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Originally Posted by wildchilds74
Dezmo
try that little trick with your bike, and pull the bottom of the bike in the oppisite direction. I am no engineer, or anything even close. But if you pull the bottom out from under something that is balancing on a center point (or something like that) it will fall faster. When they flick the bike from one side to the other they are steering away from the corner, and moving their weight to the inside. This would not be the same as something you just let go of and watch how slowly it fell over.
Now, does anybody remember what it is they are trying to talk about here?
I don't understand (not very educated in this area) why the reverse spinning brakes would be good or bad.
I understand that lighter wheels make a bike handle better, because they are easier to move around, and they don't take as much effort to move.
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Scott, you have the right idea, as the wheel is pulled the other way as the bike leans, but its being pulled by.....gyroscopic precession (gasp)
I really dont see how difficult this is to understand, it should be clear to anybody with a basic grasp of HS physics.
Now, do I think gravity does nothing to a turning bike? of course not, it helps...theres no denying that, but the predominant force making the bike lean is gyroscopic. If you took away gravity (and somehow still held the bike down) or took away the gyro force (by having some magical device with 2 identical objects spinning in opposite directions in the same physical space) the bike would still turn using the other force involved.
Mille: I'm no engineer, I cant solve your problem (that and I really dont care). But if Aprilia (or rotax) came up with it, surely somebody else can figure out how it works. OK, so its
extremely complicated math, but its not voodoo
and counter-rotating brakes? maybe he is onto something, maybe he is full of shit, but either way its too heavy and complex for any gains it might have