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brycepdh
9/20/2019 8:22pm
9/20/2019 8:22pm
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9/21/2019 9:41am
I came across this on my Instagram feed. The comment states that Albertson is doing testing for Trey Canard and Trey is doing the testing for Roczen. The first time I’ve heard this kind of testing is used. Would that produce some confusing results as it’s input from two different riders could end up being something that doesn’t work for roczen?
Like it’s would make more sense if they have a singular test rider with a riding style and setup preference similar to roczen and work from that? Thoughts..
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1) Feasibility
2) Durability
3) Limited production (Canard)
4)Production (Roczen)
This is fairly common (although I have grossly simplified it) within design and production.
In the feasibility and durability stage, they are mostly just collecting data and logging hours to understand design durability, part functionality, impact to the system, etc., Each time the test is finished, results and data are analyzed to understand if the parts needs design changes. If it does change, a new test is initiated and the process starts somewhere back at the beginning.
It's possibly that Jimmy is testing parts in the feasibility and durability and then once they have a part dialed in it gets passed to Trey for final testing. Once the part is proven by Trey, it would go on to testing with Roczen to see if it's worthy of going on the race bike or not. Production intent parts on the race bike can also prove to be valuable tests as if Roczen can't break it, the average Joe Smoe weekend ripper isn't going to break it either.
Honda's smart enough that they aren't going to throw a newly designed part onto Roczen's bike without first validating it's design through hours and hours of testing with the expendable testers
He has also had some pretty significant injuries, but the guy can ride...
Canard seems to be more analytical, has had a long relationship with HRC, and can take the testing to the next level. Probably working directly with HRC engineers and race team personnel.
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