# Ducati's "Frameless" Motorcycle Patent Application **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 23, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076 "2010-03-23T20:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/1 "2010-03-23T20:33:05Z")
Very cool stuff, using the engine as a stress member just like F1…:wow:wow:excited:excited:clap:clap **Ducati Patent Application Link: \>\>[HERE](http://www.roadracingworld.com/files/USApp20090308677.pdf)\<\<** ![http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1998/frameless.png](http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1998/frameless.png) ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/2 "2010-03-23T20:54:40Z")
About time in my opinion. In most sport bikes of recent the motor is already acting as a stressed member in one way or another, whether it be in a bracing fashion for the frame, or a suspension/swingarm mount(or both). It was only a matter of time before one of the manufactures got off their ass and ditched the frame all together, merging the technology with integral fluid reservoirs and the like 🙂 I like it! I guarantee you’ll see this merged with prepeg carbon tech and see some insanely light prototype released very soon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/3 "2010-03-23T21:02:26Z")
> [@Who else would drive a baby blue neon with a jaws hood for a week for this car..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-else-would-drive-a-baby-blue-neon-with-a-jaws-hood-for-a-week-for-this-car/30208/67): > > About time in my opinion. In most sport bikes of recent the motor is already acting as a stressed member in one way or another, whether it be in a bracing fashion for the frame, or a suspension/swingarm mount(or both). It was only a matter of time before one of the manufactures got off their ass and ditched the frame all together, merging the technology with integral fluid reservoirs and the like 🙂 > > I like it! I guarantee you’ll see this merged with prepeg carbon tech and see some insanely light prototype released very soon 🙂 Behold! ~\> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw1zA8v\_o7E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw1zA8v_o7E) Video was taken at Daytona in 1988 of a Norton Cosworth :bowdown:bowdown ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/4 "2010-03-23T21:06:38Z")
This will bring a whole new meaning to the term “Bent frame” :wow Cool stuff indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/5 "2010-03-23T23:15:28Z")
I like the blades ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/6 "2010-03-23T23:27:02Z")
So what happens in the event of a big crash? Would it be easier or harder to total out? I have nooo clue when it comes to bikes lol ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/7 "2010-03-24T06:33:25Z")
Woo Hoo! 100 year old farm tractor technology :rofl ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/8 "2010-03-24T11:41:03Z")
> [@kingsario vs Marcus](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kingsario-vs-marcus/30261/85): > > So what happens in the event of a big crash? Would it be easier or harder to total out? I have nooo clue when it comes to bikes lol Nobody will ever find out, Ducati owners don’t crash :lol ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ducatis-frameless-motorcycle-patent-application/251076/9 "2010-03-24T11:49:36Z")
> [@Need a traffic court lawyer for an AUO, cheap and for Wednesday...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-a-traffic-court-lawyer-for-an-auo-cheap-and-for-wednesday/30328/5): > > Nobody will ever find out, Ducati owners don’t crash :lol You’ll have one eventually :lmao