[Ducati] Reversing Rotors

Rob Allen ducati.rob at gmail.com
Fri May 19 15:26:01 EDT 2006


I guess maybe if the wheel is still spinning fast enough...

Is it really the gyroscopic effect that makes countersteer work?  I always
thought it was angular momentum.  Turn the bar left, the bike starts to turn
left, which places it's momentum vector slightly to the right of the bike,
causing it to lean.  The lean makes it turn.  No?

Okay, I'm not a physicist nor have I ever played one on TV.  So I'll leave
the physics to the physicists and just go riding.  :S

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-- Rob Allen
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1997 748/853 "Regina Gialla" (Gia) (aka Bombo)
2001 BMW K1200LTC "BatGirl"
2004 Suzuki DRZ125L
2005 Suzuki DRZ200 Dual Sport
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