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From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Feb 2010 11:25 ?? <breoganmacbrath(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Bullshit. You can take a brand new sportbike with brand new tires and > have the chassis aligned with laser beams and the bike will still > speed wobble or speed weave (according to which tire has less than the > required traction) when you > cross rough pavement (causes wobbles) or ride on slick surfaces > (causes weaves). No, it won't. You haven't ridden a modern bike, so your reference points are all the antique bikes you owned.... > I helped a friend who owned a GS1100 .... like this. > to take it to Buchanan's in Los > Angeles to have the rear wheel aligned with the steering head and the > steering head angle checked. > > Buchanan's couldn't find anything wrong with the alignment, so he put > the motorcycle back together and sold it, because didn't like a > motorcycle that > speed weaved around 120 mph. And it had a flexy frame, nasty tyres and spindly suspension :-)) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: S'mee on 6 Feb 2010 11:34 On Feb 5, 9:10 pm, åºå¯º <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Feb 5, 7:54 pm, "Short Bus" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm just going to kill you with a stroke...because > > I've been married 20+ years to a korean (snip) > > So what? My cousin is Korean. She works for KAL. Liar.
From: 府寺 on 6 Feb 2010 11:35 On Feb 6, 8:25 am, "Snag" <snag_...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > What he experienced what is known as rear-steer , where the rear wheel > moves sideways in relation to the frame when under load . ALL motorcycles steer with the rear tire, once you're going fast enough to countersteer. Racers don't become fa-a-a-ast until they learn to steer with the throttle. Kenny Roberts used to move his engines 1/4 of an inch to the left so that the chain bending the tubular swing arm didn't cause rear-steer under ful throttle... > This is fairly common in the older Harley rubbermount baggers . > They have made improvements in the frame and rear suspension > components in the new ones that have eliminated that . > There are also several sources of aftermarket components for the older > machines to fix this . Thanks for that information, but I doubt if I will buy a big twin until The Motor Company designs a power steering system so I can maneuver it at very low speeds in parking lots..
From: Andrew on 6 Feb 2010 11:59 "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jdheo2.1p46nb2ivw549N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > ?? <breoganmacbrath(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> Me too. 130 was as fast as I ever wanted to go on the big track at >> Willow Springs. > > That's because you were riding some antique POS with a flexy frame, > nasty tyres and spindly suspension. >> >> The last time I went 130 mph was on the long uphill four-lane straight >> on the Angeles Forest Hwy. It's at least three miles long. > > Last time I went 130mph was the last time I rode my Street Triple. > Jeez I get sick of the wind at anything over 110 on my Speed Triple. If I want to go 150 I have to ride the Daytona. -- Andrew 00 Daytona 00 Speed Triple 05 Squiddo
From: The Older Gentleman on 6 Feb 2010 12:25
Andrew <yogig.nospamm.no.spam(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Jeez I get sick of the wind at anything over 110 on my Speed Triple. > If I want to go 150 I have to ride the Daytona. I've got the optional little cowling on my Street Triple. makes a surprising amount of difference. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |