Very cool bike facts...

[Swoop]

On average, engineers are the most likely people to crash. Lecturers are the least likely.


I like those odds!

[Bend-it]

what about an engineering lecturer?

[Katman]

"When cornering, 75 per cent of a bikes grip comes from the front tyre."

When your properely tipped into the corner the front wheel does nothing unless you change your line - thats why it can come off the ground under power and you still keep cornering

I think you'll find the front tyre does plenty when cornering. The fact that it can come off the ground is that, when under power the force imparted on the rear tyre changes from being just an outward force and becomes a downward force as well, thereby compensating for the lack of grip at the front.

(I'm happy to be proven wrong by any physics majors).

[Biff]

"Honda Super Blackbird riders crash, on average, once every 10 years"

Unless they take it to Ruapuna.......

[more_fasterer]

On average, engineers are the most likely people to crash. Lecturers are the least likely.

I wonder if that's got anything to do with the fact that the most popular profession amongst bikers is, indeed, engineers. Or whether GSXR's are the most popular bike amongst engineers

[Swoop]

I wonder if that's got anything to do with the fact that the most popular profession amongst bikers is, indeed, engineers. Or whether GSXR's are the most popular bike amongst engineers

I wondered why I thought of Dover when I read that...

[Waylander]

Interesting how a Ducati designer copied a Honda design.
Betcha if you told that to a 916 owner, he would tell you to go and eff yourself !!!

I'de say it's pretty damn close.
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[Bullitt]

"When torque in ft/lb. and power in bhp are plotted on the same scale, the curves always cross at 5252rpm."

Even on a Buell Lightning?!?!?

Yes...only exception is where it wont rev that much, but if you accurately extrapolated it itd still cross there.

Its because HP = Torque x Revs / 5252

So where Revs = 5252 then the formula becomes HP = Torque x 1

[R6_kid:Me]

"Interesting Facts - courtesy of MCN"

anyone who knows MCN knows that most of their 'exclusive' releases aren't worth their weight in dog turds