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- From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
- Subject: fizzixflamefest (was Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.044213.6504@rd.hydro.on.ca>
- Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
- References: <1992Nov17.214052.460@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <Bxw183.92L@news.iastate.edu> <1992Nov18.020307.19538@tcsi.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 04:42:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.020307.19538@tcsi.com> markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) writes:
- >
- >At turn in, the motorcycle rotates about the cg not the contact
- >patches.
-
- Yup, that's why it's so much fun to go around the potholes and manhole
- covers by twisting the bars the way you want to go (twist bars left,
- wheels flop out to the left, wheels go around the pothole, twist right to
- straighten up before you actually start to turn right...)
- >
- >Winter's approaching, time for the "how does a motorcycle turn" flame
- >fest again.
-
- I wouldn't miss it!
-
- I've bike like | Jody Levine DoD #275 kV
- got a you can if you -PF | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
- ride it | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
-