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From: [email protected] (I AM the Nighthawk)
Subject: Re: Shaft-drives and Wheelies
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Laszlo Nemeth) writes...
>In article , [email protected] (Bill Slack) writes:
>|>
>|> Various posts about shafties can't do wheelies:
>|>
>|> >: > No Mike. It is imposible due to the shaft effect. The centripital effects
>|> >: > of the rotating shaft counteract any tendency for the front wheel to lift
>|> >: > off the ground
>|> >
>|> >Good point John...a buddy of mine told me that same thing when I had my
>|> >BMW R80GS; I dumped the clutch at 5,000rpm (hey, ito nly revved to 7 or so) and
>|> >you know what? He was right!
>|>
>|> Uh, folks, the shaft doesn't have diddleysquatpoop to do with it. I can get
>|> the front wheel off the ground on my /5, ferchrissake!
>
>you may have been able to bounce the front up but not
>actually do a "wheelie". see the shaft effect unloads
>the rear susspension and effectivly loads the front.
>this is why a shaft bike should accelerate if it starts
>scraping in a corner......
>
>
>laz
Sorry to be contradictory, but... I've had my Nighthawk at 45 degress
with the horizon and I wasn't banked over in a turn...
The hard part is getting the front in off the ground. I rev to about
7,000 at DROP the clutch. Even harder is keeping it from coming up to far--
I use the back brake as well as the throttle. Once its up, it'll wheelie just
like any other bike.
Ethan
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