Rick:
A couple of the faster historic MC streamliners-- Vesco's "Silverbird", for
one-- had handling problems that sounded to me like something a road racer
would call not enough "turn-in" response. As we know, too much trail can
cause that. And we straight-line guys tend to like a lot of trail. I am
investigating along that line (among others), as info becomes available.
Good luck with your upcoming runs at Maxton.
Russ
-----Original Message-----
From: Ironwigwam2@aol.com [mailto:Ironwigwam2@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 4:22 AM
To: rtmack@concentric.net; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fw: Motorcycle streamliners handling woes
Russ,
Not trying to drop a tidbit and run as this is all new to me also, but
from studying early liners like Rayborn's and others I have attempted to
find out myself. More trail equals less reponse to steering changes but adds
to stability,
At present we have omly been making passes atpart throttle and small
speeds where it is on edge of being able to retract out riggers. Its hard
finding space to test at in the Mid Atlantic region. Hopefully next month at
Maxton shouls give us insight to whether we are on right path.
Woah, Rick!
you can't just drop a little tidbit like that without giving us more.
What
do you mean "It really is a matter concerning trail and steering."-- ??
Are
you saying we need to build these things with geometry that is more
responsive to (handlebar) turn inputs?
Russ
p.s. sorry you didn't make SpeedWeek; I had been hoping to meet you and
get
a look at your bike.
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