Torque, Horse Power and Acceleration (2014)

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ugh, cheese/chalk 2 types 'slipper' clutches that work oppositely, the kind cycle road racers use to prevent rear tire drag in turns and the bee line dragster kind that slip some, often in stages till speed enough to hook up tire in lock up mode, even to point of friction welding together on purpose.
 
On the motoGP bikes the gear change often operates the throttle on the carbs on down changes. I think I must have had a very bad upbringing by riding a nasty bike on rock hard tyres . Perhaps these days the bikes are very forgiving compared with what was around pre 80. I think I must be unnecessarily paranoid about being smooth. I don't believe I go anywhere near really finding the tyre limits these days.
 
Well just move out in the woods with Gravel paths to get a new survival sense of allowing, nay causing a bit of slip skip if trying to move along with much spirit. On all but my tammed C'do this causes a nasty whip lash rebound re-hook through whole cycle rear to forks that tends to trip out and spin out at same time, so I tend, nay force myself not too anymore on "corner cripples" If on pavement then about any cycle can do a flat tracker type crossed up slide, if going in fast enough with room enough, you know its going to have to break free- but that is not the fastest way around as acceleration forward drops and turn widens increasing the distance to travel, so not desirable to me >>> but that's all a 'corner cripple' can handle >> so that's what we see in showing off racers now and then, ie: wasting tire traction and time in load relieving slide to avoid upsetting wiggle wobbles if they limit the over doing to just little skip slips. With excess torque on tap ya can step out rear in a series as needed so the tire skip feels like hand of god aiming ya back into better traction angle with a extra kick in seat as tire re-grips. On rear wider than 130-140 they walk around on the patch up to almost an inch which is similar to wiggle of forks a few degrees which is all it takes to switch lanes suddenly even if not intended and the lane happens to be a few feet over the edge of road. On the moderns I've tried the engine harmonics interfere with much fun as its a sliding skewing scale of how much throttle cracked per gear/rpm for how much torque delivered so may or may not do as you expect just then. I am hooked on the one to one response of the Notron heavy twin and skinny tires.
 
I always think of torque as pulling power relative to the revs the motor is doing. With one of my old race bikes, you could choose where you wanted to lose a race - at the beginning of the straights or at the end of the straights, because I did not have the gearbox. The motor was all top end power with little low end. I once lowered the overall gearing and led a race full of modern bikes for almost a lap. However I was passed by faster bikes at the end of the longest straight when my bike ran out of legs. Those riders then found they were going too fast for the next corner and over-braked, so I speared-off to miss them. Then it was all over. The Seeley Commando is the exact opposite, but you still need the right gearbox. If first gear is too high, a decent clutch start is near impossible without shagging the gearbox.
 
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