V4 The Evolution Of Speed - Seamless Gearbox V4?

Is that like a DAF Variomatic?

 

Several bike companies are bringing them to the (rich) masses. As component life has increased through use of new materials.

 

Sounds like snake oil to I.

However, if you are convinced I may have an investment opportunity for you in the burgeoning Libyan time share boom....

 

It will be interesting if this is the case, as I believe neutral is at the bottom of the box and activated by a lever. Tbh I’d be okay with that on a road bike if it meant a nicer gear selection 1st/2nd and finding neutral easier!!

 

Given the Swiss cheese quality of some Ducati gearboxes, I can’t see that going wrong at all….

 

Apparently its a V4 SP2 being launched & they're going up to SP5

 

Can they really be much better than a current gearbox setup with quick shifter? I certainly never think the gear changes are slow or holding me back on my V4!

 

Ducati registered the patent in the US months ago for a new gearbox, rumour at the time was seamless.

I don't believe there's a new V4R on the horizon, that's what I have heard but nothing concrete.

I suspect the box is real though.

 

My little spies tell me the same, which is a huge shame as am on the list as and when they do happen, likely to now be a 2023 bike by which point I may have got bored and just throw some more money at the 1199S or get an alternative distraction .....

 

No seamless gearbox but quite a few cosmetic and mechanical changes for 2022 plus a new Akra full exhaust that should comply with more stringent trackday noise limits.

 

I will wait for an R

 

I know people bang on about Ducati and VFm (incl me sometimes) but they do seem to be one of the innovator companies that take tech from race track to road at the right time to make worthwhile. Did anyone do cornering abs, semi-active suspension for example on mainstream bikes before Ducati did on road bikes?

 

Yes......
First cornering abs was fitted on a 2013 KTM Adventure. (Bosch system)
Iirc semi-active suspension was released by Ducati/BMW same year?
I believe the first road bike with counter rotating crank was MvAgusta.

 

I did say mainstream bike manufacturers lol

 

Cornering ABS and semi active suspension have never been seen near racing though

 

I’d argue (may lose tho ) that the development of IMU parameters and algorithms is tho. All that telemetry data helps factories build road bikes (cars too) as it gives starting points.