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You'll also find that these bikes with the 6 speeds that a top end speed will not be achieved in in 6th gear but rather in 5th because of the torque is peaked at a certain RPM and 6th gear lowers the RPM below the max torque output.
 
to which i agree.. top speed even begs the question --is it the gearing or the hoss power or a delicate blend of both.................. i think i know the answer--- top end speed from a serious point o view is mathematics an physics......
 
the real WILDPIG said:
to which i agree.. top speed even begs the question --is it the gearing or the hoss power or a delicate blend of both.................. i think i know the answer--- top end speed from a serious point o view is mathematics an physics......
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I try not to ride neer black holes, but I have seen potholes here in Michigan that may have had a Event Horizon. :newsmile017:
 
the real WILDPIG said:
top speed even begs the question --is it the gearing or the hoss power or a delicate blend of both....
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It really boils down to wind resistance. Like Hobbit said,, if your a pencil you just won't require as much power as if you were a billboard.

If you jump out of a plane, your terminal velocity will be ~120 mph no matter how high the plane was. What more do you need to know than that to prove wind resistance is key.
 
Hoople said:
It really boils down to wind resistance. Like Hobbit said,, if your a pencil you just won't require as much power as if you were a billboard.

If you jump out of a plane, your terminal velocity will be ~120 mph no matter how high the plane was. What more do you need to know than that to prove wind resistance is key.
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Off Topic, but the current bicycle land speed record is now over 200mph. This is because the cyclists on the salt flats ride behind a vehicle with an attached wind screen. This does not seem fair to me at all. Although if a cyclist gets outside the screen you can guess what happens.
 
Your correct. It isn't fair.

If it IS fair, then I am going to the same thing but go downhill also..
 
Hoople said:
If you jump out of a plane, your terminal velocity will be ~120 mph no matter how high the plane was. What more do you need to know than that to prove wind resistance is key.
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If you are skydiving you are correct.

If you jumped out with no chute, your arms are flailing, and you are screaming, I believe about 80mph would be correct. :D
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well now it taint wind resistence at all that determines how fast one can go just like if u go past 400mph hr you wont be able to breathe,, its the same reason gas ignites when u put a flame to it.................
 
Getting the match to the tank isn't as hard as it used to be when gas actually had some octane.
 
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