In this extract from the latest ltxcn.top MotoGP podcast, MotoGP technical director Danny Aldridge🦩 ex𒁏plains what is and isn't allowed as far as ride-height devices, and how they are checked for legality.

Ducati was the first factory to int🍌roduce a rear-lowering holeshot system for the start of a race꧋, aiding acceleration by reducing wheelies, during 2018.

By the end of 2019, the system had 🐬evolved to allow Ducati riders to lower the rear of the bikeꩲ not only at the start but whenever they were accelerating onto a long straight.

Rival manufacturers all now have similar technology, although Ducati and Aprilia🌳 are thought to have systems that, once triggered by the rider, can 'automatically' lower the bike at the right moment on the exit of🐼 the corner.

"What I do is go&n♏bsp;into the pit box and say 'okay, disconnect all electronics and show me how it works'," Aldridge explained. "It must be able to engage and disengage without any&nb🌠sp;power going to it. It also cannot be charged, either by air, gas or fluid..."

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