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--- Riley Harlton wrote:

> They can wheelie and do counter steer. I think he was joking.

Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from occuring, no matter how hard you try. RM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is a troll? From: "RM"

> --- Riley Harlton wrote: > > > They can wheelie and do counter steer. I think he was joking. > > Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from occuring, > no matter how hard you try. > > RM

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote:

> --- Riley Harlton wrote: > > > They can wheelie and do counter steer. I think he was joking. > > Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from

occuring,

> no matter how hard you try.

--Snip Question: I was taught that the Coriolis force was not a real force, but a fictitious one. The proof of this is found in the inability of the Coriolis force to do any work. Answer: It is true that the Coriolis force does no work. Yet, the ability to do work is not a prerequisite for a force. If the Coriolis force were to be disqualified owing to its inability to do work, it would take a number of other well established forces along with it into oblivion. For example, a charged particle, such as an electron, moving in a static magnetic field has no work done on it by that field even though it experiences the magnetic force. Alas, a claim for the fictitious nature of the Coriolis force based upon its inability to do work is an ex post facto argument (one concocted to support a position arrived at for different reasons).

The internet is full of shafties doing wheelies..so let's say it is a troll... Kurt PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is a troll? From: "RM"

> --- Riley Harlton wrote: > > > They can wheelie and do counter steer. I think he was joking. > > Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from > occuring, no matter how hard you try. > > RM

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In a message dated 9/27/01 2:55:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, klr@... writes:

> --- Riley Harlton wrote: > > > They can wheelie and do counter steer. I think he was joking. > > Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from occuring, > no matter how hard you try. >>

Anyone who thinks shafties won't wheelie hasn't ridden a V-Max or a V-65 Sabre or Magna. And yes, I think this was a troll. Kurt Grife

--- Scott Adams wrote:

>>Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from >>occuring, no matter how hard you try. >PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me this is a troll?

No, it's true! According to reeky, "the pole-dipole forces, coupled with the inertial moment (which is uncancelled), make it impossible for shaft drive bikes (even with horsepower approaching infinity) to wheelie." Go do a Deja search! RM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com

Don't tell some of the Concours riders that..

> > >>Shafties cannot wheelie.

RM wrote:

> --- Riley Harlton wrote: > > > They can wheelie and do counter steer. I think he was joking. > > Shafties cannot wheelie. The Coriolis Effect prevents this from occuring, > no matter how hard you try.

More often it is the Aureola Effect around the rider. Mister_T Meloburne Australia

Dale Johnson wrote: [...]

> Question: > I was taught that the Coriolis force was not a real force, but a > fictitious one. The proof of this is found in the inability of the > Coriolis force to do any work. > > Answer:

[...] Much like the stock front brake on a KLR, Classical Newtonian physics does have some limitations. It works, up to a point, then you hang some extra bits on it. Mister_T Melbourne Australia