International Dealer News IDN 153 February/March 2020 | Page 10

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Racing and performance
BRIEFS brakes guide
NEWS
The UK is to bring forward its deadline
to end sales of new ICT, Diesel and
Hybrid vehicles from 2040 to 2035 -
the ban will presumably include
motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. The
UK Government has stated that it may
even consider making the deadline
earlier still. Norway is aiming for a ban
from 2025; Ireland, Sweden and the
Netherlands are targeting 2030.
London is also trying to ban fossil fuel
vehicles in 2030.
Ducati has scooped up another
Good Design Award ('Red Dot
Award' - assigned by Chicago
Athenaeum, Museum of
Architecture and Design, the
European Centre for Architecture
Art Design and Urban Studies
German 'Red Dot' Award) for the
Diavel 1260 S. "A true style icon,
the Diavel 1260 continues its
winning streak in international
design competitions," says Ducati.
"Powerful and beefy, this
motorcycle combines maxi-naked
performance with muscle cruiser
ergonomics." Powered by the
internationally respected 59 hp
Testastretta DVT 1262 engine, this
is the kind of air that Harley will
hope its 975 cc 60-degree V-twin
'Bronx' streetfighter will breathe.
Italian sportsbike parts and accessory
specialist CNC Racing has extended its
partnership with Pramac Racing
through to 2021. The technical and
commercial relationship started in 2015
when CNC became Official Technical
Supplier in MotoGP, providing 'Brake
Guards' for the Ducati GP14. Since last
year the relationship also included
MotoE, and there has been co-
development and co-branding of some
CNC Racing products, such as carbon
fibre air ducts to cool the brakes and
carbon wings for Moto Ducati.
Danish brakes specialist SBS has had
extraordinary race success since the
turn of the millennium. First with its DC
Dual Carbon and then with the DS
Dual Sinter, popular at the very top
levels of leading race series across all
disciplines - World Superbike, Moto2
and 3 GP, World Endurance and TT
road racing, and with riders in national
championships and track-day
enthusiasts.
After several world champion titles in
collaboration with SBS 'Partners in
Racing' teams, first with DC Dual
Carbon and later followed by DS Dual
Sinter, SBS launched for the 2019
season the DS-2
compound
to
complement the well-
known DS Dual Sinter.
However, braking is also
a question of rider
preferences, therefore SBS
has harnessed the
experiences of its riders and
partner teams with this new
racing booklet describing the
characteristics of its different
racing compounds in detail and the
preferences of its professional riders.
When used in conjunction with the
comprehensive SBS pad and
application online finder tool, it further
helps dealers and their customers find
the right racing brake pads for them.
For example, it explains why the DC
Dual Carbon has a smooth initial bite
that controls and increases in-stop
performance and brake feel and how
that is achieved compared to, say, the
DS-1 Dual Sinter with its strong initial
bite, linear in-stop performance and
brake feel and the smooth initial bite,
progressive in-stop performance and
brake feel of the DS-2.
The SBS racing history started back in
the 80s with ceramic based brake pads
that were developed and
complemented with sinter brake
pads in the 90s - in collaboration with
factory teams such as Yoshimura
Suzuki, Ferracci Ducati, Muzzy
Kawasaki, Erion Honda and first World
Superbike Champion Fred Merkel and
Team Rumi Honda.
In the mid-90s, SBS Racing Service
became involved in the World
Superbike series where the SBS RS
Racing Sinter compound was
developed in close cooperation
between the SBS R&D department and
the top teams in the championship.
In 2001, the first DC Dual Carbon
version was launched after five years
of intensive development and testing
work. Five years later, after several
world champion titles with DC Dual
Carbon, the first DS Dual Sinter
version was introduced in
2007.
"The DC Dual Carbon and
DS Dual Sinter performance
has continuously been improved in
line with the introduction of new high-
tech bikes for road racing," says SBS'
CSO Christel Munk Pedersen.
"In particular, the Superstock 1000
class with standard braking system
made higher demands for brake pad
performance simultaneously with the
development of engine performance,
tyre compounds, suspension
components and electronic riding aids
such as traction, wheelie, slide control,
engine brake, ABS, etc. With these
electronic riding aids, lap times
became faster and faster, even for
hobby and track day riders."
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