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Jscott
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 03:18 pm: | 
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we who live in glass houses... |
Blake
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 04:58 pm: |
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What glass house would that be Mr. Scott, the one of fantastic hype but not a single appearance in a race anywhere ever, or the glass house of stating that you would be entering MotoGP but have not and likely will not ever, anywhere?
I'm kinda slow on the uptake, so you certainly won't mind clarifying your comment, will you?  |
Pammy
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 05:37 pm: |
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Blake, it was a joke...from both parties. |
New12r
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 08:30 pm: |
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I wanna drag some elbow!!
Nice, thanks for posting and nice work on the bike! |
Vegasbueller
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 11:50 pm: |
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Invite to the BBQ has been sent. We'll see what happens!
Nick |
Sspazz
| | Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:29 pm: |
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Interesting...
..from one of Erik Buell's videos on the Buell website referring to the frame rigidity part of the "Trilogy of Tech"..
"making the wheels stay in line with each other, so when your tossing the bike around you don't want the bike to flex at all, you don't want the wheels to twist"
..and from the Motoczysz website, referring to aftermarket components on an otherwise stock bike (the Honda 600 in the picture above)
"aftermarket suspension components created by MotoCzysz introduce tunable lateral flex... ...resulting in improved corner entry and increased mid corner traction"
The way I see it the "tunable" part makes it better, but what do you guys think, keep the wheels in line or let them get out of line every once in a while? |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 01:33 pm: |
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you always want the wheels in line -- tunable suspension pieces allowing lateral flex can help with bumps encountered while leaned over, though
two different things -- related, but not the same |
Daves
| | Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 03:07 pm: |
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If they don't podium their first year racing they are a failure |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 03:29 pm: |
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and ignorant petrol heads! |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 03:39 pm: |
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The new R1 has the top engine mounts at the rear of the head, to allow more frame in front of them for lateral flex. My guess is that stems from their work on the chatter issues Val and Colin were dealing with.
When you are cranked over, the bumps still act with a force vector straight up, which the suspension can't address. Much of the flex in the forks is gone now, so if the frame can soak some of it up it will not push the tire off of the ground with as much force. |
Jscott
| | Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 03:55 pm: |
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Their site has been updated. New video with Freddie Spencer riding the C1. |
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