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From: Topeka Kansas
The calulator was cool to play with.
But as (retired) police officer who has worked a few to many accidents. (cars, trucks and Cycles)
Base coefficient of Friction at 1.0, is not a reality in street riding.
Coefficient of friction in simple terms is the grip between the tires and the road.
The average street (paved) and fairly new tires, would be hard pressed to have Coefficient of .85. That is no moistier, no loose particles (gravel, sand and such).
That calulator would be helpful for all out racing machine to figure the possiblities of top speed to enter a curve.
I figure when in doubt, slow down.
Easier on the body and the bike.....
Peace
But as (retired) police officer who has worked a few to many accidents. (cars, trucks and Cycles)
Base coefficient of Friction at 1.0, is not a reality in street riding.
Coefficient of friction in simple terms is the grip between the tires and the road.
The average street (paved) and fairly new tires, would be hard pressed to have Coefficient of .85. That is no moistier, no loose particles (gravel, sand and such).
That calulator would be helpful for all out racing machine to figure the possiblities of top speed to enter a curve.
I figure when in doubt, slow down.
Easier on the body and the bike.....
Peace
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From: Simpson County Kentucky
That's easy to answer. Your Harley, being the truck that it is, generally travels at speeds below 100mph. A sportbike on the other hand can easily cruise where your Harley won't go and in doing so can experience a phenomenon none as a tank slapper where the steering begins to oscillate laterally and the clip-ons begin to attempt to knock the living crap out of the tank. This guy had 19 seconds of hell to go through before he waffled. Ohlins steering dampners work awesome...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ1srcQMa_0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ1srcQMa_0&NR=1
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From: Middle River, MD
Go back and check the pic again. That's a Honda Goldwing , hardly what anybody would call a sport bike -- and if a Harley is a truck, that thing is a freighter.
I had a GL1100, and it handled like a barge. Maybe like this guy, I wrecked my wing after a cage clipped my left side saddlebag.
No regrets with the HD. It does what I expected of it. Didn't buy it to run flat track or drag race. I wanted something I could depend on as a daily ride.
I had a GL1100, and it handled like a barge. Maybe like this guy, I wrecked my wing after a cage clipped my left side saddlebag.
No regrets with the HD. It does what I expected of it. Didn't buy it to run flat track or drag race. I wanted something I could depend on as a daily ride.
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