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Eweaver
Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 10:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hard to tell, but it seems to have an airbox poking up the middle, and frame that just might hold fuel.

The exhaust appears to be mostly underslung as well.


Tech3 Moto2 chassis
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Backcountryme
Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 01:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not sure about fuel in frame, but the exhaust in not going to finish under the frame. That is a 4 to 2 to 1 collector. I am going to assume that it will rout up under the seat. It doesn't look like fuel in fame. I am betting that it will have a tank over the airbox.
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Slypiranna
Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 09:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Backcountryme,

+1.

Nice looking rolling chassis.
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Odinbueller
Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 09:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Fuel tank looks like it will still be mounted on top, plenty of real estate to make that work. The exhaust will probably come up out the sides like every other 600cc bike, the under tail routing will be too close to the piggyback canister on the rear shock.

But we'll see. Should be an AWESOME class to race.
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 11:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I would imagne that the new moto2 bikes will follow current MotoGP/Superbike technology and have the fuel tank behind the airbox and under the seat. This keeps weight low and central.

The exhaust pictured is unfinished and will probably be a left side exit similar to the current Yamaha M1 that the team currently run in MotoGP. Most of the Moto2 bikes I have seen so far have been very 'traditional' and conservative, and nobody seems ready to embrace any new suspension or steering systems even though they have a blank sheet of paper. This frame looks very similar to the billet aluminium Harris Moto2 frame in the Promoracing bike and several other Moto2 frames I have seen.
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Backcountryme
Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 02:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Racing on the world scale is a conservative business. In a new class I would be suprised to see something that is wildly different. Even a Buell is a twin spar frame with a conventional base design and suspension. I think that Moto2 is not going to be the wild crazy experimantal class lots of people were hoping for. Look at MotoGP. Most of the fame desings there are very similar. There isn't a ton of crazy stuff going on in the base design.
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R2s
Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 10:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No fuel in the frame, it looks like it is ducting air through it.
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Spectrum
Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 12:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I think Matt is correct. Ben's WSBK bike had the fuel under the seat to allow for a larger airbox.

I'd bet the moto2 setup might be something similar.
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