Russ, Joe,
I can't say I agree that TC as we know it would work on the bikes, though let's
see how they do
with 250hp 4-stroke GP bikes next year, and how they handle it.
I just got the latest (Jan. 2002) Cycle World, and Kevin Cameron has a great
article discussing
traction issues related to motor type/power pulses. Good reading.
Cheers,
Rick
rtmack wrote:
> Joe:
> like I said, I think some of the more powerful cars are killing their tires
>with wheelspin. I
> want them to have the option of TC to try to help prevent high speed tire
>failures. I
> haven't seen the tire failure problem on any of the bikes. Have you? If so,
>we need to dig
> into that while we have this thread going, too! And if I begin to think that
>I'm generating
> enough power to start shredding my bike tire, I'll put TC on in a New York
>minute (assuming
> it's legal by then). Of course, bike control is an issue too. But (with
>respect to high
> speeds on the salt)-- it's an issue that I don't know much about. Until I
>make a few passes
> on a bike myself, I probably won't really know what to think about whether or
>not I would want
> TC on a bike to help with control. Considering your excellent experience,
>you can carry the
> ball (for or against) TC for the purpose of bike control-- 'cause right now I
>don't really
> feel like I know very much about it. But I am looking forward to finding out.
> Russ Mack
>
> Joe Amo wrote:
>
>
> > > Joe Amo wrote:
> > >
> > > > Actually, TC works (I mean, would likely work :):))
> > > > best on two wheel machines, but alas, the "little"
> > > > salt dance that the back end does, is a naturally
> > > > beautiful way for the rear to "hunt" for traction,
> > > > this oscillation, combined with the inherent
> > > > gyroscopic assistance of the rotating wheels,
> > > > is a simply wonderful way to communicate with
> > > > mother nature, and I for one appreciate mother
> > > > nature and her dancing rear ends
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