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In case you can't tell I was asking that question sarcastically. I do the same thing when friends get blown to bits in video games. Oops, page snipe. Remember this monstrosity? I saw it at the Auto Show way back in like 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XehkMQpeyA
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Hey maybe that guy landed in the water rather than the land on the other side of the freeway (if he did make it to the water and was still alive, he probably drowned)
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Jul 19, 2019 17:03
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Mister Speaker posted:
It can't actually turn, can it
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Jul 19, 2019 20:51
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FOUR HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR riiiiight 
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Jul 19, 2019 22:02
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Renaissance Robot posted:FOUR HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR Well a modded 200hp Hayabusa can make it to 200mph, and this makes 400hp, QED.
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Jul 19, 2019 22:05
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Lol, weight doesn't even matter at those speeds, and I bet that unfaired pile of bits has about the same total drag as a Viper.
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Jul 19, 2019 22:08
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Elviscat posted:Lol, weight doesn't even matter at those speeds, and I bet that unfaired pile of bits has about the same total drag as a Viper. Don't all motorcycles have relatively awful drag coefficients?
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A guy by the name of Gustav Baumm did some great work in the 50s trying to fix that:   He died aged 35 after crashing one of his prototypes 
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Jul 19, 2019 22:29
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Renaissance Robot posted:A guy by the name of Gustav Baumm did some great work in the 50s trying to fix that: He appears to be 65 in that photo.
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Jul 19, 2019 23:12
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Mister Speaker posted:Don't all motorcycles have relatively awful drag coefficients? Yes, and on most naked bikes the majority of it is the rider. You'd have to be Arnold Schwarzenegger just to be able to hold on in a 400mph wind blast, let alone exert any kind of steering effort
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Jul 19, 2019 23:25
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Renaissance Robot posted:A guy by the name of Gustav Baumm did some great work in the 50s trying to fix that: A good and proper outcome for the type of mutant who looks at a motorcycle and thinks putting a box around it is a good idea.
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Slavvy posted:A good and proper outcome for the type of mutant who looks at a motorcycle and thinks putting a box around it is a good idea. Peraves says what? https://youtu.be/jYyfQy3WrxA https://youtu.be/xT__fZYYxMI https://youtu.be/VbdkZB9-Sd4 Coredump fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jul 20, 2019 |
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Jul 20, 2019 02:40
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Did the guy die after encountering an exhaust leak and passing out?
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Spun off a track and hit a tree iirc. lovely 50s helmet (or possibly no helmet) and you'll notice there's no roll cage in that cutaway.Slavvy posted:A good and proper outcome for the type of mutant who looks at a motorcycle and thinks putting a box around it is a good idea. I have room in my heart (if not in my garage) for bikes of all shapes  Yes even that hosed up flywheel poo poo that's actually a two wheeled car Not quads though.  This includes that testosterone nightmare at the top of the page.
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Jul 20, 2019 06:54
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Renaissance Robot posted:FOUR HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR Anyway the current motorcycle land speed record holder is this thing:  And even with all that streamlining it only ("only" lol) hit 376mph.
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Jul 20, 2019 07:02
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Fairings work on motorcycles. I think the world record for MPG was, for a while, held by a simple GN125 with a bathtub fairing. The top speed was also greatly increased, probably by whit of a different rear sprocket.
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Coredump posted:Peraves says what? Nothing screams 'good engineer, crap rider' louder than a fully faired feet forward bike with training wheels. Slide Hammer posted:Fairings work on motorcycles. I think the world record for MPG was, for a while, held by a simple GN125 with a bathtub fairing. The top speed was also greatly increased, probably by whit of a different rear sprocket. While it's technically true that they work I find it amusing that the example you chose so perfectly exemplifies why they're poo poo. Along with the funny front end guys they seem to be trying to 'fix' a 'problem' that doesn't exist if you just git gud.
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Anyone: I'd like my gas to go further, save a little money, you know Slavvy: git gud, I make 1000mpg by sheer force of will
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 Re: fairings; while I am definitely rehabilitating the luggage and top box for my GL1000, I’m not positive I want to do the same for the Vetter.
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Revvik posted:
No do it. I’ll bet a bottle of your favorite top shelf booze that hipsters are going to get into Vetter fairings soon and you could sell a restored one for the price of a whole new project bike.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Anyone: I'd like my gas to go further, save a little money, you know If fuel economy is a problem you need a smaller bike and/or take the bus.
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Slavvy posted:Nothing screams 'good engineer, crap rider' louder than a fully faired feet forward bike with training wheels. As soon as I think of a good and witty burn to this I'll have at you. 
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:No do it. I’ll bet a bottle of your favorite top shelf booze that hipsters are going to get into Vetter fairings soon and you could sell a restored one for the price of a whole new project bike. Vetter fairings are objectively ugly and no hipster worth his/her single-sourced artisanal Himalayan salt is going to buy into something with a horrible aesthetic.
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Jazzzzz posted:Vetter fairings are objectively ugly and no hipster worth his/her single-sourced artisanal Himalayan salt is going to buy into something with a horrible aesthetic. and yet mustaches, skinny shorts, and leather shoes without socks
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Leather shoes without socks is way more widespread than just hipsters (they're probably wearing no-peek socks, btw) I can't defend hipster moustaches and skinny shorts in terms of the aesthetic statement I made other than to say there's always going to be a fringe element of any group who takes things to the extreme. Maybe those are the folks who would buy a Windjammer for a Goldwing off eBay, but it's going to be a small market compared to the dudes who wear skinny jeans and Bell Bullitt helmets with bass boat paint jobs on their cafe'd 70's CB-somethingorother
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Slavvy posted:If fuel economy is a problem you need a smaller bike and/or take the bus. Next you'll be telling me that if I don't want to get wet I should buy a car 
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I interact with a lot of THOSE PEOPLE and one thing I feel pretty confident of is that they absolutely hate fairings of any and all kinds. Fairings are never ever hip, no matter what they look like.
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I'm still betting on 90s sport bikes being the next big thing but yeah I can see it being gold wings with a windjammer and ugly old BMW r100rts.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I interact with a lot of THOSE PEOPLE and one thing I feel pretty confident of is that they absolutely hate fairings of any and all kinds. Fairings are never ever hip, no matter what they look like. the tiny cafe bullet fairing that just covers the headlamp is definitely hip. I've seen those on everything from hipster CBs to hipster sportsters High Protein posted:I'm still betting on 90s sport bikes being the next big thing but yeah I can see it being gold wings with a windjammer and ugly old BMW r100rts. Could be, once gen z starts getting into motorcycles. Right now they're still into fortnite and tiktok but it'll happen.
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Sagebrush posted:the tiny cafe bullet fairing that just covers the headlamp is definitely hip. I've seen those on everything from hipster CBs to hipster sportsters Wait til you see one on a hipster K75.
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Pictured: the new (old busted) hotness  
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Bubble fairings are dream of every "Cafe racer" build.
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Sagebrush posted:the tiny cafe bullet fairing that just covers the headlamp is definitely hip. I've seen those on everything from hipster CBs to hipster sportsters gently caress I hate those things. At least the Vetter can hold your audiophile rig probably and keep the bugs off your flannel. Bullet fairing can’t even hide more than a proper pair of sunglasses. Maybe I’ll fix it up, I don’t know. Can always bin it later.
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Sagebrush posted:the tiny cafe bullet fairing that just covers the headlamp
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High Protein posted:I'm still betting on 90s sport bikes being the next big thing but yeah I can see it being gold wings with a windjammer and ugly old BMW r100rts. Already well underway, get them while they're still cheap and ragged.
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That Z900 kit is beautiful.
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Jul 22, 2019 00:05
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tjones posted:That Z900 kit is beautiful. Yeah it rules.
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These guys are on my local section of thumper talk. I saw a screen shot posted today and eventually found the video. They ride these old goldwings harder than I ride my wr250. And then there's this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqM_PmU1oP4 But seriously check out their channel. They dual sport these things all over Washington. Insanity.
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Verman posted:These guys are on my local section of thumper talk. I saw a screen shot posted today and eventually found the video. They ride these old goldwings harder than I ride my wr250. 
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Verman posted:These guys are on my local section of thumper talk. I saw a screen shot posted today and eventually found the video. They ride these old goldwings harder than I ride my wr250. That owns so hard. Those goldwings look absolutely awful to manage off road. Also I wish we had off road trails like that in the east. 
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