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- From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
- Subject: Re: Slip-sliding away (was Re: What would you ride...)
- Message-ID: <By0txJ.3As@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- References: <BxvKzz.2n1@apollo.hp.com> <1992Nov17.203709.6242@spdc.ti.com> <1992Nov17.214052.460@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <Bxw183.92L@news.iastate.edu> <1992Nov18.020307.19538@tcsi.com> <LOTTO.92Nov18091440@laura.harvard.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:34:30 GMT
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- lotto@laura.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) writes:
- >>>>>> On 18 Nov 92 02:03:07 GMT, markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) said:
-
- >Mark> Winter's approaching, time for the "how does a motorcycle turn" flame
- >Mark> fest again.
-
- >Seems appropriate since one of the ONLY times a motorcycle will rotate
- >about the CG instead of the contact patch is in Winter :-) Don't try
- >this at home without lots of flat-track experience.
-
- >Traction and vector components of force, yea, that's the ticket!
-
- Not that it's got much to do with this thread, but we got 12-18 inches
- of snow overnight, it's still coming down, and the roads haven't been
- plowed yet.
-
- That's not news, but I just heard on the radio that someone got a
- speeding ticket this morning.
-
- On a motorcycle!
-
- I'd love to hear the rest of this story!
- --
- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
- 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
- Dumper of Dirtbikes #46 FJ1200 Winding Road Next 77 Miles
- My other motorcycle is a Quadracer Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
-