be changed accordinglyäbe changed. As if you were always going to the Dämpferräturn around würde. Fascinating. And on board with the Ducati 1299 Panigale S. So the new super athletes work on höThe spearheads of their manufacturers are at the highest level. And the best that it für money currently there.

Equipment in detail

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The sensor box of the Yamaha R1 comes almost directly from the Moto-GP-M1 by Rossi and Lorenzo. It records all accelerations in six directions and thus determines engine power, brakes and semi-active chassis. Slide control is also available on the Yamaha.

Engine / chassis

Aprilia
RSV4 RR
BMW
S 1000 RR
Ducati 1299 Panigale S. Kawasaki
Ninja H2
Yamaha
YZF-R1 M
Electronically adjustable chassis •¹
Semi-active chassis •¹
Ride-by-wire
Various engine mappings
Adjustable engine braking torque

Assistance systems / security

Aprilia
RSV4 RR
BMW
S 1000 RR
Ducati 1299 Panigale S. Kawasaki
Ninja H2
Yamaha
YZF-R1 M
ABS / cornering ABS •/ — •/ — •/ • •/ — •/ •
Adjustable traction control
Launch control
Wheelie control
adjustable steeringämuffler hydraulically hydraulically hydraulically electronic / hydraulic hydraulically

Furnishing

Aprilia
RSV4 RR
BMW
S 1000 RR
Ducati 1299 Panigale S. Kawasaki
Ninja H2
Yamaha
YZF-R1 M
Lap timer
Quickshifter / Blipper automatic switch •/ — •¹/•¹ •/• •/ — •/ —
Schräglagen display
Cruise control •¹
Gear indicator
Pit lane limiter

• = Series •¹ = Special equipment – = not availügbar

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