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Originally Posted by freethink
"Chances are, if they ARE using funky bodywork, it is probably just a gimmick too."
-Not sure what you mean by that. I don't think you'll find much of any gimmicks on GP bikes.
"over the last 45+ years, I keep seeing road racers at high levels of competition using really funky bodywork."
-Neither of the current model MotoPG, or Moto2 bikes have those 'funky' channels down the sides of the front fairing that the R6 has.
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I would say the "wing thing" in MotoGP would qualify as "funky bodywork"and possibly a gimmick. It did seem to help Ducati, but wasn't adopted by Honda or Yamaha after testing. It's banned next year.
The panels on the side of the older R6 were referred to as "barge boards" and came from F1 "aero-think" at the time. Didn't catch on.