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I bet once you all read this your gonna' think im nuts, but i was thinkin if a bike would get effected by a sort of wing at the front, for example, if its pointed up slightly towards the front would the front end lift up after a certain speed? or the oppsite, would it hold the bike down more??
Just a thought.....
I think you lose either way. First of all if you point it up to get lift you wont get enough to warrant the weight of the wing, and if you DO get enough you will slow down if you lose traction with the road. On the other hand, why would you possibly point it down? More traction and pushing the bike down means you would be adding weight and losing speed. Lose-Lose situation as far as I'm concerned...to say nothing about the stares and comments people would make as your friggin bike-plane attempts to fly by like some sort of half-baked time machine. Have fun with it and send a pic when you're done!
razor_USMC said:I think you lose either way. First of all if you point it up to get lift you wont get enough to warrant the weight of the wing, and if you DO get enough you will slow down if you lose traction with the road. On the other hand, why would you possibly point it down? More traction and pushing the bike down means you would be adding weight and losing speed. Lose-Lose situation as far as I'm concerned...to say nothing about the stares and comments people would make as your friggin bike-plane attempts to fly by like some sort of half-baked time machine. Have fun with it and send a pic when you're done!
lol...im not gonna' do it, its just something that came up the other day at track training with the club....
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