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jackley
07-12-2006, 03:34 PM
Anyone have any thought on these? Just curious.

http://www.reverserotatingrotors.com

Quote:

#1 Reduced Steering Effort.
A motorcycle equipped with reverse rotating rotors can
change lean angle as easily at 180 m.p.h. as it can at 20 m.
p.h. Effort can be adjusted to rider preference. Steering
geometry can be set more aggressively. Rapid lean angle
changes do not induce wobble or cause precession that
must be resisted, therefore the resistance of trail can also
be reduced.

#2 No Tank Slappers.
It is impossible for a motorcycle that is equipped with
reverse rotating rotors to experience wheel wobble or tank
slap. This is because the energy that causes it is a result of
the gyroscopic precession of the front wheel in sequence
with rapid lean angle changes caused by the bike the front
wheel or both being misaligned with the path of travel. If that
force is canceled out then a tank slapper is impossible.
See video and corresponding text on dynamics

#3 Better Brake Performance
Braking feel is improved and braking effort reduced due to
a dynamic increase in the swept area of the braking
surface. This is because the rotors are spun faster in
reverse in order to cancel the gyroscopic force of the wheel
and tire.

astanton
07-13-2006, 07:12 AM
It's sound from an engineering standpoint and supposedly the custom wheel doesn't add much weight but as far as practicality, anytime you have extra moving parts, you're likely to run into more issues. Probably not something that you'd ever see on a production bike but it may make into some of the top levels of racing

piper907
07-13-2006, 09:26 AM
looks good on paper... I would rather not have gears holding my brake rotors on though. ;) Ill stick with the bolts...