Re: Handlebar vibration damping question


Chalo Colina wrote:
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:

othyjbouche@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Mororcycle cops who ride Harleys use bars full of silicon, and yes it
works. I've ridden a Harley with silicon in the bars and the change is
drastic, motorcycle cops who are on their cycles all day swear by it,
they all say they wouldn't be able to ride all day without it.

Amorphous silica or quartz?

He said "silicon", so obviously he means monocrystalline elemental
silicon, as used in semiconductors. Seems a bit strange since it's so
much harder and stiffer than steel.

This reference shows elemental silicon only being about 55% as stiff as
steel (112 versus 205 GPa):
<http://www.matweb.com/search/SpecificMaterial.asp?bassnum=AMESi00>.

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Tom Sherman

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