On January 23, 2002, Dirck wrote an article about the 2002 Honda CBR954RR after riding the motorcycle at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In that article he talks about a discussion he had with engineer Tadao Baba: I asked him, specifically, why the 954RR had a “pivotless frame” where the main frame spars extending from the steering head do not join the swingarm pivot. I wanted to know why the 954RR had this feature while Honda’s dedicated superbike (the RC51, or the SP-2 in Europe) had a traditional frame that carried the spars all the way to the swingarm pivot. Dirck promised to scan the drawing and set up a link to it.
For those of you who are still looking for that link, I apologize for dropping the ball. The picture has been burried on my desk . . . you know the old saying “Out of sight, out of mind”. Thanks for your patience.
