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Before you dismiss it as being “done before” you might owe it to yourself to explore a little deeper. Without the opportunity to experience it yourself, read what the experts say, who HAVE ridden the Motoinno TS³ prototype.
Full reviews of the Motoinno TS³ prototype by professional moto-journalists can be found HERE in the MEDIA section under ‘Press’, but why not start with some quotes from those riders who have had the rare opportunity to ride the prototype Ducati 900SS.
It’s just the prototype – the test mule, nothing more. Used because it’s a great standard bearer with a simple engine to design around – it proved that the premis of the design is sound and provided the encouragement to develop a more powerful Moto2 race motorcycle.
IS THIS THE SAFEST MOTORCYCLE EVER BUILT?
The riders’ various experiences were encouraging, to say the least!
(Scroll down to see the many glowing testimonials that tell it how it is!)
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I also play with lines and discover that regardless of corner entry or turn-in point, if there is a slower rider ahead, I can simply push the bike a bit further over and steer tighter and go underneath any bike I happen to come across.Exiting the final corner I can choose where I want to be, even hugging the inside all the way around despite carrying incredible mid-corner speed. It is like there is more front tyre available in reserve there if needed at all times, a bit like insurance. This makes the bike very raceable.
“Certainly, the thing that's absolutely sticking in my mind, is that you come on the front brake and it just feels like, flat...smooth, and stable. It's very predictable. You put it in there it just stays there. You push it in, you want to pick it up, you pick it up. Kind of like set and forget. That's how it feels to me. Not only did I throw in bad lines without any problems... I thought, let's try an early entry and let's see what it does... and it just gave me an early exit too. That's really surprising, we've grown so use to, you know, if you do something wrong ...like you back off in a corner, it's going to get unstable ...and this just doesn't. All the way through every corner, I knew what it was doing. That's the best way I can put it into words.”
“The thing that I found the most unsettling, is that it behaves well when it should behave badly and you can do something and think, hang on, a telescopic bike wouldn't be able to do that.When you've got a bike that is this predictable, you know you've got something that a) you can control and b) you've got a safety edge.”
I doubt I ever went through the Broadford esses quicker on any of the fifty or so bikes I’ve ridden at Broadford down the years, than I did on the TS³...I could brake later and later on the angle into a turn like the 180º right hander by the Paddock entrance, or best of all the uphill Turn 1 at the end of the pit straight, where holding off the brakes to a point that would have been suicidal on a teleforked bike allowed me to keep up hard earned uphill momentum as I rounded the turn onto the top straight......there, the TS³ rode the bumps on what amounts to a tarmac staircase really well, even with enough torque from the Desmodue motor to lift the front wheel over the first step, in which case even though there was no steering damper, it would only flap the front wheel once very quickly, before resuming normal service.Under braking the TS³ demonstrated that it does not suffer from unbalancing oscillations in the front suspension where telescopic forks did.What struck me at once the first time I rode the TS³ was how slim and nimble it was and I had a 900SS Ducati in my garage for 6 years, so I know how that handles, and the TS³ is way more agile in changing direct ion. It’s flickable and highly manoeuvrable without feeling nervous, with a wide 54º steering that results in an ultra tight turning circle little more than twice the length of the bike this would be a great bike to use in city streets, and ideal for courier use!
It's incredible! I can't believe how predictable it is. I'm blown away, absolutely blown away...Back it off in a corner... it just stays there. Accelerate in a corner... it just stays there.I backed it off mid corner... and it just stayed there. Like nothing I’ve ever ridden before. It’s like a really well dialled in race bike, without the nasty’s.The law says you can’t take a narrow entry and narrow exit and expect the bike to stay there.Damnit, it DOES!If this technology was on every bike, you would totally re-write the training manual... because your setup for a corner doesn’t need to be the same.
Why am I so comfortable on this bike? The answer is that I am a front-end rider and I always need a planted, solid and confidence-inspiring front end to be able string a good lap together, or to have a good Sunday run on the road.
Under hard braking the TS3 remains stable, in-line and without the side-to-side wallow you get from the flexing of the typical telescopic fork. No matter the brake pressure you are holding the TS3’s turn-in remains the same, it was so confidence inspiring I don’t think I have held that much front-brake pressure till knee down on any other bike.
...Analysis of the data gathered identified the Motoinno TS3 as having a consistently higher turn rate than the Suzuki, for less lean, in the hands of the same rider and on the same tyres. It was able to enter a corner faster under brakes, hold a tighter line through the turn, and could be picked up faster on the exit of the corner than the Suzuki. Each test recorded showed the Motoinno gaining up to one second per corner over the GSX-R750, proving that the TS3 technology delivers a more stable, safer motorcycle.
The bike performed so well in my short time aboard I was struggling to find its limits... I believe it has a big future with so many positives to offer motorcycling in performance and safety.