View Single Post
Old 10-22-2008, 05:27 PM   #13 (permalink)
Parabellum
Searching for the tower.
 
Parabellum's Avatar
 

Join Date: May 2007
Location: Central Illinois
Age: 30
Posts: 7,724
Casino Cash: $15113
Sportbike: 2007 Yamaha FZ6
Parabellum is on a distinguished road
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DefyInertia View Post
Me too, but panic braking isn't an every day event (let's hope not!). I'm curious how much those figures would change if measured on an FZ6. They would certainly be very different for a cruiser or big standard like a bandit.
I work for a company that does high speed, high precision data aquisition field computers...I have instrumented race bikes before....so I have everything necessary to produce this exact data right here in my lab.

Only problem is I would have to mount the system to my bike and that would require drilling and other unpleasant mods.

Plus, finding the absolute limit of the front tire is not always safe...the bikes in the study I am quoting were fitted with outriggers to prevent a crash.

But yeah, I would love to do this sometime.

Here is the last bike I instrumented, if you look closely you can see our data aquisition system mounted to the tail (looks like a lunchbox).

The rider was formerly ranked in the top ten for AMA superbike...he is a FAST dude....

YouTube - Kawasaki ZX600 Race Bike
__________________
2007 Yamaha FZ6, NESBA member. My Rider Resume (click here).
Want to learn how to go fast? -> www.superbikeschool.com
Parabellum is offline   Reply With Quote