Re: Stopping distances


"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joe wrote:
Would you be kind enough to explain how those will help? More
traction is wasted, you can flip a sportbike over the front wheel
with street tires.

I didn't know we were only talking about sport bikes... You said,
"Bottom line: 80 to 0 in 100 feet is pure fantasy." That doesn't
rule out my Valkyrie with racing tires custom made for a big bike.
:) If you can flip my Valk over the front wheel without hitting
something, you're better than me because I've tried the limits of
the
front tire and it eventually simply skids.

But that's not with racing tires. You really think that racing tires
will give you over 2G of deceleration? Has anybody ever achieved that
level on a motorcycle?

I was simply pointing out that your "cover all" statement didn't
really cover all. What if the bike was a chopper with racing slicks
front and back on a custom racing-slick rubber track? <grin>

What if it had a 100,000 pound thrust rocket engine?

I'm sure that someone could somehow under ideal conditions cause a
purpose-built motorcycle stop in 100 feet from 80 MPH. But that's not
what was under discussion.

What kind of motorcycle was the man riding .. you know, the one that
made the picture perfect stop, or didn't ?

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