Whoa! Stop and hit this before preceding into my special infection mood.
You know what name I hear in place of the purified agreclutural white powder.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRCkWsoJzZo&feature=player_embedded[/video]
The only thing Peel's not meet for a test of pecking order is a well ridden XR750 or a Buell. Of all the two wheeled variety that is the pair that tingles my spine the most to out handle and power response. Ole Hopper tired to correct Harley but they insisted on diaphragm rubber that a single rod link can't keep in one plane. At least they got some with 3 rod links I"ve had detailed to N'th degree by the hi end Harley shops here. Btw by far the best handling bike that most gives me the creeps was a low 40's HD with inline 3rd wheel trailer. He is the 2rd person I've know of doing drifts hands off grinning.
This is the terror-tory THE Gravel puts me in routinely. I watched the video again to see the first thing to hit was a flick in the forks a few bikes lengths after he began to lift back up past the painted berm. His bike fought him to stand back up, so he subtracted counter steer = more towards straight steer to help lift it, but that suddenly put too much traction on front compared to rear so with a ringing Non Complaint Chassis it could not absorb it but feed it back into rear to let go far enough out to trip the hi side Fang Dang Go.
Pushing V Twin vs inline 4 to my meager limits, implies the v twins tend to fall into turns but fight the lift ups, while the inline4's fight the throw down by wanting to fly up. Believe it or don't but I forced myself as well as fates to learn to out ride even these limits on a v twin and inline 4 but it can't be done staying in phase 2 two tire contract counter steer and these moderns are too brittle a chassis frequency to take the spike of energy that snaps though them the instant you force just one tire to break free, as video demo'd.
Can't blame pilot error, it was not that bad a turn and he fought the fight which hurts with spikes of adrenaline to keep on it and not bail But as I learned if that ain't your first reflex or decision then find another hobby.
I know Ms Peel could get that sideways with tank slap at 50+ and let me save her, BUT NOT WITH THE FACTORY FORK RANGE, No Sir Ree BoB, to counter that kind of frame wind up and release needs a hand full more degrees of freedom. I made the space on the fly up before the landing, then rode home 6 miles. There are two miracles here that calm me soul to tease with the Big V Dogs, 1st - rump rod + 2 helpers, 2nd - non seeing any straight steer but on crash video. A rear tire de rimmed on Peel over a crest to onset upset not a loss of control, duh.
The sad facts of the matter is designers know they need some compliance but for the life of em can't figure out where or how to provide for it yet stable to take up tire and CoG conflicts. The sad facts of the matter is that even if you lift one tire, say the front out of frame influence by powering up a crest, like they do in the TT-IOM, you'll see they do essentially the same thing all the way to the forks, so thank goodness they were going straight and forks not touching till acceleration eased and front came down.
Its takes hi siding both tires up to get the moderns shakes out but then so wigglely and balloon tire greasy springy, they fast become un predicable form all the splashes combining with the wind eddies, so can't spike it all at once to leap each and every time excatly for the impacting it all at once on landing it perfect to nail it right out of there. If you ain't going in fast enough to crash any way then can't practice phase 4 fun. There is only one tool of choice for me now.
What is the definition of a truly Neutral handling motorcycle?
What would it do differently? How would you know?
What would pilot feel about it? What would pilot do with that feeling?
Is a steering damper even possible in a truly nuetral handling motorcycle?
If ya want to hang out, ya got to take Her Out ---->
When ya want to get down, Down On THE Ground --->
She's Alright, She's Alright --->
When the days is done and ya Wanta Run --->
