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[throttlejockeyTJ]

Man the center hub of that stripped wheel looks too fragile. No street hub is that weak. There was a two wheel car built in the 30's as the real life of a cartoon car. The drums were from a catapillar and were ringed inside and driven by the gears. It balanced on the two front wheels.

If the factories pick up on this idea then we will know something.

 

[meosborn]

I was just wondering, and maybe someone out there has more physics knowledge than I, does the direction that the mass is spinning actually make a difference? If not, the spinning rotor would just add spinning mass to what is already spinning on a typical motorcycle wheel. And, if that is true, then this would actually increase the "problem" that they are trying to solve.

 

[norcal]

IMO...The rotors will not reduce the gyroscopic effect, but will only increase it and make it harder to turn.

I disagree with this, the rotation of the brake rotors in the opposite direction to the wheel will lessen the gyroscopic affect of the wheel alone

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The counter rotating brakes will help offset the angular precession that makes it turning in one direction easier than the other.

Huh? What turns in one direction easier than the other?

Jim

 

[RadioHowie]

So let me see....

I can increase the unsprung weight of my front wheel assembly.....

Increase the complexity of the front end a bazillion percent....

Increase the cost ANOTHER bazillion percent.....

Just to counteract the 50mph wobble of my wornout Metzler?

Hell, I can do that for under a hundred bucks with a new Avon.

 

[Fallen Jim Rides again]

Well I might get flamed here but -

I think the phyisics here are good. They don't do a real good job of communication but over all it seems pretty right. Of course, that is often the case with "common sense" and even simple newtonian physics.

As for his invention, I think it might find an application somewhere, just not on any motor cycle I own. Too complex for the application, unsprung weight, etc. As for the need for over 100 ft lbs of torque needed to turn the bike, when I hang my 220+ off one side using the handle bars for leverage it turns out to not be that hard