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have different backgrounds,
that have different sizes. We
make this test, this standard
test, and there we understand
if my proposal is okay or we
must change something to make
everyone happy.
It's not easy to come and give
the satisfaction to all the riders,
but for sure we try to go in the
direction to have a comfortable
ergonomic. For example, our
Panigale V4 I think is the most
comfortable supersport bike be-
cause we put the footrests not
so close to the seat. This is very
important. Also, the position
of the handlebars gives to the
upper side of the body a natural
position, so you don't have to
move too much toward the front
to avoid neck pain and so on.
In terms of the dynamic
testing for a bike, are you
going out and doing big road
miles with data loggers? How
does it all work?
Usually I work on the devel-
opment on racetracks. So, for
every project, we start in a big
testing ground that we have in
the south of Italy that is called
Nardo Technical Center (also
technical home for Porsche,
Audi and Bentley) where there
is a big 12-kilometer ring (7.4
miles). It's really incredible.
There we can test the reliability
(Above) Italian
championship, 2018.
Racing is part of
the development
progress for Valia.
(Right) Valia holds
high company
alongside the
MotoGP team.
"It was a changing of philosophy, for sure.
We wanted to add something that keeps
the performance, that allows us to win the
World Superbike Championship."
