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08-06-2011, 02:02 AM
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Master of All Things
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And you thought you have balls.....THINK AGAIN!!
311 MPH on a BIKE!
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08-06-2011, 02:40 AM
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Go Harder Than Baltimore!
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now thats fast lol
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08-06-2011, 02:54 AM
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Slow Turtle
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Faster it goes, the more stable it is... it's a motorcycle.
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08-06-2011, 04:25 AM
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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08-06-2011, 08:28 AM
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Super fast!
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08-06-2011, 08:31 AM
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Me would not dat. Scary!
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08-06-2011, 08:40 AM
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08-08-2011, 06:49 AM
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Slow Turtle
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The wobble was when he let off the throttle, upsetting the gyroscopic acceleration of the bike's rotating mass, which is more or less inevitable at that speed.
Couple that with braking, and an undersized front wheel/tire for a speed run, with the extremely limited suspension travel and oversoft fork valving and lack of articulation in the front, and no shit it wobbles. So yes, and yes. |
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08-08-2011, 06:52 AM
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Slow Turtle
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  It might not do 312, but it will certainly do 186, and hasn't ever wobbled at speed or under acceleration. Braking or transferring of motion, on the other hand... Like I said. It's a bike. The faster it goes, the more stable it is. |
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08-08-2011, 09:49 AM
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 Nice bike, I'll defer to your expertise in all bike related post's from this point henceforth... If you say it's not a big deal to go 300+ on a bike, then it must not be, so, Ill write the guy doing it off as a show off... with nothing to show off.... Thanks for the info... And for your sake, I hope... "and hasn't ever wobbled" never comes to be...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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08-08-2011, 10:03 AM
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I think I just shat myself.  That was bad azz! I think I'll pass on that ride though.
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08-08-2011, 10:07 AM
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knows 2 facts about ducks
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I was looking at the runway mostly and there were a lot of little cracks and tar touch ups. I feel like at 150-200+ those little bumps would become deadly.
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08-08-2011, 10:09 AM
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Go Blue!!!!!
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I think I just crapped my pants reading that.
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08-08-2011, 10:11 AM
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..probably could've done faster on a smoother road.
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El funcionario señor de los desiertos de Mojave y Sonora.