Dale;
The "new" Indians have the old-style fender, that covers about
1/2 0f the sides as well. The "new" Indians are nortoriously
poor handlers at high speed & owners I have talked to blame it
on the fender design. Indian , of course, denies the fender
design contributes to speed wobble or drift. If this sounds
familiar, owners of Harley Fat Boys have blamed the solid mag
front wheel for their poor handling at high speed. Would like
to hear comments/opinions from you bike guys on this.
ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:04:39 -0700
>From: "Clay, Dale" <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>
>Subject: RE: Tires
>To: "'Rick Hammond'" <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>, Skip
Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
>Cc: DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com>, land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>
Very interesting discussion. Let me speak for bikes, as
>that's where I'm coming from. My front fender will cover the
entire upper
>half (180 degrees)of the wheel, cover the forks AND try to
direct the air
>around the rest of the fairing. One thing about this on
bikes, especially,
>is the effects of side winds.
>
>
Not sure how if that's much of an issue on cars as the air
>can't flow "through" the wheel like it can on bikes.
>
>
Dale C.
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