Shaft Effect and Technique

[Claviger]

Look at these nutters lol:

 

[majikdoc]

But it ain't an 800 plus pound bike

 

[barbagris]

Actually losing traction while in a curve takes very little HP with either tire.

ime HP plays less of a role than TORQUE

Regarding round abouts here, there are quite a few in my area, but they were designed my the mentally deficient and they all have nasty off camber angles to them so need to be tip toed around as they eat up a ton of clearance just going straight through them, German ones are much much better!!

Roundabouts need drainage - the simplest/cheapest way is run-off to the outer edge - negative camber. Here I KNOW that many are designed SPECIFICALLY to make them near impossible to take at speed. This one particularly is a real bastard Google Maps


And on a really nice bit of fast road near my mum in the UK there is a roundabout placed to slow down traffic. A plus I guess you have is that (from what little I know of the US NW) you get a fair amount of rain all year - so there is little diesel build up.

 

[barbagris]

 

[RacerX74]

Shaft drive JACKS the rear suspension UP when pulling hard, as the pinion tries to climb the ring gear... The longer the swing arm, the less leverage it has to do so. My 1980 XS1100 was BAAAAD (short swing arm), my 1986 Concours was MUCH better (longer swing arm). The Rocket has SOOO much steam though.
I haven't wrung it's neck in the twisties yet, will report in. Generally speaking, if you're hard in a corner, layed over near the limit, chopping the throttle abruptly could cause squat, and slam chassis into the tarmac upsetting you. But you'd have to be riding at 99% gonzo bank robber level. The RIII fat rear tire is a bigger contributor to corner behavior, than the shaft VS chain/belt, IMHO.

"The longer the swing arm, the less leverage it has to do so ????" surely that would be the other way around . longer bar gives more leverage ???

 

[RacerX74]

Similar here.
Others will beat me into a corner, but coming out, as soon as I see the exit line, or am anticipating the exit line, maybe 10-15° before the apex I give it full throttle.
This tends to stand the bike up, but I know this so have gone deeper (lent over more, which gives me a tighter line into the corner) I then use the throttle to pull me up and out.
I absolutely blitz those that lead me in.

Could be why rear tyres don't last long

Spot on Paul she definitely works best with the old slow in fast out technique my local Plastic fantastic boys love it .
One thing I do know is if your mid corner and carrying speed and the corner closes in on you a bit quicker than you were expecting NEVER close the throttle it feels like someone put a hinge in the fame and things get interesting as the old gets a bit upset

 

[RacerX74]

My local we sold more Rockets than anyone else dealer also claims that he then had sell all these press bike after they were done .
He also claims they were Knackered .I see why

 

[BillB]

Here’s the video

@Claviger Thanks for posting that Rob. Going to have to get me a copy of the book. Just happened to have ridden the Rocket to work yesterday so I had the opportunity to try it out on the way home. Amazing how after all the years and miles that ya can 're-learn' the wrong way to do things. What was even more amazing was how much that twist of the throttle at the apex changed the R3T from wallowing like a drunken water buffalo to feeling almost agile.

Makes perfect sense when you think about it. Duh!

I have one extra personal SR: Never even attempt to set up for a left apex that I can't see at least 200 yards past the exit. Never know when some &%$!ing cage jockey texting is going to blow 6 feet across the center line.