Another pointless thread

Good grief - that's a dreadful thought

Something for the weekend

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Sold out! Is that just to forum members?

Did you know that in India a 'George Formby Grill' is sold
as a 'Sanjeev Kapoor Grill'

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Are you sure about that?

Just been looking at K10D's bike photo link and it reminded me to ask. Why are motor cycle tyres fitted, what seems to me to be, opposite to Car tyres. As the photo shows I think the pattern would move water to the middle of the tyre, On a car it would move water to the outside, which is more sensible. any answers?

George Formby grill "Turned out nice again"....jeff...

Of course it's correct When Mr Wu moved into Window Cleaning
George Formby moved into food and invented the 'GEORGE FORMBY GRILL'

As advertised on Youtube... LINK

"Drink the FAT and chuck the meat"

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Only the front tyre is that way around. The rear is in the opposite direction.

I have seen an explanation but, not having a degree in physics, the best I can offer is...

The tread is about more than moving water - it's also about being in balance. When a bike is moving (and especially conering) the rear is accellerating but the front is braking, not because the brakes are on but because if it isn't contributing to the power it must have a braking effect. Therefore, you want the forces to be balanced.

They are acting in opposite directions so you reverse the front tyre tread to keep the forces matched.

And that's the best explanation I can give.

If Stephen Hawkins is on the forum he can probably explain it better.

May the Force be with You

I stand corrected.

I suppose it's like Jack Nicholas who gave up a golfing career to become an actor in The Shining.

Actually I might have got the tread thing wrong. I'm now completely engrossed in this when I should be arguing with people at work.

It might be to do with the fact that when you're braking (which you do mostly with your front tyre) that the force stopping the tyre is in the opposite direction to travel, in which case it will give more grip decelerating than accelerating.

This is fun. Would anyone like me to explain gyroscopic progression? It's meant to be the way motorcycles stay balanced. Although no one fully understands it.

pet peeve: the name of the great cosmologist who is confined to a wheel chair by motor neurone disease and seems to carry on living by the sheer power of his intelect alone is Stephen Hawking

unless of course you are referring to the Australian rower who won gold at the 1992 Olympics, in which case I appologise unreservedly, although I am confused as to how he would be able to help?

Sorry, but you did leave yourself wide open for this: intellect

(My first post to the pointless thread - and it is totally pointless!! Yay!!!!!)

DAMN I was so careful too! from this we learn, again, that it is impossible to pick up a minor mistake on the internet without the TCP/IP fairies introducing a similar minor mistake into the correction post.

edit: yup that's poor even by my own standards, I'm correcting that one