HOOKED on Commaando

Doc I can take it, give it too me straight - is my bike is going to make it...


Yeah man Dave, get out on mowed wet grass or spread sugar sand on pavement or seek steep twistes with chicken guts or diesel spiils on brake points and apexes. I couldn't get it either after most a week not making it out to pavement w/o 1 or more crashes, each leaving some mark or removing a Combat part - plus after reaching pavement THE Gravel took me down at 3 mph in front of a HD shop crowd intently focused on the Combat, Splat. So slow a speed yet down so quick took this day 4 6th drop for it to sink in. No offense taken nor any defense that I've proven to myself I don't belong on any cycle.

hobot Lesion Numbero UNO: NEVER Brake if wheels not prefectly in line and fully upright

The deepest thing Casey mentions is not ever letting it surprise him then his mood of decision points to kick up heels enough to break free - and which way to do it + how long to hold it and if it can help get on around faster or just for fun. Can use a short slide to screw down turns tighter, longer slide wide to align better for next section or for the flip up save out of there. Its only a faster way if done for short intervals to lessen the loss of forward thrust but if aims better w/o brake then go for it. I've done it just enough to also learn to take into account tire heating and profile wear. I don't know how racers can really race if they don't test about exactly when and how to break free at either end.

Much as I annoy the crap out of repeating *there is Magic in the Isolastic power unit* so don't yet know what ya missing out on* here's my list of what makes a corner cripple so dangerous to aim. Just blasting to 200+ mph is wonderful capability but the real world orgasms are the steering G's in security to me. With that kind of power/wt ratio any surface becomes as loose as THE Gravel and hooking up power way more vital than how much powwer on tap.

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2012/03/ ... -team-lcr/

in moto-GP racing, the importance of HOW does an engine
release the its max.output (versus HOW MUCH this output is
in net-terms and HOW SOON it occurs in the rev range) is
much bigger compared to 4-wheeled racing.

this is mostly due to the fact that a motorcycle rear tyre,
being a VERY elastic dynamic model (flexing under load,
contact patch variations linked to lean angle and MOST OF ALL
power “pulses” influencing the shape of the actual contact patch
at any moment of time), is much more dependant on the engine’s
torsional-vibration-characteristics and the frequency/mode of
the power delivery pulses. The latter is MOSTLY influenced by
the engine firing order / crankpin angling, which is one of the
key reasons why top-notch racing bikes are going in the direction
of V-engines and I-3, as opposed to flat-plane I-4 etc..

Of course, there are other reasons linked to packaging, aero, mass
centralisation, reliability, and (last but definitely NOT least),
engine structural rigidity at high-RPM (as engine blocks are getting
more and more used as stressed parts of the “frame”, or what’s left of it..
(not unlike F-1 singleseaters).

As soon as an engine becomes a VITAL part of the chassis/frame load-bearing
structure (and this goes BOTH for cars and bikes..), you’d be surprised to see
how suddenly some ‘packaging’ and design issues become of FAR greater importance
than (comparatively) V.E. or friction relaed advantages that the “other” solution
has…

Bottomline: the Inline-4 (at least when mounted in a conventional position in a bike’s frame) is VERY disadvantageous for the requirements of a top-level racing bike design.
Just try to imagine how edgy it must be to control 250-ish HP at the rear tyre under extreme lean angles, and you’ll anticipate how every single aspect of the way HOW is the power delivered suddenly becomes extremely important.

At 2:13 is a quote of drive styles when topping out in phase 2 vs moving on to Phase 3. All ways depend on how much forward thrust rear can hook up plus how much sideways force cycle tolerates before it snaps a hi side accidentally or on purpose.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKVANz1dsw[/video]