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I’ve noticed that a lot of the KTM/HUSKY teams are all using what looks like the powerparts triple clamps ?
Just finished watching “Red Bull Moto spy” and couldn’t help but notice.
Looks like a similar design to the xtrig mounts ?
Just finished watching “Red Bull Moto spy” and couldn’t help but notice.
Looks like a similar design to the xtrig mounts ?
The Shop
Photo stolen from Vital
https://luxonmx.com/product-luxon-ktm-husqvarna-triple-clamps.html
Pit Row
1) They have a split clamping surface, similar to the Xtrig, but not an opposing clamp like the Xtrig. There's no real advantage to the opposing bolts aside from marketing; we've tested it (yes they have a video showing a difference, but I can create a video with two identical clamps having completely different resistance to the bushings too ).
There are two slight advantages to the split lower clamp, though: it's easier to torque the bolts properly (a non-issue if you know what you're doing on any clamp design), and it allows a smoother transition as the fork tube bends under load, which allows the bushing to slide through a little easier. It's noticeable, but not a huge advantage by any means. This second advantage is only realized on the lower clamp, the upper makes no difference if it's split or not. We've tested all this as well.
There are no patents on a split clamp like this, at least none that I can find; and there are at least four clamp manufacturers doing this already. Others will likely follow.
2) They have a different material layout than the traditional clamp designs. This difference is similar to our clamps in that ours are different than traditional clamps as well. However, the material layout in the KTM clamps is somewhat different than ours, particularly on the top clamp, so I'm not sure how they came up with that arrangement.
Xtrig introduced a clamp with a non-traditional material layout a while back, but I haven't seen it for sale anywhere. I suspect they may have canceled that idea as the manufacturing costs go up quite a bit. It was quite different than either the KTM clamps or ours.
I won't publicly speculate on why KTM or Xtrig ended up with a different layout than our clamps (and completely different from one another), but I will say that ours are the result of over 1000 analysis hours with an advanced topology optimization scheme, some serious engineering, and a good amount of physical testing.
Luxon if you have more material on comparing the different clamps I'd be interesting in reading it. Assuming you dont mind posting
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