Agreed. I reckon 10 years from now we'll look back at the hideous looking fixed wings and have a wee chuckle. Because not long from now there will be dynamic wings that actually modulate via your ECU. Basically, they'll work much better than the current 'stuck on' afterthoughts.
I've got a theory on this stuff. Bikes are way way behind cars on the technology side of things. Aerodynamics play a massive part and are your limiting factor once over 150 or so mph so I think we'll make some big jumps in this area soon enough. Admitedly the UK doesn't have many tracks where you reach high speeds but Europe has loads. We can laugh but it is like laughing at quick shifters a few years back, everyone thats doing good speeds will have wings and the rest in a few years. (I hope)The rider will always make the biggest difference on a race bike so I dont think we will ever reach a point where it is boring like F1 because of too much tech. MotoGP is already doing all this and whilst there's less highsides; theres nothing boring about it.
I might knock up some 3d printed ones if the demand grows and make my millions, how can you charge 500 pounds for that!
There's also the actual physics behind what makes them useful in three first place. Do these come with a guide on the exact fitting position that aids downforce/stability? Or are we going to have cases where someone's stuck some on where they "think" they need to be.... and we'll be finding them scattered all over the roads as a result?!
Will be interesting to see how many company's actually do the research or just clone the v4r ones, that being said its not that hard to do fluid dynamic simulation these days, provided you have or create a model of the fairing it will be fixed to and the correct angles of the bike under acceleration and lean etc. I remember dabbling with it when I did physics based animation in maya some years ago.
