| Author | Message | ||
     R1DynaSquid |
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| R1DynaSquid |
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| Crw |
The plate hanger really makes the look! | ||
| 420at145mph |
haha look at half that tire not even touching the ground looks cool bet it handels like a pile of •••• | ||
| Mikej |
Very little of any motorcycle tire is ever touching the ground. Food for thought.  That pic just makes the issue of actual contact patch more visible. Agreed on the handling of it though. | ||
| Bomber |
careful, MIke -- you could start a contact patch thread if you're nbot careful! | ||
| Mikej |
I know. But I figure I'm out of here in about 2 hours and won't be back online until Monday morning and it should quiet down by then.  | ||
| Glitch |
it should quiet down by then.  | ||
| Bomber |
there was a spokes thread on the old Denizens of Doom listserve years ago . . . . does the bike hang from the spoke going up, or is it supported by the spoke going down to the rim . . . . . lasted for at least a year, and was acromonious to the point that it made Sacborg look polite! | ||
| Mikej |
Spokes are like hammocks and bikes are supported by horizontal forces.  | ||
| Glitch |
Spokes are like hammocks and bikes are supported by horizontal forces. Held steady by the vertical spokes. But at speed they're all working together to keep the wheel from getting larger to the point of destruction.  | ||
| Aesquire |
Bikes hang from the vertical spokes, to prove that, take a trashed bicycle wheel, load it, ( put on bike, sit on seat ) & cut spokes until failure. Most of the top 3/4 arc of spokes are under load, keeping the rim from going badly out of round. Given a strong rim, only the top spoke is needed to keep the hub off the ground. IMHO Mikej & Glitch are both right. Spokes are under tension, not compression. So, does he need a kick stand w/that tire? | ||
| Skully |
Spokes can carry much more load in tension (hanging) than in compression. Keith | ||
| Bomber |
now look what I've done ;-} | ||
| Road_thing |
Rabble-rouser! Is it OK to oil my spokes with synthetic, or should I stick to the juice that comes from dead dinosaurs? r-t | ||
| Bomber |
I'd use nose grease, myself, but I've been wrong before! | ||
| Unibear12r |
Nose grease....lmao First I've heard it put that way! | ||
| Aesquire |
Road thing, wax is the only way to go. Synthetic of course. You use the wax on assembly, you shouldn't have to touch it for years. I prefer DT brand. | ||
| Tripper |
Don't worry Bomber, it can't possibly get as ugly as the Political Thoughts thread is going to be. What ever happened to the Buell Technical BBS that used to reside here? |
