Swingarms: Tech Talk with Simon Crafar
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Swingarms, they're one of the biggest and most important parts of the bike! 🔑
Whether they're aluminium or carbon, there are pros and cons for both! Simon Crafar is on hand to run us through them all in his latest #TechTalk! 🙌
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I love the fact that the Tech talk is always on air in a single take. Love the spirit 💓
Yeah, it shows that he knows what he's talking about.
Agreed. Great job.
Another great episode, cheers Simon and team. Keep them coming - Taz
Impeccably explained in a way less tech inclined people can understand, awesome job Simon👌🍻
The first time Simon was fluent in English lol
I worked for the Suzuki GB racing team in the late eighties along with Nigel Leaper who designed and built carbon fibre frames and swing arms for the 500cc Grand Prix bikes, ridden by Rob McElnea, Paul Lewis and Kevin Schwantz. Ciba Geigy supplied the carbon material and assisted with the manufacturing process, I still have a part on a carbon fibre swing arm in my garage that we never completed. Armstrong also made a carbon fibre frame and swing arm in the late eighties for the 250cc GP class.
Of course it's Simon, love tech talk with this fella
I love how Simon is telling us is name at the beginning of each video as if we don't know him by now.
If you don't know him by now
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New viewers won’t know him.
Just to not confuse him with Korg.
Best thing on CZcams. I feel like Simon is in my living room explaining MotoGP to me. Thanks again!
Simon get very excited during the tech talk. Can't blame him. He's good value to the MotoGP circus. Thanks bro'.
Finally we are back with one of the best motorsport serie on YT
Man.. I wish my teachers at school were more like you! Fantastic how you can put difficult ideas in a concatenated and concise way!
Simon is a legend! However, he talks so softly as if he's holding on to an egg and doesn't want to break it... Anyway, all good he's living a life I can only dream about! God Bless you, Simon! †
Excellent in-depth explanation as per usual Simon 😎
Love these Tech Talks! They are very entertaining to me and answer all the questions floating around in my head.
Formula one used to have them back in the day when Speedvision / Speed TV. Now F1, it's all dumbed down to listening to Crofty babble and scream. THANKS MotoGP Tech Talks!
I really love Simon’s contribution..he is so open with his knowledge.. thanks for sharing 👍🏼
We agree!
So many street bikes today have infinite adjustability , as a mechanic it amazed me how little most riders who bought these bikes never knew or never understood the adjustments they could make improving handling & performance ! Motorcycles today give the best bang for the buck , they are so much less expensive and quicker than performance cars day in and day out , able to take abuse with great reliability ! Tires being the only short lived item ! 😁
I as a rider and a person who studied Mechanics agree. VERY FEW professionals and owners know what to do or at least a good (not the best but a good) set up for the owner.
I REALLY wanna go deep into this so i ALWAYS WATCH Simon and other guys talking about setup.
Suspension is a science that can make the difference.
Very few riders are knowledgeable in adjustments. Even suspension settings like sag, preload and rebound are not touched from the factory.
Thank you Simon and MotoGP
Simon is a motogp encyclopedia 🤯😃
But what about Kevin Cameron?
Simon is such a Legend. True a wealth of knowledge. His willingness to share that is incredible.
Just amazing... Thank you Simon for keeping us informed. This lets us MotoGP fans get even more involved in the sport! Kudos!
Learn so much watching each of these! Love it
I love your enthuisasm, your deeply rooted wish for every to understand the subject, no matter the background. And in one takes, I personally know how hard that is. Great job Simon!
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Great work Simon. Love these vids. cheers.
Its hard to explain technical, but i love your body language Simons, make easy to understands 😁
Simon Crafar just makes sense. Thanks
I do really enjoy your tech talks Simon! Another great one 👍😎
Keep it up! Cheers
hi, Simon. it's very good to see you.
Great entusiasm while explaining 💪💪
Brilliantly explained.
Wow, learned something completely new today, I like this series
Reminder on!
Thank you Simon for the Information , waiting for the next one.
Thanks Simon, really appreciate these insights, difficult with a mask on i imagine, please keep them coming Sir.
Always an awesome video Simon. Real good job.
TICK TOCK.... it is *TIME* for Simon's Tech Talk
Brilliant as always Simon
Simon, you always demystify MotoGP in so many ways. Whatever they pay you, it's not enough. haha Great job as usual!
Great video just makes moto gp more exciting
Beautiful explanation!
Keep it coming....we want more of it...
Always a pleasure !
Thank you Simon ! 👍
Love your work SC
Excellent explication, great vidéo 👍👍💪💪💪🏍🏍🏍🏍
Continue 🏍🏍🏍🏍
Good explanation
The first carbon swing arms and frames were on the 500cc Gagiva - aprillia came a few years later
Carbon is not really expensive- cost is about same
And you are forgetting MAGNESIUM- Ducati used it on the 998 chassis to great effect
I used to build TZ and RG swingarms many years ago. That side flex issue is a huge can of worms. I attempted an oil-pressure swing arm bearing to be able to tune it.
Great tech talk! I didn't know about the influence of temperature.
great video Simon 👍👍👍👍
very good info
Amazing analogies 👌
Sehr gut erklärt. 👍🏽
Thanks, simon.
Aluminium. Thanks from Aotearoa
Love these insights... and it’s new bikes too - not 5 years old etc
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I'm sure it was the gorgeous Cagiva C592 that first used a carbon swingarm in 1991..!
Please do one on exhausts, I've been fascinated by them since the 4 stroke era began. We've obviously got a noise l Iimit ( straight pipes on the GP3 !? ) but why different routing, shapes, and manufacturers !?
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I'm really surprised no one has used topology optimization or generative design combined with additive manufacturing to achieve weight savings and dial-in the exact amount of desired lateral stiffness. It'll be interesting to see if this technology ever makes it onto the track.
Really great content. Especially for an engineer like me.
What seems amazing to me is that it has taken so long to 'crack the code' of how to control lateral swingarm stiffness/flexibility while maintaining or improving overall integrity.
I'm by no means an engineer, but we've sent Rockets to another planet, yet motorcycle suspension seems to be a more complicated affair! Maybe they should get NASA or Space X on to it.
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@Abhirup Nath Too slow bro!!...😂🤣...only kidding, genuinely don't know...Other than Crafar i can only really think of Aaron Slight(wsbk) and Bruce Anstey(I.o.m) in all of bike racing for the past 30years...Crafar was fast,great bloke too ,like him as a commentator too
*Tech Talk* 👍
Are these videos from Simon regular?
What material Suzuki used on their swingarm last year, btw?
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1:20 fixing Martin's bike :D
Yamaha running Aluminium swingarms could be the reason why they eat up the rear wheel a lot faster than the others...also that extra slides. They might need to switch to carbon fibre for good now.
How come these are the only two options ?
what about Titanium for example ?
I know the Cagiva V583 was the first all carbon swingarm👍🏼
Does that mean Suzuki was using an Al swingarm? Simon didn't say
Taking into account what happens when they crash, I can't see Carbon Fibre swingarms becoming common in road bikes any time soon.
Since we started putting more carbon parts in racing hangglider there has been far less spare parts sold. Carbon fibre doesn't fatigue and depending on how its made it more likely to flex further before any permanent damage is done.
@@Plateaudweller but if they are currently just throwing the whole swingarm in the bin because they can't tell if it's damaged or not, that's not a good sign.
@@Plateaudweller problem with carbon is that it doesn't provide any indication it may fail soon. Once it fails it shatters.
@@1MrBryn Non destructive testing is an engineering specialty used in testing samples from mass manufacturing or in aerospace on every structural component so that no doubt remains.
It's unlikely that a race team would have time or skills to do NDT in the paddock so safer to scrap any doubtful parts.
Yes, it's apparently wasteful, but they would probably need more data capture to be able to learn anything from the crashes. So it's easier to do structural testing with FEA and specific lab tests. That gives better control so more reliable results.
Without 300bhp and 200kg it's possible to repair structural carbon fibre, such as bicycle frames, using NDT to be sure.
Rubber side down is best...
@@lonpfrb Can they check using an x-ray for cracks?
Im familiar with aluminum but what is aluminium?
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I hoped you would show a carbon swing arm off the bike and see some of the design features. Maybe next time 😉
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bummer, I was hoping he would also talk about shapes, lengths, and single arm vs two arm (not that they run single arms in MotoGP), and what about the new winglets. Hope he does a follow up on swingarms.
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Any CF swing arms they don’t want or can’t use now... I will have, I’ll take the risk 😄
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I want Simon to be my instructor
Aluminum can indeed be welded, but it takes a really skilled welder. I can’t do it.
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You need add little bit of demonstration using animation. Don't get me wrong your videos are informative, but lacking that part to keep viewer engaged
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Not sure I buy into all the explanations especially with regard to aluminium. It's still the main component of jet aircraft both civilian and military and for good reason and I don't think that the temperature range for working can be correct when the industrial range for reliable use is up to 150C and I doubt a swingarm gets even close to that.
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The biggest mystery in the world is - why do Europeans add a syllable to aluminum that doesn’t exist?!
Simon Crafar was well known for riding sideways and sometimes even upside down. So he should even be more of an expert in explaining the binning side of riding.