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sion. So, the philosophy is
different. It works only on the
different events that are, for
example, braking, acceleration,
and then the mid-corner.
We work in these three different
situations and we adjust the damp-
ing in order to have the right setup.
We use for both the technologies
the Inertial Measurement Unit
(IMU), the sensor that gives us the
information about what the bike
is doing. If it's accelerating, if it's
leaning, wheelieing or pitching.
That was going to be my
next question, talking about
the IMU. That was a huge
breakthrough for motorcycles
when it first came out.
Yes. It was a big jump to the
future because with this little
magic box that is this dimension,
we understood everything on the
bike. So, we know exactly the
lean angle, and this introduced
also a big possibility on the ABS
because we had the cornering
ABS thanks to this sensor.
For traction control, we know
exactly the acceleration and the
wheelie. You know that on the
wheelie we work in two different
ways because our wheelie control
is really accurate, and it works
both on the pitch angle but also
on the bank-angle rate. It's really
accurate but thanks to this sensor
we had the possibility to develop a
strategy that works really well.
We share different technolo-
gies from MotoGP and superbike.
The IMU that we use on the Pani-
gale V4 is the same that we use
on the World Superbike. Also,
different strategy of the controls.
The traction control that we have
on the Panigale V4, Panigale V2,
and also on the new Streetfighter,
is the traction control that comes
directly from the Desmosedici
GP18 MotoGP racer.
It's a really good thing because
we work together with Ducati
Corse in order to have a continu-
ous exchange of technology. So
our bikes are really, really the last
update in this sector.
It's interesting too because
there is that definite link be-
tween Ducati as the production
bike and then Ducati Corse as
well. You guys work basically
together now.
Yeah. We work together. We
have different engineers that
come with us. We make the fine
tuning of the system together,
but also the strategy, the begin-
ning is the same. There is a big
exchange of information. It's really
important for the development of
the production bikes.
Ducati has a lot young guys
working there, like Panigale
designer, Julien Clement. That
must be pretty exciting to be
part of the company that has
such young blood in it to be able
to go forward for the future.
Yeah, for sure. It's important to
have fresh ideas that come from
young people. We are a really,
really young team and we work a
lot together. Ducati is like a great
family. We work side-by-side for
hours and hours during the day.
So, it's really exciting to work with
this team. CN
For the full interview with
Alessandro Valia, check out
the YouTube video.
"In the Multistrada
you'll find a
comfortable bike
you can use also
for a long trip, but
when you twist
the grip you feel
the racing heart
of the Ducati."
