EE Times Under The Hood - October 8, 2007 - (Page 6) under the hood: FEATURE for the track Electronics hone racer’s edge By David Carey U nlike the Prius we tore down earlier this year, there will be no hands-on teardown of this machine: the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR MotoGP race motorcycle. MotoGP is the Formula One of the two-wheel racing world, and the cost of these prototype motorcycles is thought to run into the millions of dollars. Efforts in GP are focused first on a winning performance for the marque—Kawasaki or otherwise—with a secondary objective of developing technology for the always-advancing production motorcycles available on a showroom floor. So, for now, we’ll take as deep a look inside this dream machine as we can, without destroying it. I was able to spend some time with Danilo Casonato, head engineer for the team. The setting for our discussion was the July 2007 Laguna Seca MotoGP race, where I had the pleasure of gazing at GP hardware up close while learning about the electronics inside these uniquely powerful motorcycles. Good stuff, indeed. At 148 kg (325 pounds) and 200-plus horsepower, GP bikes >>12 6 Electronic Engineering Times, TechOnline | October 8, 2007
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