--On Friday, November 1, 2002 2:36 PM -0500 Kevin Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bingo, I agree with your full analysis Mr. Weaver! Care to discuss the possible effects of Gyroscopic Precession on motorcycle steering? Oh, this is fun!
Heh. It has an effect. First effect: the wheels fight any attempt to change their orientation. We like this, it makes it so we don't have to balance the bike while it is moving. Second effect: the axels torque at right angles to both the direction of rotation and the displacing torque. This will cause a lean as well, but the fact that the bike isn't balanced is the bigger part of it. Take care, Mike -- Michael Weaver (706)542-6462 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Services EITS University of Georgia, Athens Ga. )O( Public PGP key: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~weaver/pgp.html
