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Is an Advanced Gearbox Giving Honda's MotoGP Racers an Edge?

Seamless ShiftingHonda’s RC212V has fairly dominated the 2011 MotoGP season, with paddock insiders pointing at a mysterious “seamless-shift� transmission as the source of this newfound pace. HRC Vice President Shuhei Nakamoto has only this to say: “Obviously HRC is not using anything illegal, but it’s true we have something new in the transmission that allows for faster gear changes.� Leaked patent documents (see Drawing the Line, page 42) have given some insight into how the new transmission might operate, and many experts point to British gearbox specialists Zeroshift as the source of this technology. Confidentiality agreements prevent Zeroshift from confirming or denying any HRC affiliation, but they were happy to share their seamless-shift technology—which they say will appear on production machines soon.


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