A practical guide to race motorbike electronics

Michele Trapani, Fabrizio Lai, Marco Cortecchia, "A practical guide to race motorbike electronics"
English | 2020 | ASIN: B08PVJTNCZ | 198 pages | EPUB | 18.57 MB
Those who go to the track for passion or work know that to be fast and happy with your vehicle there must be no problems. If well calibrated, suspensions, engine brake and traction control will lead you to faster laps, consistent runs, with less fatigue and risks for the rider. Knowing the functions, understanding the data, and being able to solve and evolve will make the difference.Having a quick reference manual to hand eliminates doubts, saving time, sessions and money. A practical method based on facts, data and the driver's driving tastes, a method developed over years of experience on race tracks. An amateur rider can make a huge qualitative leap with less risk and better average lap times. This often results in increased confidence and constant progress.Riding tips are focused on how to learn a circuit, and how to exploit sessions and vehicle strategies. These tips are provided by Fabrizio Lai, a rider who has taken part in the GP World Championship, SBK and CIV (Italian Championship), and is a tester for Pirelli.Michele Trapani started as a map calibrator, moved to the track to follow engine calibration and ended up being responsible for vehicle strategies and data analysis in a few teams. With some sporadic appearances in the world championship and the Italian championship, his main focus is on helping young or amateur riders to grow.Fabrizio Lai (

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) made his world championship debut in 2001 in the 125 class. In 2005 he was placed on the podium three times, and in 2007 he moved up to the 250 class. In 2009 he was in the World Supersport Championship and in 2010 in the SBK. He is an official Pirelli tester and track instructor.Marco Cortecchia is a self-taught software specialist (starting from the zx spectrum) educated in electronics and mechanics. His main job has always been software development. In 2001 he was co-founder of Mectronik, where he is now responsible for firmware and software development.