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sergeant hatred
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ottawa
Moto: The bus
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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Totally, a very arguable advantage that nobody has mentioned yet. Floatability. All it is is a 2 wheeled version of this bad boy
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Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Here to integrity
Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja
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Nah, I get boy racer; I was a kid once...but usually there's at least a glimmer of legitimacy in hotrodding shit. There used to be, anyway. No? Other than the steamroller visual, it's a pretty total fail, as mods go. Perhaps I'm just old...
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Serious Business
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Moto: 1993 ZX-11 2008 CBR1000rr
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AMA Supersport
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Alternatively, the detriments with these modifications are huge. 1) The width of the rear would make the bike less inclined to turn. Doing the same to the front will have an even larger effect. 2) By adding the much heavier wheel and tire up front their gyroscopic effect will (I think) require way more force to actually turn the bike. 3) Those same heavy wheels and tires are unsprung mass. This makes the job the suspension has to do controlling that mass more difficult as well. 4) The wheels and tires are also rotational mass. The bike has essentially had a giant flywheel added which makes the engine work harder to accelerate the bike and the brakes work harder to slow it down. The bike was designed specifically to have excellent acceleration, handling, and braking. The mods that have been done combine to get rid of all of that. |
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
Posts: 11,351
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Refugee
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Moto: Pimped 2005 SV650
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
Posts: 11,351
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I also note the seagull in the background..........is this Floriduh? Wouldn't be surprised
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Canyon Carver
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pensacola, FL
Moto: The v-twin trifecta
Posts: 437
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Congrats... You've failed at life.
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Canyon Carver
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pensacola, FL
Moto: The v-twin trifecta
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