... Interesting project from Lazareth as always - he's practically a permanent feature in magazines over here. Hmmm, twin 320mm discs, super calipers, stiff...
Royce said Re: Ager Mk11 Photos on bikeweb We've finally managed to get three photo's of Graham's Mk11 Ager up on Bikeweb - V05 obviously. So at least Julian...
... on Bikeweb - V05 obviously. So at least Julian can say he's seen a rear upright and wishbone now. ... upright and wishbone. I'd like to see it. I have to...
... Is increased roll rate worth anything at all? In a panic/evasive maneuver, perhaps, but even for racing, you're supposed to be looking past the front...
... Add a big tank bag and some cross-tank panniers full of clothing and equipment, and you can get 50 pounds up and forward pretty darned quick. I know it's...
... At one time I owned a low-slung street bike and a tall, street-legal enduro bike. The two bikes approached the extremes of high and low CG. The enduro...
Thats' the best photo available, so it goes. What was it you wanted to know? The upright connects to the swing-arm via the same rubber bushes used for Hagon...
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... Well there were three photos, dunno why there are now two, it's only the right hand side that's gone awol. Who knows why? not I. It'll be something to do...
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Just tried to re-submit the right hand Ager Mk11 Picture. This time, the same image that got loaded last time is "Too big". See recent comments about...
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... Kenny Roberts Snr (I think) is quoted as saying "any time between full lean and straight up is wasted time", so if this is true then increased roll rate is...
... And, you can not only predict, using Newtons Laws of motion*, that a low CG rolls faster, you can experience this in a wide variety of vehicles. This is...
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... From: Royce Creasey You'll just have to ask the questions in words. the email connection seems to be working at present for some reason.. Royce Well I...
http://www.moto-sprocket-gp.co.uk/images/cart_001_large.gif Look, Ma. It's an FF scooter with a volvo seat back. Should give you some ideas, Bob. -- Julian...
... What's difficult? It is http://www.hightech.clara.net/drawings/cgdia8.gif in words isn't it? Ian www.voyager03.co.uk What? No. We can't stop here. This is...
... tilt action that is : "the tilt movement from one steady state to another". Gravity has little to do with it.. Centrifugal force powers the tilt from the...
... Right. Newtons second law says that the acceleration a body (The one found 'in space' in Law one) achieves is proportional to it's mass and the forces...
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Royce Creasey <royce@...> Tue, 4 Jul 2006 09:44:30 ... And lever arms, input torque, gyroscopic precession of the front wheel and moments of...
There may be a certain amount of 'talking at cross purposes' here. I think me mate Isaac would have identified three 'resistances': - The inertia of roll...
Recalling - but not researching - the recent correspondence here where one of us was refused Insurance and was told they'd stopped insuring modified vehicles,...
... If we consider the COG of not moving due to Sir Isaacs rules, and the wheel whipping sideways out from under it, how does this effect the above analysis? ...
... Phillip here.... the above is "not what happens"... The contact patch does not "move out from under the mass"... the mass is thrown over from the curving...
bobobo882002 <bobobo882002@...> Wed, 5 Jul 2006 00:25:06 ... Except there is no centrifugal force. Take the entry to a left hand bend. The rider turns...
... All these factors can be applied to any STV regardless of the CG position. The effect of CG position is unavoidable. Even if you have an STV with vast...
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... Inertia moves the CG sideways relative to the front CP (contact patch), unbalancing the bike. Gravity moves it down. If this lateral acceleration exceeds...
