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Firemanjim
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 04:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
When Erik Buell Racing was here for the Infineon round of racing we recieved a bunch of goodies intended for Jamies bike. After they left Infineon they were headed to work on it--chain drive,etc.
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Ferris_von_bueller
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 07:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Barker, why don't you pitch a show to Discovery about Erik Buell Racing?
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Xb9er
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 09:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
With all the innovating technology our bikes have I'm not surprised a scientist would "get" it. Good a see E-B-R on tv.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 11:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Very cool!!!

only thing I did not understand is that they did in fact get the trick to work in the end and yet they still called it busted.
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Greg_e
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Because no matter what happens, at the end they either need to cheat to get it to work, or blow it up. That's just how the show goes. In this one they cheated by lubricating the cloth and few other things that I didn't catch.
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Hootowl
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
They were trying to duplicate what BMW did in their commercial. They succeeded. Why did they call that a bust?
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Froggy
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 01:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
quote:

Why did they call that a bust?



The myth was that the acceleration of a high performance motorcycle alone can yank the table cloth out. It can't. Busted.

They had to cheat with rigging the table to make it work the same way BMW did it.
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Prof_stack
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 10:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Great episode. They attached a see-through plastic panel above the table and put the cloth under it so it would just slide out while the place settings sat unperturbed.

Did you notice the other myth they busted? We use about 30% of our brain, not 10% as commonly tossed around.
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Elvis
Posted on Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 08:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Maybe Keith Wandell was included in the original sample that led to the 10% myth . . .



. . . sorry, I couldn't resist.
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