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February 17th, 2016, 04:41 AM
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MotoMatters.com is delighted to feature the work of iconic MotoGP writer Mat Oxley. Oxley is a former racer, TT winner and highly respected author of biographies of world champions Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi, and currently writes for Motor Sport Magazine (http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/), where he is MotoGP correspondent. We are featuring sections from Oxley's blogs, which are posted in full on the Motor Sport Magazine website.
To wing it or not, that is the question
Are Ducati’s MotoGP winglets a good idea? Many think not. Which is why they may soon be banned.
Motorcycle racing exists for various reasons, but primarily because people want to race bikes. As Valentino Rossi’s long-time engineer Jeremy Burgess once said: “If you’ve got a bike, two kids, a stopwatch and a piece of dirt, you’ve got yourself a race.”
At a grander level, racing exists because people want to watch it, because people want to make money out of people watching it and because manufacturers want to show off their engineering prowess and learn things that will help them build better road bikes.
Will Ducati build a better road bike thanks to its work with MotoGP winglets? Possibly. Of more concern is what might happen in the meantime.
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MotoMatters.com is delighted to feature the work of iconic MotoGP writer Mat Oxley. Oxley is a former racer, TT winner and highly respected author of biographies of world champions Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi, and currently writes for Motor Sport Magazine (http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/), where he is MotoGP correspondent. We are featuring sections from Oxley's blogs, which are posted in full on the Motor Sport Magazine website.
To wing it or not, that is the question
Are Ducati’s MotoGP winglets a good idea? Many think not. Which is why they may soon be banned.
Motorcycle racing exists for various reasons, but primarily because people want to race bikes. As Valentino Rossi’s long-time engineer Jeremy Burgess once said: “If you’ve got a bike, two kids, a stopwatch and a piece of dirt, you’ve got yourself a race.”
At a grander level, racing exists because people want to watch it, because people want to make money out of people watching it and because manufacturers want to show off their engineering prowess and learn things that will help them build better road bikes.
Will Ducati build a better road bike thanks to its work with MotoGP winglets? Possibly. Of more concern is what might happen in the meantime.
read more (https://motomatters.com/blog/2016/02/17/guest_blog_mat_oxley_to_wing_it_or_not_t.html)
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