MotoGP lean angles.
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:06 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J73XRDGPcpE&sns=em
At 2.10 it shows a graphic - the bike is not at 62 degrees, it is at about 45. But the combined lean angle of the rider and the bike is 62. A bit misleading.
I think the theory is that you can't go beyond 45, although they do, by poofteenths.
To go beyond 45 the tyre has got to be drifting or there is suction drawing the tyre towards the surface. I think that is the theory.
I'm not sure what is more remarkable - the physics or the concentration or the physical fitness/prowess.
At 2.10 it shows a graphic - the bike is not at 62 degrees, it is at about 45. But the combined lean angle of the rider and the bike is 62. A bit misleading.
I think the theory is that you can't go beyond 45, although they do, by poofteenths.
To go beyond 45 the tyre has got to be drifting or there is suction drawing the tyre towards the surface. I think that is the theory.
I'm not sure what is more remarkable - the physics or the concentration or the physical fitness/prowess.