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[John W]

I was at a presentation a week or two back where a member of the Ducati race team gave an overview of all this technology. He also talked about the problem witrh tyre to front head clearance.

the current GP bikes no longer use a trellis front part to the frame, and the entire seat unit is carbon fibre simply bolted to the back of the engine.
The swinging arm mounts directly to it too, so consequently the engine is a stressed member.

There is aome really clever stuff going on with these bikes. Because they now spend so much time on thier sides the suspension is also on its side, so engineers are designing swinging arm and headstocks to be flexible in one direction but rigid in the other, and with varying stiffness depending on which track your at

What that article is saying to me is simply some of this technology is going to make its way to the production bikes. That doesn't sound too out of the ordinary.
What is though is the obvious cost of all these bits, plus the ability for other manufacturers to have a good old look over all that they (Ducati racing) are currently doing.
Although I am not sure whether this article is correct, I would expect some of this lot to come close to production some time in the not too distant future.