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Originally Posted by Christ
...I guess that's a warning for ya!...
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You know your on to something here...
About 10 years ago, I had the crazy (cool) idea of covering the entire front wheel on the Honda VF500 with a small foam/fiberglass fairing. Similar to a Suzuki Hayabusa, but with *full* coverage. Just a portion of the tire sticking out next to the ground.
And after spending a large portion of the winter working on it in the basement, I was delighted to find out it worked great.... As long as I was
not behind a semi trucks draft....
It turns out the air turbulence coming off the back side of the semi trailer creates a buffeting air movement at about 4 Hz.
....It also pretty much meant that I had about zilch for handlebar control of the front wheel while in that draft....
Needless to say, the beautiful and delightful front wheel fairing disappeared from the motorcycle, never to return.
Jim.