Analyzing Color Speed
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Analyzing Color Speed
While sitting at the office, I got to pondering about what it is that makes black the fastest color. Is it the fact that black pigment molecules are smaller than other pigment molecules, therefore reducing the air resistance caused by surface smoothness? I plan to spend a lot of time thinking about this and just wanted to get some outside opinions.........................'07 Ultra - Vivid Black
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RE: Analyzing Color Speed
While I don't necessarily agree with your conclusion, I will add that black is not actually a color but is the absence of color. So, IF black bikes are faster, perhaps it's the reduced weight from no color at all that creates an improvement in momentum and thereby the perception of increased speed. Got that?
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Black paint actually absorbs all light (and reflects none) so if it is absorbing all the light, shouldn't it be heavier/slower
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Since it absorbs all the light energy and it is changed to heat energy then it is radiated into the atmosphere (which is cooler) making the bike move faster...
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Since the black on the tank increases the interior temp of the tank it partially vaporizes the gasoline causing it to burn more completely in the cylinders producing more power...
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it is an optical illusion. Since the black reflects no light, light has to rush in to fill the vacuum causing the light to momentarily defy the laws of physics and surpass the "speed of light" causing the bike to appear to be moving faster...
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I have way too much time on my hands and a warped sense of Physics.
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Since it absorbs all the light energy and it is changed to heat energy then it is radiated into the atmosphere (which is cooler) making the bike move faster...
...or...
Since the black on the tank increases the interior temp of the tank it partially vaporizes the gasoline causing it to burn more completely in the cylinders producing more power...
...or...
it is an optical illusion. Since the black reflects no light, light has to rush in to fill the vacuum causing the light to momentarily defy the laws of physics and surpass the "speed of light" causing the bike to appear to be moving faster...
...or...
I have way too much time on my hands and a warped sense of Physics.
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RE: Analyzing Color Speed
Since lighter colors reflect more light, the photons reflecting on the forward edge of a moving motorcycle must bounce forward, impacting with the light energy already ahead of the bike. This creates a energy density through which the bike must travel...
Therefore, since the black bike does NOT reflect so much light energy, it has a less dense photon field through which to pass, and therefore is faster!!!
At least this is what Stephen Hawking said when asked about his black wheel chair!!!
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Therefore, since the black bike does NOT reflect so much light energy, it has a less dense photon field through which to pass, and therefore is faster!!!
At least this is what Stephen Hawking said when asked about his black wheel chair!!!
Jim aka kiltiemon