Posted by Jujitsu Lizard on October 26, 2008, 6:03 pm
Was watching the races. The lean angles are something like 60-70 degrees or
perhaps more.
I didn't even know that was possible!
If I lean more than 25-30 degrees I get very nervous.
Speaking of that, is there a lean angle instrument one can get for bikes? I
can't judge the angle very well. I don't want to get an electric aviation
attitude indicator and mount it on the motorcycle (for one thing, probably a
couple $K). (Still, if I did that, the motorcycle would get a lot of second
looks. Might as well put an altimeter, airspeed indicator, and VSI on it as
well.)
The Lizard
Posted by Mark Olson on October 26, 2008, 6:27 pm
Jujitsu Lizard wrote:
> Was watching the races. The lean angles are something like 60-70
> degrees or perhaps more.
>
> I didn't even know that was possible!
>
> If I lean more than 25-30 degrees I get very nervous.
>
> Speaking of that, is there a lean angle instrument one can get for
> bikes? I can't judge the angle very well. I don't want to get an
> electric aviation attitude indicator and mount it on the motorcycle (for
> one thing, probably a couple $K). (Still, if I did that, the motorcycle
> would get a lot of second looks. Might as well put an altimeter,
> airspeed indicator, and VSI on it as well.)
Dave, why the morph? I knew it was you as soon as you asked
the mpg question about a bike to replace your 600 Shadow...
Judging the lean angle is easy, just touch your knee down. If
you can't touch your knee, you aren't leaning enough to worry
about it.
Posted by Vito on October 26, 2008, 7:34 pm
> Judging the lean angle is easy, just touch your knee down.
Or your toe.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on October 27, 2008, 4:14 am
> Dave, why the morph? I knew it was you as soon as you asked
> the mpg question about a bike to replace your 600 Shadow...
Heh. I realised it was him as soon as I read this asinine question.
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Posted by Jeff on October 26, 2008, 7:39 pm
> Was watching the races. The lean angles are something like 60-70
> degrees or perhaps more.
>
> I didn't even know that was possible!
>
> If I lean more than 25-30 degrees I get very nervous.
>
> Speaking of that, is there a lean angle instrument one can get for
> bikes? I can't judge the angle very well. I don't want to get an
> electric aviation attitude indicator and mount it on the motorcycle
> (for one thing, probably a couple $K). (Still, if I did that, the
> motorcycle would get a lot of second looks. Might as well put an
> altimeter, airspeed indicator, and VSI on it as well.)
>
> The Lizard
>
Skip the attitude indicator and just get the VSI. It will show the lean
angle and also your wheelie angle.
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> degrees or perhaps more.
>
> I didn't even know that was possible!
>
> If I lean more than 25-30 degrees I get very nervous.
>
> Speaking of that, is there a lean angle instrument one can get for
> bikes? I can't judge the angle very well. I don't want to get an
> electric aviation attitude indicator and mount it on the motorcycle (for
> one thing, probably a couple $K). (Still, if I did that, the motorcycle
> would get a lot of second looks. Might as well put an altimeter,
> airspeed indicator, and VSI on it as well.)