Tuesday-night wheelie practice ride.

**Kendog** · 28th February 2007, 19:11

Originally Posted by MikeyG

Your not one of those photographers with the camera in the back of a van who send the photo and a really big bill out are you?

I don't have a van, but I am more than happy to send photos with a big bill if you want to pay

**Ronin** · 28th February 2007, 19:12

Originally Posted by Kendog

I don't have a van, but I am more than happy to send photos with a big bill if you want to pay

To help pay for the Viper?

**Drew** · 28th February 2007, 19:17

Originally Posted by slopster

Seems to make a huge difference whether you've got a full tank of gas or not. Thats 10kg+ on the front end.

MYTH!!!!!

To start with, we're talkin about a ZX9 here, plenty'o'balls!

But the other thing is, the fuel tank is higher than the rear axle, so when you gas it, that weight is doing just as much to help lift, as it is to hold it down.

To put it another way, when you do a wheelie, the basic princaple is that the bike cant accelerate as fast as the wheel can, so said wheel, tries to overtake the bike, by going underneeth. The extra gas puts more weight, (drag) above that wheel, making it a more substantial lump to accelerate.

**Kendog** · 28th February 2007, 19:23

Originally Posted by Ronin

To help pay for the Viper?

That would need to be a lot of photos.

**jimbo600** · 28th February 2007, 19:50

Originally Posted by FIZZERMAN

MYTH!!!!!

To start with, we're talkin about a ZX9 here, plenty'o'balls!

But the other thing is, the fuel tank is higher than the rear axle, so when you gas it, that weight is doing just as much to help lift, as it is to hold it down.

To put it another way, when you do a wheelie, the basic princaple is that the bike cant accelerate as fast as the wheel can, so said wheel, tries to overtake the bike, by going underneeth. The extra gas puts more weight, (drag) above that wheel, making it a more substantial lump to accelerate.

Not exactly true bro. The extra drag caused by the weight of the gas marginally slows acceleration and saps power. There is also a coefficient of lift that is also affected by the weight of the gas. The fuel is above CoG and therefore requires force to lift it. Force taken from the engine. Plus as we are all aware gravitational lensing has an inversely proportional mandate on a constant positive parameter.

**skelstar** · 28th February 2007, 20:01

Originally Posted by jimbo600

Not exactly true bro....

I think you'll lose Fizboy at about here ^^^

**cowpoos** · 28th February 2007, 20:20

Originally Posted by jimbo600

Not exactly true bro. The extra drag caused by the weight of the gas marginally slows acceleration and saps power. There is also a coefficient of lift that is also affected by the weight of the gas. The fuel is above CoG and therefore requires force to lift it. Force taken from the engine. Plus as we are all aware gravitational lensing has an inversely proportional mandate on a constant positive parameter.

fuck bro lay of the P !!!!!

**Drew** · 28th February 2007, 21:40

Originally Posted by skelstar

I think you'll lose Fizboy at about here ^^^

Not quite.

Originally Posted by jimbo600

Not exactly true bro. The extra drag caused by the weight of the gas marginally slows acceleration and saps power. There is also a coefficient of lift that is also affected by the weight of the gas. The fuel is above CoG and therefore requires force to lift it. Force taken from the engine. Plus as we are all aware gravitational lensing has an inversely proportional mandate on a constant positive parameter.

To the first part, yes and no. The Drag saps power, but it also makes the bike wanna accelerate slower. The rear wheel is still getting fed the same message, GO GO GO. This means it cancels itself out, near enough. Add to this, the extra weight higher than the wheel, and if you get a physics geek to work it out, I think you'll find it ends up making no difference at all.

The last sentance in your thesus however, I recognise as total bollucks, only to be expected of poms, and homos of course.

**Drew** · 28th February 2007, 21:44

Originally Posted by skelstar

I think you'll lose Fizboy at about here ^^^

Oh yeah.....

GET FUCKED

**cowpoos** · 28th February 2007, 21:49

Originally Posted by FIZZERMAN

Not quite.

To the first part, yes and no. The Drag saps power, but it also makes the bike wanna accelerate slower. The rear wheel is still getting fed the same message, GO GO GO. This means it cancels itself out, near enough. Add to this, the extra weight higher than the wheel, and if you get a physics geek to work it out, I think you'll find it ends up making no difference at all.
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I bet you a gixxer your wrong! you up sunshine?