Timeline for Why did Ducati decide to use the desmodromic valve train rather than a more tradition valve train?
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| Dec 30, 2015 at 2:06 | comment | added | race fever | I'd like to add that other motorcycle makers who race on Moto GP would use a conventional valvetrain and most later switched to a pneumatic one (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_valve_springs) a lá Formula 1. Although Ducati has dominated the SuperBike World Championship since the 90s. | |
| Dec 29, 2015 at 23:29 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | It also frees up frictional losses you see with typical valve spring design. | |
| Dec 29, 2015 at 21:21 | history | answered | draksia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |