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23-12-2009, 09:41pm
(This post was last modified: 23-12-2009, 09:55pm by fasterfaster.)
More info ? speed involved ie cruising at what speed ?
Generally speaking even if the wheel bearings siezed and locked the wheel solid instantly the bike would not do a stoppie. The front wheel would skid ....... you can try this whilst riding along. Simply quickly grab a handful of brake and the wheel will skid then release the brake. To get the stoppie effect one would need to set up the contact patch on the tyre by first loading the front wheel then applying the brake hard after contact patch has been formed.
So to me must be more to the story / incident ?
But again to ride along and have the front wheel instantly cease rotation would cause the front wheel to wash out from under you not put the bike in an endo situation. There just isn't the time or environment for weight transfer to give the tyre enough bite for an endo situation.
This is assuming he was in the correct riding position at the time the incident occured (Not hanging forward over the bars to see if the headlight was working ? )
Have seen a mono gone wrong and when the front came down the wheel was way crossed up and the result was indeed a spectacular endo.
Just for interest sake the Beemer ..................does it have ABS
Note here ........... Not casting dispersions on your friends story ............. just one can't change the laws of physics.
Aaaah great minds Max lmao
Generally speaking even if the wheel bearings siezed and locked the wheel solid instantly the bike would not do a stoppie. The front wheel would skid ....... you can try this whilst riding along. Simply quickly grab a handful of brake and the wheel will skid then release the brake. To get the stoppie effect one would need to set up the contact patch on the tyre by first loading the front wheel then applying the brake hard after contact patch has been formed.
So to me must be more to the story / incident ?
But again to ride along and have the front wheel instantly cease rotation would cause the front wheel to wash out from under you not put the bike in an endo situation. There just isn't the time or environment for weight transfer to give the tyre enough bite for an endo situation.
This is assuming he was in the correct riding position at the time the incident occured (Not hanging forward over the bars to see if the headlight was working ? )
Have seen a mono gone wrong and when the front came down the wheel was way crossed up and the result was indeed a spectacular endo.
Just for interest sake the Beemer ..................does it have ABS
Note here ........... Not casting dispersions on your friends story ............. just one can't change the laws of physics.
Aaaah great minds Max lmao