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SET-UP BIKE
is a dynamic simulation software aimed to the fine tuning of the
motorcycle on track. The software allows in fact to
analyze in advance the effectiveness of the technical choices
and of set-up (sprocket ratio, suspension setting, tyres
temperature) in the different tracks and conditions, and then to
hel technician and rider to go fast in the right direction to
have the best performance. |
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How it works?
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Uses of the software |
The software SET-UP Bike is of fundamental aid both
in the development of the motorcycle, both in the set-up on the
track. In this short presentation we will try to give you an idea of
the major benefits that you can get by placing the software on your
team or in your development department.
FINE TUNING ON TRACK
After the technical choices is necessary to obtain the maximum from
the potentiality of the motorcycle on all the tracks and in every
weather and track conditions. Also for this purpose the software
SET-UP Bike is of fundmental importance to have an important help in
the set-up choices that you must make.
One of the setting fundmental to make on the motorcycle
are that of the suspension.
Usually you work run after run in the basis of rider
indications and the experience of the technicians, this
however takes time to get to the set-up better, and often it
is hard to get it. Thanks to the software SET-UP
Bike you can evaluate in advance the set-up and beginning
already from a good base, and in any case know in advance
the pros and cons of different set-up. This becomes even
more important on a track where you've never been, or if the
bike has changed, or for example, if you've turned only with
the sun, and there is rain, that's the SET-UP Bike software
it becomes crucial for make a difference and you can already
start benifed, in fact choosing the track and the grip, you
can try different set-up of the suspension, as well as to
analyze in advance the loads that will have on the
suspension and setting them accordingly without fail. |

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Same
speech is true for the final
sprockets which is one of the choices
determinants in order to obtain the maximum from the engine
track by track. Thanks to the software you can find track by
track, and for the different conditions of grip, the
sprockets to have the
best performance. |
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Moreover track to track you can have from the simulation all a
series of informations that can help both the technician on the
choice of set-up, both the rider on the driving.
If for example, you can handle the bike's traction control,
thanks to the software SET-UP Bike you can analyze in
advance the use of the throttle in different grip conditions
of the track, and therefore if in the race w.e the grip
changes, with a simple click you can set in the software the
new grip and thanks to the simulation immediately see how to
intervene to maintain the control in the new conditions.
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The rider can take an important help from the SET-UP Bike software
to improve his driving, analyzing what makes the virtual rider, in
fact looking like the virtual rider uses the accelerator and brake,
can understand before you even get on track the areas where it will
have to be careful when opening the throttle, or when braking, and
this may help it avoid regrettable mistakes. The same speech is true for
example for the use of the rear brake, in fact you can see at
which points its use can lead to performance benefits.
Other data extremely important that the software SET-UP Bike
calculates, is the temperature of the different zones of
tyres in each point of the track, this is a data from which
technician and rider can have a great advantage, in fact
will be possible to see how the different set-up make work
the tyres, and to make the right choose also watching this.
Moreover can see the points at which the tire tends to cool
down and then there may be a drop in grip to watch, both the
points where it tends to overheat, and then especially in a
race optical force in these points can cause to burn the
tire and to have a rapid performance decay. |
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MOTORCYCLE DEVELOPMENT
The development and the preparation step of the motorcycle is
obviously crucial because all the technical choices will determine
the potential of the motorcycle on the track and the level of
performance to which can aspire. Unfortunately for making of the
technical choices, in addition to studies and experience, track
testing is crucial. But studying solutions, try them on track, edit,
retry, etc., determines timelines and costs that for one of the two
reasons are not sustainable. Moreover what can fit on a track, may
not work well in an other, and then for who participate in a
championship, and aims to be competitive in all circumstances, the
situation is complicated even more. For this the simulation has
become so important across the motorsport, and the software SET-UP
Bike was born just to help the team and engineers to make the
technical choices in the right direction very quickly.
For example for the frame
you can simulate the effect on the performance of:
- weight distribution;
- frame geometry (wheelbase and footpegs, saddle,
handlebars positions); |
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And all this can also be done in relation to the rider body
characteristics, that have a significant effect on the
dynamics of motion. |
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Or by evaluating the behavior both a full tank,
both to tank unload. |
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As we shall see better in the results, in addition to the lap time,
you can see if the virtual rider (and consequently the real one),
will have to do more or less effort to get that performance,
analyzing for example how must be used the throttle and the brake
between a solution and the other.
For what concerns the engine, if you have available engines
with different power curves, you can for example see which
may be more suitable to a track, rather than to an other,
both for a pure performance speech, both for see the effort
the rider has to do to handle it, analyzing the use of the
throttle, etc. |
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If you can intervene on the gear ratios, you can identify
which ones are most suitable for the different tracks, or
those that offer the best compromise for all the tracks of
the championship. Same speech is true for the final
sprockets that can be identified track to track to have the
best performance.
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These are just some examples of the great help you can get from
simulation with the SET-UP Bike software in the stage development of
the motorcycle.
Come detto per la preparazione della moto, anche per la messa a
punto in pista, questi sono solo alcuni esempi degli innumerevoli
vantaggi che potete avere nel vostro team unendo alle vostre
strumentazioni anche il software SET-UP Bike. La serie di risultati
che offre infatti è di grande aiuto sia per lo sviluppo della moto,
sia per il set-up in pista e per aiutare il pilota nella guida. |
Results |
The functionality and the information provided by SET-UP BIKE are really important and as you have seen
the examples of the situations in which you can have advantage are innumerable.
At the end of the calculation for first you
can see the lap time that the virtual rider has
obtained exploiting at the best the features and the set-up of
the motorcycle.

Obviously, when you compare the different
set-up or conditions, the lap time is the most immediate
reference, but it is much more important to understand how it has come to that performance and why it could not do better.
This is what usually makes the rider when he returns to the pit
trying to transfer all its feelings to the technicians, and this
is often a very difficult phase. Thanks to the software SET-UP
Bike instead the virtual rider knows exactly what is the cause
that has limited his performance in all the points of the track
and this can be very useful to understand where to intervene to
improve the performance. In the results for first are shown the global
analysis on the lap, both for what concerns the performance, but
also for the use of the gearbox, the driving, and the loss of
adherence between the front and the rear.
The same analyzes are then displayed on the
track, thus you can see point by point what happens.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
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GERABOX ANALYSIS
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DRIVING ANALYSIS
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LATERAL ADHERENCE ANALYSIS
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In addition to the analyzes are then shown the
graphs of all the variables calculated by the software, and you
can see their values in any point of the track. As you can see
in the example is shown below where the engine speed, you can
slide a bar and see what position you are on track and the value
of the quantity in question.

The calculated quantities are numerous and as explained allow to
technicians and riders to get the most appropriate decisions
both in the preparation phase of the motorcycle, both to obtain
the best set-up on track. Is in fact important to remember that
all these quantities can be calculated and analyzed before to go
on track, then you can already identify the best solutions, and
be ready earlier than others to different track conditions, etc.
Afterwards there will show you some of the most significant
quantities.
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MOTORCYCLE DYNAMIC |
SPEED
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ACCELERATION
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LATERAL ACCELERATION
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Thanks to these values you can get a first idea of the overall
performance of the bike based on the characteristics of the
track and its grip conditions. You can then evaluate in advance
the braking points, corner speed, etc., And this can be can be di of assistance to rider and technician especially if you find yourself in front of a track that you do not know, or with different weather conditions. |
LOADS (forces and torques) |
ACTING ON WHEELS
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ACTING ON FORK and REAR ARM
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ACTING ON BRAKES
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Thanks to the calculated values of the loads acting on the
different elements in each point of the track, the technician
may have all the information to previously carry out the set-up
of the pressure of the tires, suspension (springs and damping),
and of the brakes, thus managing to adapt their own set-up to
the various tracks, and the different conditions, going very
quickly in the right direction. |
SUSPENSIONS |
The software based on the set-up of the suspension entered
(stiffness springs, preload, damping in compression and
extension) calculates the suspension travel at each point of
the track allowing you to see beforehand how they work and how
it changes the balance depending on the characteristics and
track conditions.
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FORK TRAVEL
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REAR ARM ROTATION
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DRIVING |
THROTTLE
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BRAKES
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GEAR SHIFT
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Thanks to the values calculated on the driving that performs the
virtual driver, the technician can learn important information
for both the choices in the development, in terms of power
delivery, both during the fine tuning, for the management of
traction control, or the engine brake, or to identify the
optimum gear ratios for different tracks and conditions. In
addition to the technicians from these results can obtain
important information also the rider, that can see in advance
the most critical areas during acceleration and braking, or
where it can be convenient to use the rear brake, etc. |
TYRES TEMPERATURE |
RIGHT SIDE
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CENTER
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LEFT SIDE
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Thanks to these values the technician and the driver can have a
clear idea of how the tire works track by track, and to know in
advance the points where the tire grip could decreases because
the side loaded tends to cool down, or where on the contrary
tends to overheat and so you have to be careful not to force too
much in those points, especially in a race optics. |
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The software SET-UP BIKE is therefore cruciale both to make the most
appropriate technical choices already in the workshop, both to
obtain information relevant to the set-up of suspensions, brakes,
tires, etc. to vary of the track and its conditions.
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