<SNIP> hope I don't encounter an unforeseen gust.
Especially the type of "gust" DW is prone to encounter.
ed (maybe "prone" is a bad pun in this case....)
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>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:57:11 -0700
>From: "Clay, Dale" <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>
>Subject: RE: Tires
>To: "'Ed Van Scoy'" <ed@vetteracing.com>, "Clay, Dale"
<Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>
>Cc: "'Rick Hammond'" <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>, Skip
Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>, DrMayf
<drmayf@teknett.com>, land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>Hey Ed,
>
>I do agree with your point (& mentioned it in my original
post). I think
>one thing about the Indian design is that, although it cover
about half the
>wheel, it is rotated backwards, with the front open fairly
high and the back
>dropping very low. I suspect it acts as a scoop, and
particularly in side
>winds could contribute to instability. (Sure are pretty though.)
>
>I too have heard those disc wheels badmouthed re crosswinds.
They're pretty
>heavy too. In my original post I also mentioned "open"
wheels on bikes.
>Mine will have the bottom half of the front wheel open, with
no front brake,
>that's about as much as I can do and still get good penetration.
>
>Any bike that is aero slick is going to be sensitive to
crosswinds. If you
>look in plan form and think of the bike as a wing, a
crosswind component
>would be the same as increasing the angle of attack of the
airfoil, which
>would increase "lift" on the downwind side. Wind from the
west, bike goes
>east.
>
>I guess everything's a tradeoff ... there will be times when
I'll have to
>wait for the wind to calm down and hope I don't encounter an
unforeseen
>gust.
>
>Dale
>
Subject: RE: Tires
>
>
>
Dale;
>
The "new" Indians have the old-style fender, that covers
>about
>
1/2 0f the sides as well. The "new" Indians are nortoriously
>
poor handlers at high speed & owners I have talked to blame
>it
>
on the fender design. Indian , of course, denies the fender
>
design contributes to speed wobble or drift. If this sounds
>
familiar, owners of Harley Fat Boys have blamed the solid
>mag
>
front wheel for their poor handling at high speed. Would
>like
>
to hear comments/opinions from you bike guys on this.
>
ed
>
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