Ed Fatzinger: Deconstructing Kawasaki events, exploring Ducati DDM, and all things motorcycle data

Data Driven with Lou Peck · Oct 15, 2025 · 2h · transcript

Lou sits down with motorcycle data guru, Ed Fatzinger. Ed is the director of accident reconstruction at YA Engineering. He holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and a master’s in aerospace engineering from Embry Riddle University. He’s also a professional engineer, ACTAR-accredited reconstructionist, and a member of the SAE accident reconstruction committee.

He’s published several papers on the topic of motorcycle crash data. In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• Kawasaki data and how Ed started down that path

• Ducati’s Data Monitoring system

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