Posted by schwarzesonne on January 15, 2011, 4:09 pm
> : The engineers at Yamaha will not sacrifice
> : handling for styling, so they have developed a 6 degree yoke offset
> : angle combined with a 34 degree steering head for a total fork angle
> : of 40 degrees. The "Stryker" provides light "athletic handling
> : and easy steering" not normally associated with a custom styled bike.
> : This bike was designed to be ridden ! Key numbers: 6 degree yoke
> : offset angle, 34 degree caster angle, 109mm of trail.
I've told you about this trick here in reeky at least twice before.
Do you suppose the Japanese engineers may be reading reeky just to
harvest the good information that I post here?
Nah. They would have to swim through a cesspool full of TOGshit to get
to the good stuff from me...
Posted by The Older Gentleman on January 15, 2011, 6:29 pm
> Anyway here's what I found on the Stryker:
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Actually, I nearly like that.
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> : handling for styling, so they have developed a 6 degree yoke offset
> : angle combined with a 34 degree steering head for a total fork angle
> : of 40 degrees. The "Stryker" provides light "athletic handling
> : and easy steering" not normally associated with a custom styled bike.
> : This bike was designed to be ridden ! Key numbers: 6 degree yoke
> : offset angle, 34 degree caster angle, 109mm of trail.