... wrote: Perhaps at higher speeds we'll discover a CS phenomenon, but at present velocities ... As Arthur commented, you are countersteering, just that it's...
... That is a great way to go David!! It could also be rigged to only allow wheel retraction only when stab loads are near equal! This would be simpler than...
... This sounds like a nice simple idea; until you try to implement it. If you are tilted, one stabiliser has more load. To get back to balanced, you first...
... Graham, A well worth reading article from Tony on this subject. http://www.tonyfoale.com/Articles/feel2.pdf My understanding is he pretty much says the...
Graham, A well worth reading article from Tony on this subject. http://www.tonyfoale.com/Articles/feel2.pdf My understanding is he pretty much says the same...
... Aye, it never is, but that's the fun! I dropped the idea partly because of issues of practical application, but largely because i didn't want to use...
Guys, Many thanks for the most helpful and thought-provoking/inducing comments in Digest 3661. Am making a list of experiments to try. And hopefully will get...
Thanks for the link, Graham. Loved the quote from Wilbur Wright, one of the great heroes of engineering. Typical that he refused to accept the standard way of...
Hi Mark Just got back from 105th anniversary Harley Rally in the US, should be picking Carver up from service tomorrow so I've booked myself into the hotel at...
... I have wondered about this. He only tried it on a HF machine where at least some of your weight must go on the bars. I don't think anyone's tried it at all...
... Years ago, before I built any FF motorbikes, I tried it on a recumbent HPV bicycle. I couldn't ride it at all. I would expect it would be harder on FF than...
Michael Hurley <mephit@...> Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:42:57 ... Tony's machines that had vertical handlebar ends were mostly funny front ends. So there was a...
... By the way, they are at Bonneville trying to go faster yet at this moment!! (God protect those who go where none has ever gone before.) The web site for...
... Perversely, now I've got the hang of it (I think) I find very low speed riding easy on the Quasar, at least on a clean surface. It's holding it up while...
... Any link to this actual machine? Is the movement of the joy sticks linear, horizontal axis (like Tony's and my experiments) or an arc similar to a...
... I find it pretty easy until something unexpected happens, when a HF is easier to deal with. However, I found it's a lot easier to fall off a HF if you lock...
I agree low speed control of an FF is not more difficult, just different so appears more difficult on your first ride in one. When other HF bikers are ...
To Ernie To dwell on reality, as a direction to try; There is only one other vehicle in current useage, which has to switch from 4-wheel 2-wheel mode. That...
... ...which is the first question that popped into my mind: what's it like to ride with a steering wheel, particularly given the recent discussion of...
... I agree, the bodywork absence certainly speeds things up a lot. It's a bit like the SV650 machine where the front end was cut off and a seat put in place...
Hi Guys, I have a little problem with some key tooling for the Voyager front suspension;- The holder of the press tool for making the forged axle, John Hesketh...
Hi Guys, It's not the liquidators anymore, the companies dissolved. It's down to finding Mr. Hesketh or his son, former company directors of Hesketh & Son...
... I don't suppose he's any relation to Lord Hesketh of that ilk, who famously made a small fortune out of racing cars and road-going motorcycles, having...
