Indeed. Motogp needs a lot of help in presenting their product. (At least in North America) The fact that they charge you to watch race highlights online... 🙄 They need to take a page or two out of NASCAR's book. NASCAR took one the most boring motorsports and actually sucked me (and millions of others) into it because of coverage, useful website, tech explanations, mobile apps, driver background stories.

RoadRunner True.

everyone knows about it.u just didnt.lol

RoadRunner MotoGP is doing fine world-wide when it comes to numbers.I don't think Nascar is ever gonna beat them there.MotoGP made a deal with DAZN too so the coverage in the US has improved alot more.Amd the rider pass access is also quite awesome feature for MotoGP marketing

I don't think most people watch MotoGP git the science.But mostly for that sweet action we get from last lap battles especially from last season.As well overtakes galore,drama and so on

Eye-Abuser. (I actually think they're much more beautiful than the current crop of origami stealth-bomber bikes on the market right now.

No shit! 🤣

lmfao

Hayabusa is beautiful

It will grow in to a beautiful swan some day just you watch.

In all seriousness, don't you think there's money to be made if someone started making winglets for bikes? Of course they're dumb for the average rider, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't sell..... 🤔

You might be right, but for this to work there must be one crucial thing - the cool factor. :P Same thing with putting spoilers on cars - adding rear spoiler to civic is pointless, but some people do it anyay. ;)

Who said a spoiler on FWD cars are pointless??? That's invalid. While it may not have a benefit on a straight (unless you also have a real splitter in the front), it DOES help with weight transfer and lift oversteer. So no, they are not pointless.

Thanks!

@@MikeonBikes You missed the main benefit of VGs.. they reduce the trailing turbulent flow (wake) behind the rider & bike in not just reducing negative pressure drag behind.. but with a much smaller trailing wake.. less ability for tail gating.. frontal area is a small factor in drag coefficients.. a more important factor is the surface angles to the airstream & affect on laminar flow, not for surface laminar flow as such.. but the effects created by a ballooning effect of the airflow bubble around the fairing & rider displacing a given volume of air mass.. good references though to VGs, turbulators & foils that I've not heard any other commentators mention, except foils.. 👍.. I'm still waiting to see team engineers mount radiators under the seats like John Britton did in copying Steve Roberts F1 bikes of the early eighties.. they showed significant aero benefits over front mounted rads.. In reference to your maths/engineering etc.. it's not.. zero point one hundred eighty six.. it's zero point one eigth six.. zero point two seven not twenty seven.. still really enjoy your channel.. lots of thought 👌

No you haven't... Stop making things up.

That is a question I was asking during the video. I hope the presenter can address this point.

When sideways... the wing would act like a shark fin, cutting the wind ...only when the rider lifts the bike he has to shuggle, so then they have to use more energy to get the bike upright, or flip it to the other side

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5meeMWotLqyY5s.html Here's a more technical explanation if you're interested.

hahah what the fuck are you kidding me right now "cutting the wind". god i love youtube comments

This is highly debatable. As the lean angle goes beyond 45 deg, the force is exerted more to the side, the wrong side. So far, it creates a significant outward force, but also a down-force. Rider opinion at this point, is it's a bit like more or less physical weight on the front. It does very much have an effect, but exactly whether that's a positive thing or a negative thing depends on the bike and the rider and the circumstances. (Tyre choice, front spring rate & preload, etc...) It is very much like adding a 20kg bag of cement over the front of the fairing - there are circumstances where that's a bad thing and others where it actually helps. The place where it really does help, -a lot-, is as the bike picks up out of a fast corner, and goes for full power. The one who gets the biggest benefit, is Ducati, because their bike has a relatively low & rearward centre of gravity. The weight distribution of the Duke is perfect to get maximum power down and drive forward, as early as possible, but as the bike comes more upright, the rider has to back off to control the wheelie. The Yamaha has this problem rather less, because it has a higher and further forward centre of gravity. The heavy part on the yam is like where the cylinder head is. The heavy part on the duke is like where the clutch is.... That does not provide a clear advantage to one or the other, overall, but it does mean as you pick up off the corner, at 120 ~ 200 km/h, the duke first gets much better drive, but then can't maintain that forward drive because the front lifts. That's why Ducati are playing with downforce, and the most loud and vocal to keep it and defend it. They have by far the most to gain. Everybody else is jumping on the band-wagon, because ... you know, there might be an advantage in it... Why let Ducati have turbochargers if we don't have them?