BigKid
New Member
some of those suggestions have difficulties due to the lateral load (centrifical force) and gravity. The angle locater works for figuring out swing arm angles very well however. Think about it like this, hang a disco ball from your mirror in your car, if you go around a corner and the disco ball is at a 45 degree angle you are pulling exactly 1 G., BUT you have to subtract the roll angle of the cars suspension and fugure out the formula for the exponential rate at which radial angle is related to the g forces. Now aply all of this to a motorcycle that leans. What you will find is the lean-o-meter in a bike will tell you that you are not leaning over at all if your body position is poor and you are only leaning a little bit if you do get off the bike well. I think the moto GP stuff works with gyros and is probably the only logical way to read lean angle. Couple that with the Lean-O-Meter and we could calculate who does a better job of lowering the center of gravity. If you have read this far into this post...I feel sorry that you read this dribble...better investment, ask a CR and use your knees...spend the $999.00 on tires and track days. LOL