Effectivement, ça a changé.
Le règlement WSBK 2014 a été publié par la FIM, mais uniquement en anglais :
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]Pour ce qui concerne le sujet des suspensions :
2.4.10.2 Suspension
a. Participants in the 2014 Superbike season must only use the approved
and listed suspension units.
b. The approved products from the manufacturers must be available to all
participants at least one month before the first round of the 2014 World
Superbike season, and remain available all season. The products must
be available within 6 weeks of a confirmed order. c. Setting parts and tuning parts must be provided by the suspension
manufacturers to all customers/ teams/ participants using the
manufacturer’s products. These parts can be used by all participants
during the 2014 season. These parts shall be available for immediate
delivery to all teams/customers.
d. The suspension manufacturers are allowed to offer service contracts
when the team is using the approved and listed suspension products.
The suspension manufacturers cannot demand a service contract for a
customer or participant in order to obtain a suspension product.
e. The front fork in whole or part may be changed but must be the same
type homologated (leading link, telescopic, etc.).
f. The upper and lower fork clamps (triple clamp, fork bridges) may be
changed or modified.
g. A steering damper may be added or replaced with an ‘after-market’
damper.
h. The steering damper cannot act as a steering lock limiting device.
i. No aftermarket or prototype electronically-controlled suspensions
maybe used.
j. An electronically-controlled suspension may only be used if already
present on the production model of the homologated motorcycle.
k. The electronically-controlled valves must remain as homologated. The
shims, spacers and fork springs not connected with these valves can be
changed.
l. The ECU for the electronic suspension must remain as homologated and
cannot receive any motorcycle track position or sector information, the
suspension cannot be adjusted relative to track position.
m. The electronic interface between the rider and the suspension must
remain as on the homologated motorcycle. It is allowed to remove or
disable this rider interface.
n. The original suspension system must work safely in the event of an
electronic failure.
o. Electro-magnetic fluid systems which change the viscosity of the
suspension fluid(s) during operation are not permitted.
p. Electronic controlled steering damper cannot be used if not installed in
the homologated model for road use. However, it must be completely
standard (any mechanical or electronic part must remain as
homologated).