ECU development testing
Triumph has also supported extensive ECU development testing with Magneti Marelli
This has been a track focused development program. In collaboration with Magneti Marelli, Triumph has supplied the base data and the provision of
to date and impressed with the level of passion and effort from the chassis teams, the riders, the ECU team Magneti Marelli, Exernpro, and Dorna in developing the new generation of Moto2 motorcycles."
"The ECU gives the teams a lot of choice
It has been the job of PJ Jacobsen to develop the Magneti Marelli hardware for Honda in World Superbike this year, and his pick as Leon Camier's replacement for Suzuka was a
to date and impressed with the level of passion and effort from the chassis teams, the riders, the ECU team Magneti Marelli, Exernpro, and Dorna in developing the new generation of Moto2 motorcycles."
Of course the big peculiarity with Triumph's Moto2
The throttle response from the 50mm Magneti Marelli throttle bodies with 12-hole 'microjet' above-throttle injectors is a bit snatchy, adding to the brutish impression.
The
For Round 3, the Red Bull Honda team will make the switch from Cosworth to Magneti Marelli electronics, and it will be very interesting to see how their fortunes fare.
Triple M Racing, with PJ Jacobsen riding,
For starters, the Honda CBR1000RRW dumps its Cosworth boxes, and instead runs the Magneti Marelli electronics package that Jacobsen is using in WorldSBK.
Also, there are some obvious bodywork changes, namely where the
throttle body
DFI 42mm throttle bodies
Phased electronic Multipoint sequential injection, Magneti Marelli IAW7SM, "ride by wire", 52 mm throttle body, IWP 243 Magneti Marelli injectors, double oxygen sensor, integrated management of 3 engine mappings
The Honda WorldSBK team has been working on a switch to Magneti Marelli electronics over the winter, and Camier and Gagne will be hoping that the change will improve the throttle connection on
has been in recent years, thanks perhaps to the fact that HRC have two years' worth of data with the Magneti Marelli electronics, and definitely to the fact that last year, they hired another engineer who had previously worked for the Italian