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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007A rather different form of 3-wheeled transport.
Ebay item 230164987507.  SignatureTony '04 XL1200C, '95 LS650 OMF#24 > Ebay item 230164987507. FFS. With the lack of rake on that front end, I suspect that will give a whole new meaning to "handles like a three wheeled shopping trolley". >> Ebay item 230164987507. > > FFS. With the lack of rake on that front end, I suspect that will > give a whole new meaning to "handles like a three wheeled shopping > trolley". Tell that to Tony Foale. http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/PlayTime/images/11LookMum_jpg.jpg Signatureplatypus somewhere to go for the night > > FFS. With the lack of rake on that front end, I suspect that will > > give a whole new meaning to "handles like a three wheeled shopping [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/PlayTime/images/11LookMum_jpg.jpg Erk! What's going on there then? I know of Foale, of course, of Quasar and so on. But no rake = a lack of longitudinal stability in normal terms. Doesn't it? >>> FFS. With the lack of rake on that front end, I suspect that will >>> give a whole new meaning to "handles like a three wheeled shopping [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Quasar and so on. But no rake = a lack of longitudinal stability in > normal terms. Doesn't it? That's trail. http://www.tonyfoale.com/Articles/RakeEx/RakeEx.htm Signatureplatypus somewhere to go for the night > That's trail. Rake and trail are related though. The Tuc tuc thing however doesn't appear to have either! > > That's trail. > > Rake and trail are related though. The Tuc tuc thing however doesn't > appear to have either! I would /guess/ that it has a lot of trail. the key problem probably was that it was desired to stop the front going up and down as the steering turned. The steering axis may not be parallel to the forks legs. >>>FFS. With the lack of rake on that front end, I suspect that will >>>give a whole new meaning to "handles like a three wheeled shopping [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Quasar and so on. But no rake = a lack of longitudinal stability in > normal terms. Doesn't it? Not really, think of a shopping trolley, no rake lots of trail, and admittedy they mostly work, not the most stable of things. Similarly choppers have a lot of rake and at least at speed are ok, but slow work looks (not ridden one) a bit tricky. Exactly what the relationship between the two is I dunno, but get it wrong and it's tree time. Agility versus stability I guess. Wasn't the VMax a a bit mungoed in this department? > Wasn't the VMax a a bit mungoed in this department?- Extremely. Handles like a whale on roller skates. We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "TMack" <aonp82REMOVE@dslDOTpipex.com> saying something like: > Ebay item 230164987507. Hmm... looks like there's enough room there to shoehorn something larger under the tank. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the river cleaned out in a day. |
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