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Safety Tip Of The Week
Do We Have To do The Math?
It occurred to me in all this talk about what percentage
of braking the front brake should be, to people who aren’t using
their front brake, this could be confusing. People talk about
Harleys being 70% front 30% rear, lighter bikes such as “crotch
rockets”, 80% - 20%, performance bikes 90%-10%. ( I hope you
are noticing which ever bike you are talking about the heaviest
emphasis is on the front.) Many racers don’t even use the
rear brake at all! I just read an article that was actually trying to
convince racers to use 3% rear.
Allow me to clarify this. You do not have to worry about
the math. You don’t have to try to use one brake a certain
percentage and the other brake another. What this all
means is, as you apply both brakes and the suspension and physics
does its job, the weight will shift toward the front wheel. As long
as you are putting adequate pressure on both controls physics will
take over and the percentages happen not because of what you have
done but by forces that can actually be measured using formulas.
Put another way:
The only thing slowing the motorcycle down is the
transfer of force between the road, and the contact patch of the
tire on the road.
That force, which the tire makes with the road, is very
simplistic... It is composed of only three things, the weight
pushing down on the tire, some number that makes up for the
stickiness of the tire, and the terrain it is on. A sticky
tire on good pavement, a high number; a normal tire on ice, a low
number.
Since that force on the tire is highly dependent on the
weight on that tire, the amount of braking that the tire can do is
directly related to the weight imparted on the tire.
So there you have the reason for the percentages. As the
weight shifts forward, the front wheel weighs more and does a
higher percentage of the braking force and the rear wheel weighs
less and can do less, dangerously less.
Thankfully we don’t have to do any math!
Christmas Party
Ameci's 12/08/2018
The highly anticipated Christmas Party has come
and gone. If you missed it you really missed a fun time so typical
of our chapter. We really packed it all in, food, music, slide
shows, refreshments, awards, recognitions, prizes, gifts, dancing,
fellowship and a delicious cake for dessert. What really struck me
about this party and our group was, we had 48 people show up....
There was hardly a handful who didn't actually work and do
something to make this happen. Even after it started, I'm amazed
and thankful to the people who kept coming up and asking what they
could do or if there was anything I needed. I shouldn't be amazed
as this is really typical of our chapter! Seriously, if I
were to thank everyone who helped, the number would be in the 40's.
It would bore and put to sleep the ones who didn't come so I'll just
say, "Thanks Guys and Gals." You know who you are and you
are appreciated.!
I also want to thank the
Adamec family and those who represent them for coming and
furnishing the wonderful door prizes.
Monthly Meeting
Meeting for will be Saturday, January 12
,2019 at the VFW-6184 US 1 South, St. Augustine. Please join us for
coffee at 9:00 a.m. and the meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. A
short ride to River Grille in Ormond Beach will follow.
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Renew
Your Membership for 2019
Membership Dues and Sale
Dues for year-$20
They
are $20 and this is probably the best bargain I get all year. New members paying before December 31 will
be covered for the rest of 2018 and 2019.
Up and Coming
Los Dos Compadres - Deland December
15,2018 10:00 a.m.
Meet at the Racetrac at
SR 207 and I-95 at 9:30 a.m...KSU at
10:00 a.m.
Gift Wrapping
Yesterday Deb and I
wrapped gifts at Orange Park, leading by example? Hint, hint. A
hard act to follow after the Christmas Party but we made the best
of a rainy day. In addition to making a whopping eleven dollars for
the chapter, we got 100 bonus points for volunteering and over 600
more points for purchases. Again they are doubled for volunteers.
We figured it was the best time to buy that rain suit and a few
shirts. Also qualified to get the Harley Davidson decanter they've
been advertising. We met some nice people and talked to a few more.
Sometimes we have to give back. The following is a link to the open
slots. Perhaps someone may want to create a breakfast, lunch or
dinner ride. It may be a way for me to break Fred's record of 53
rides in one year. I have 50 and there is still three more weeks
left. Shouldn't have told me that so soon dude, lol.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/106ya2CTO9hYa2r6EzlG8g-ZB8VMUpPBYAuAd06LJtH8/edit?ts=5c0a82e5#gid=0
Tid Bits
Inspiration
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a gift from God, That's why its called the
present.
Big
Thanks
I know I've already
said this but it can't be said to many times, thanks to all who
made the Christmas Party possible. Also, in honesty, Big Thanks is
part of the newsletter integrity that helps me not to leave
anything out each week.
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Please
Share - Send us stories and member info to share with your Chapter
Friends and then see it here! Just shoot it via email
to: director@ancientcityhog.com
Come Out and Join Us On Our Rides...Hope To See
You Soon... Terry
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