Ducati's "Frameless" Motorcycle Patent Application

[RocketPunch]

@Boxersix

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

Video was taken at Daytona in 1988 of a Norton Cosworth :bowdown:bowdown