... I notice it tilts the driver too Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
According to Alan Braggins, ... OK. I learned the term more specifically: to induce steer more rapidly by pushing the handlebar (lightly!) in the direction...
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According to nickmynott, ... Use the cache, luke. Google is your friend. Milliken Camber brings up lots of references including "Aircraft engineer Bill...
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... From: Tony Godshall <togo@...> ... I recall mention of a GP racer who made a point of countersteering more than lightly, in order to get set up for...
"designed back in 1960, in a VAIN attempt to overcome the forces of lateral acceleration." Doesn't realy do it for me. Let me put it another way. Does anyone...
Hi Nick and Group, Doug Milliken, son of Bill Milliken told me that the Milliken Camber car was built for very pure reasearch into chassis dynamics. The car ...
According to nickmynott, ... One way to widening the track of the wheels. That appears to be what Milliken did. And what some trikes and wheelchairs do today,...
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As a motorcyclist tilts into a corner he has the ability to adjust the tilt angle of the frame to the road[ by body mass transfer]... and so also the angle of...
... Yes and no. If the rider moves his body mass to one side, all that happens is that the balance angle is different. This doesn't change the torque on the...
... the ability to ... to ... adjusts ... steady ... depend ... inclined ... happens ... torque on ... is never ... than the ... of the ... Phillip here, If...
... Yes, but the torque on the handlebars need not be different. That's all. snip ... The runner has an advantage (low speed), but the corollary of foot...
Thanks for the reply Mitch That's more like what I was after. I had no idea that chaparrals success was based so much in the tyres. I will continue to read....
I'm new to this group, a mechanical engineer by training. I remember first seeing the 3VG in TMEN years ago when I was just a kid. Having been inspired by your...
Hi I am new to the group, and I am looking to purchase a Tilting three wheeler motorcycle, is there any good web sites to find a used one? I live in New...
Hi Mitch As a great Chaparral fan could you give me the links, ref tyres etc, Always interested to learn. Ian (P) [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Phillip here taking one step at a time, I had said: "If you take two examples of an inclined motorcycle in a "steady state", all things equal except that in...
Hi Kevin..... will be interested in your pictures of the model. Having established what the real thing feels like, the way to go for me might be powered...
... We have not actually seen a Naro car yet (don't know your name?) just some rather good computer graphics - much easier to produce without getting your...
... Let's say a bike is being leaned at a constant angle, measured from CoG to a line between contact patches to the horizon. Balanced situation so zero ...
... Oh dear, that isn't even a semi-tilter (like the Carver where only half a wide vehicle tilts) Just the body tilts, meaning that it is only saving the rider...
Regarding Quads on the road. Have seen a couple on the road in London, and one or two in the suburbs. Shows that people will buy anything and put it on the...
... the ... tilted ... tilt ... turn ... That's ... steered ... adjust ... torque on ... to ... his ... to ... see ... Arthur said... [my comments inserted...
... torque ... biologically given fact that human perception of stimulus (feel, sight, smell, etc.) is more sensative to small magnitudes of input than large....
snip ... The steered angle of the front wheel is determined by a balance between the tyre trying to go straight ahead, the weight of the bike, centrifugal...
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