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Moto GP guide: all you need to know about the 2011 season !

MotoGP - Moto GP Guide: all you need to know about the 2011 season! - Motorcycle data sheets: technique, strengths and weaknesses

Exclusively on the web, Site offers you its Practical Moto GP Guide to find out everything about the 2011 Moto GP World Championship! Drivers, circuits, motorcycles, rating of title contenders: find all the details and statistics !

Motorcycle data sheets: technique, strengths and weaknesses

Imposed in 2007 for questionable security reasons, the MotoGP "800 cc format" will live its last season in 2011: the current V4 Ducati, Honda and Suzuki as well as the Yamaha 800 cc 4-in-line will be replaced by 1000 cc – 4-cylinder and 81 mm maximum bore – from 2012 (read).

This new technical upheaval creates a real headache for manufacturers: should we "freeze" the development of the 800s to better prepare for the arrival of the 1000s, or on the contrary put a final push to win the last title in 800 cc ?

Si Ducati – arrival of Rossi obliges! – and the HRC seem to have chosen the latter option (read in particular), Yamaha and Suzuki rather give the impression of staying on their way…

This makes sense for the Yamaha YZF-M1, which has already won three of the four 800 cc titles and whose consistency is the benchmark today. But the case of the Suzuki GSV-R seems more delicate: besides a flagrant lack of performance, Bautista will be the only rider to develop the Suzuki in 2011….

In general, the economic crisis and budget cuts will continue to affect the development and evolution of these fabulous machines, which Site invites you to discover in detail thanks to the detailed sheets below.

Ducati Desmosedici GP11

  • Type of engine : 4-cylinder, water-cooled L, 799 cc, 4-stroke, Desmodromic distribution, 16 valves

  • Power advertised : more than 200 hp

  • Transmission : 6-speed cassette transmission, dry multi-plate clutch

  • Food : Injection and ECU Magneti Marelli

  • Cycle part : in carbon with carrier engine, fully adjustable Ohlins suspension (upside-down fork from 42 to 48 mm at the front and single shock absorber at the rear)

  • Brakes : dual 320 mm carbon discs and Brembo 4-piston calipers at the front, single steel disc and 2-piston caliper at the rear

  • Advertised weight : 150 kg dry

  • Strong points : power, accomplished electronics, Rossi’s talent (s)

  • Weak points : motorcycle difficult to ride and tune

Honda RC212V – 2011

  • Type of engine : 4-cylinder, water-cooled, 800 cc, 4-stroke, pneumatic distribution, 16 valves

  • Power advertised : more than 210 hp

  • Transmission : removable 6-speed, dry multi-disc clutch

  • Food : Injection and ECU HRC

  • Cycle part : double aluminum beam, fully adjustable Ôhlins suspensions (42 to 48 mm fork at the front and Pro-Link single shock absorber at the rear)

  • Brakes : dual carbon discs and Brembo 4-piston calipers at the front, single steel disc at the rear

  • Advertised weight : 150 kg

  • Strong points : meteoric progress since the end of 2010, power, 4 Honda riders out of the 6 entered have already won at least one GP (Dovi, Stoner, Pedro and Elias)

  • Weak points : dispersal of resources with 3 pilots at the HRC ?

Suzuki GSV-R – 2011

  • Type of engine : 4-cylinder, water-cooled, 800 cc, 4-stroke, pneumatic distribution, 16 valves

  • Power advertised : more than 225 hp

  • Transmission : removable at 6 speeds, dry multi-disc clutch

  • Food : Mitsubishi injection and ECU

  • Cycle part : double aluminum beam, fully adjustable Ohlins suspensions (inverted fork from 42 to 48 mm at the front and single shock absorber at the rear)

  • Brakes : dual carbon discs and Brembo 4-piston calipers at the front, single steel disc at the rear

  • Advertised weight : more than 150 kg

  • Strong points : well adjusted, the GSV-R is capable of a few bursts

  • Weak points : drastic reduction in Suzuki investments, works poorly on cold tracks, only one driver is involved

Yamaha YZF-M1 2011

  • Type of engine : 4 cylinders in line with timing Crossplane water-cooled, 799 cc, pneumatic distribution, 16 valves

  • Power advertised : more than 200 hp

  • Transmission : 6-speed cassette transmission, dry multi-plate clutch

  • Food : Injection and ECU Magneti Marelli

  • Cycle part : double beam in Deltabox aluminum, fully adjustable Ôhlins suspensions (inverted fork from 42 to 48 mm at the front and single shock absorber at the rear)

  • Brakes : dual 320mm carbon discs and Brembo 4-piston calipers at the front, single 220mm steel disc and 2-piston calipers at the rear

  • Advertised weight : 150 kg

  • Strong points : homogeneity, maneuverability, talents of official pilots

  • Weak points : Lorenzo and Yamaha will have a lot to do to make up for the departure of Rossi and Masao Furusawa (former technical director of Yamaha Racing)…

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