You were so dang smart.
http://www.tonyfoale.com/Articles/Tyres/TYRES.htm

Yeah, I tried to read it... I'd need a mathematician, a Patient mathematician.

verslagen nailed the gist of the paper ...

but the author forgot to account for lean angle to keep from going a"drift":

"...Drifting is a useful way of using excess engine power to provide some additional cornering power, but on tarmac the reduction in lean angle is not usually all that much..."

And all that discussion of rotational force and camber of the tyre vrs. angle of attack...blah, blah, blah...every thing I read was the "perfect day" with the "perfect conditions" and the "perfect tyre".

It is never a constant, the temperature of the tyre vrs pavement, makes a difference. The humidity of the air vrs the pavement makes a difference.

And the biggest thing.... who is riding the thing? Weight / experience / and believe it or not, the emotional state of the individual... will make a difference.

There are way too many variables to make a statement on how a motorcycle turns a corner at it's "optimal" angle of attack... its all generalizing.

If they had it figured all out, a team would be winning all the time in the race business

My question is....

Why is OF and MMR sitting straight in the saddle in a turn, and i'm leaning forward and throwing out my knee and not keeping up?  

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The scientific term is
Stupid

thrill seeker
adrenal pulse
not stupid

because you or I wouldn't doesn't make it stupid
try a lil  discernment in your cognizance of others


this is NOT a personal attack jmo

I was talking about twerking.

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 10/22/15 at 12:51:23:


And oldrider is smoking me up
I didn't even SEE any of the guys on the dragon past the first turn, except for Lancer, who appeared to be keeping an eye on me in case I killed myself