Rocket thrusters!

Slow Goat

Slow Goat

Fun Junkie
How about they just direct a jet-blast in front of the front tire to remove gravel before it causes a problem? :rofl
 
Titus58

Titus58

Need moar dirt
Clever idea - reminds me of bow thrusters on a boat - but the artist should be sacked...the illustration has the jet on the wrong side which would exasperate not prevent a lowside :twofinger :mad

Seems to me reacting to and controlling your bike after this device went off could be more difficult than managing the lowside in the first place.


/T
 
Pushrod

Pushrod

Well-known member
But, but, we don't have the Claybrook bike yet. The one with the triple tree out back and the swing arm in front.

Lets not get ahead of ourselves.
 
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fubar929

Well-known member
Titus58 said:
Clever idea - reminds me of bow thrusters on a boat - but the artist should be sacked...the illustration has the jet on the wrong side which would exasperate not prevent a lowside :twofinger :mad
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And yet, if you bother to watch the video, the system seems to operate exactly as pictured... and it appears to work. Once you see it in action, it almost makes sense: the bike slides from left-to-right and the thruster pushes from right-to-left to counteract the slide and keep the bike on the intended path.
 
mean dad

mean dad

Well-known member
Titus58 said:
Clever idea - reminds me of bow thrusters on a boat - but the artist should be sacked...the illustration has the jet on the wrong side which would exasperate not prevent a lowside :twofinger :mad

Seems to me reacting to and controlling your bike after this device went off could be more difficult than managing the lowside in the first place.


/T
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exacerbate
 
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alien
fubar929 said:
And yet, if you bother to watch the video, the system seems to operate exactly as pictured... and it appears to work. Once you see it in action, it almost makes sense: the bike slides from left-to-right and the thruster pushes from right-to-left to counteract the slide and keep the bike on the intended path.
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That video was far from convincing. I saw a puff of smoke (or vapor) and an outrigger preventing a fall.

I won't be getting in on the Kickstarter for this never to be seen again product.
 
stangmx13

stangmx13

not Stan
Titus58 said:
Clever idea - reminds me of bow thrusters on a boat - but the artist should be sacked...the illustration has the jet on the wrong side which would exasperate not prevent a lowside :twofinger :mad
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Nope. The force holding u inside the turn points towards the center of the turn from the contact patch of the tires. A jet must point in the opposite direction to add to that force. The illustration is correct. It also helps that the jet is mounted below the bikes center of gravity.
 
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LakeMerrit

LakeMerrit

*Merritt
This is great. Imagine the potential. MotoGP, Marquez on the inside at full lean, with Rossi adjacent. Then suddenly, BLLFRFPT- Rossi is farted out of the picture!

:rofl
 
295566

295566

Numbers McGee
Interesting idea. I doubt, however, that it would be realistic to implement such a system onto most bikes without being horribly cost and weight inefficient.
 
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It will never see the light of day.

However if you have time to waste can someone make a goddamn AC for motorcycles. Is that too much to ask.
 
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