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Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« on: June 06, 2020, 01:51:41 PM »

 No, this is not a Viagra plug. But help is on the way!


   :oops:  :huepfenlol2:  :huepfenlol2:  :huepfenlol2:  :oops:
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2020, 03:39:43 PM »

No, this is not a Viagra plug. But help is on the way!


   :oops:  :huepfenlol2:  :huepfenlol2:  :huepfenlol2:  :oops:


Saw that article this morning.  Link below:

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/a-self-balancing-harley-davidson/


Having worked with gyros just a little I can only say my first reaction was..... damn! 

To work that's going to have to be a substantial spinning mass as high as possible.  So something occupying (maybe) all the tour pak?  Even then it's hard for me to imagine it helping to any real effect only within a very few degrees of the longitudinal/x/roll axis. 

I'm probably wrong.  Often am.  And I've not even considered doing the match.  But it's hard for me to envision this being any more than a minor aid at the soft margins. 
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2020, 08:21:08 PM »

It will open up an entire new performance line of products. Spinnin Eagle.
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2020, 11:16:58 PM »

Training wheels would be cheaper.
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2020, 12:12:13 AM »

Training wheels would be cheaper.

Full blown outriggers would be cooler.  Could go all Maori outrigger battle canoe themed.  Screw it if it won't fit in a lane.  Just something else to protest about.
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2020, 12:32:23 AM »

Full blown outriggers would be cooler.  Could go all Maori outrigger battle canoe themed.  Screw it if it won't fit in a lane.  Just something else to protest about.

MoCo probably tried ski poles as balancers as a possible solution prior to the Spinning Wheels Going Round.  Am guessing the pole placement was too close to the bike, creating holes in feet and an occasional stabbed squirrel. 

Locally the protests are mostly done by amateurs, so they should be called amateurtests.
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2020, 02:04:06 AM »

MoCo probably tried ski poles as balancers as a possible solution prior to the Spinning Wheels Going Round.  Am guessing the pole placement was too close to the bike, creating holes in feet and an occasional stabbed squirrel. 

Locally the protests are mostly done by amateurs, so they should be called amateurtests.


Of course if you let the bike lean too far without the new system and it falls over you know what Mother Harley will say; "they all do that."  :huepfenlol2:
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2020, 06:46:40 AM »


Of course if you let the bike lean too far without the new system and it falls over you know what Mother Harley will say; "they all do that."  :huepfenlol2:

Leaning will void the warranty.  ;D
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2020, 07:49:54 AM »

More junk to break...
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2020, 11:21:14 AM »

What happens if it accidentally engages during a high speed turn?
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2020, 11:48:05 AM »

Wonder if it runs at 33, 45, & 78 rpm? 

Dual purpose?
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2020, 11:49:32 AM »

Ya mean those leather whips coming off the handlebars aren't used for keeping the bike upright?  If not what are its purpose?
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2020, 02:14:37 PM »

Actually, if someone is having trouble riding their Ultra, due to the weight, balance, loss of strength, etc., they’re probably not touring or using it for long rides anyway.  If so, it’s time to step down to a smaller bike...that’s what I’ve seen guys do that are nearing the end of their riding days. 

With that gyro in the tour pack, if you did go down, it would be a mother to get back up, wouldn’t it?
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2020, 04:06:24 PM »


With that gyro in the tour pack, if you did go down, it would be a mother to get back up, wouldn’t it?


We don't know how much mass would be there.  To significantly effect bike stability via a gyro it would have to be a good bit of mass though.  And the higher the better.  So it would make it a bit more difficult to stand up. 

If memory serves the sticker that none of use ever look at a second time for tour pak weight limit is 20 or 25 pounds?  I could easily see just the moving gyro part of such system occupying over half that.  Add to that whatever enclosure and other bits would go with the system and, yeah, it's a significant chunk whirling away back there.
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Re: Can't Hold It Up Anymore? ;-)
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2020, 04:11:46 PM »

I love that tasty sauce that comes with gyros.
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« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2020, 06:15:10 PM »

I love that tasty sauce that comes with gyros.


Not THAT kind !!   :huepfenlol2:

Gyroscopic precession is a weird enough thing to get your head around on a good day; just imagine the mess that would from doing it with a meat stick going thousands of RPM !!   (I don't want to open THAT tour pak a few days later [even Gary wouldn't polish out that mess]).
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