From: Fraser Johnston on

"Fulliautomatix" <tom(a)goo.net> wrote in message
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> atec 77 wrote:
>> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/comancheros-believed-to-have-smashed-holden-commodore-ssv-after-man-tries-to-overtake-pack/story-e6frf7kx-1225844430221
> Bit lame - a 1% group on a club run travelling UNDER the speed limit!
>
> The Big Blue Gang must be winning

I remember chasing 3 gypsy jokers back from toodjay on my blackbird a few years
ago. They were not hanging about and it took me 1/2 an hour to catch up to
them at well over the old fashioned ton. I was wondering how the hell they
were hanging on with non faired bikes.

Fraser


From: Toosmoky on
On 30/06/2010 12:40 PM, Fraser Johnston wrote:

> I remember chasing 3 gypsy jokers back from toodjay on my blackbird a few years
> ago. They were not hanging about and it took me 1/2 an hour to catch up to
> them at well over the old fashioned ton. I was wondering how the hell they
> were hanging on with non faired bikes.

Velcro helps.

--
Toosmoky
Work to ride, Ride to Work...
http://users.tpg.com.au/smokey61/cafe
From: atec7 7 ""atec77" on
Fraser Johnston wrote:
> "Fulliautomatix" <tom(a)goo.net> wrote in message
> news:4ba9e1bc$0$12922$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au...
>> atec 77 wrote:
>>> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/comancheros-believed-to-have-smashed-holden-commodore-ssv-after-man-tries-to-overtake-pack/story-e6frf7kx-1225844430221
>> Bit lame - a 1% group on a club run travelling UNDER the speed limit!
>>
>> The Big Blue Gang must be winning
>
> I remember chasing 3 gypsy jokers back from toodjay on my blackbird a few years
> ago. They were not hanging about and it took me 1/2 an hour to catch up to
> them at well over the old fashioned ton. I was wondering how the hell they
> were hanging on with non faired bikes.
>
> Fraser
>
>
Possible explanation for those gorilla like arms ?
From: Nev.. on
On 30/06/2010 12:40 PM, Fraser Johnston wrote:
> "Fulliautomatix"<tom(a)goo.net> wrote in message
> news:4ba9e1bc$0$12922$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au...
>> atec 77 wrote:
>>> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/comancheros-believed-to-have-smashed-holden-commodore-ssv-after-man-tries-to-overtake-pack/story-e6frf7kx-1225844430221
>> Bit lame - a 1% group on a club run travelling UNDER the speed limit!
>>
>> The Big Blue Gang must be winning
>
> I remember chasing 3 gypsy jokers back from toodjay on my blackbird a few years
> ago. They were not hanging about and it took me 1/2 an hour to catch up to
> them at well over the old fashioned ton. I was wondering how the hell they
> were hanging on with non faired bikes.

That's a very non-rider notion of how physics works. You sit on the
seat. There's no need to hang onto anything. How long have you been
riding ?

Nev..
'08 DL1000K8
From: Fraser Johnston on

"Nev.." <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote in message
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> On 30/06/2010 12:40 PM, Fraser Johnston wrote:
>> "Fulliautomatix"<tom(a)goo.net> wrote in message
>> news:4ba9e1bc$0$12922$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> atec 77 wrote:
>>>> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/comancheros-believed-to-have-smashed-holden-commodore-ssv-after-man-tries-to-overtake-pack/story-e6frf7kx-1225844430221
>>> Bit lame - a 1% group on a club run travelling UNDER the speed limit!
>>>
>>> The Big Blue Gang must be winning
>>
>> I remember chasing 3 gypsy jokers back from toodjay on my blackbird a few
>> years
>> ago. They were not hanging about and it took me 1/2 an hour to catch up to
>> them at well over the old fashioned ton. I was wondering how the hell they
>> were hanging on with non faired bikes.
>
> That's a very non-rider notion of how physics works. You sit on the seat.
> There's no need to hang onto anything. How long have you been riding ?

Long enough. I know at 200km/h on the street fighter I am hanging on for dear
life. On the blackbird at 200kmh you were sitting in a nice pocket of still
air.

Fraser