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KamperBob · 09-06-2010, 10:35 PM

My motorcycle Cd is probably a lot worse than my truck [but] Af (frontal area) and Wt (total weight) are so much less that is goes about 5X the distance per gallon of gas. Shape is important, but just one factor to overall performance.

Cheers
KB

09-06-2010, 10:35 PM	#54 (permalink)
KamperBob Recreation Engineer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Somewhere USA Posts: 525 Black Stallion - '02 Toyota Tundra 4WD xCab Half Pint - '06 Yamaha XT225 Thanks: 333 Thanked 138 Times in 103 Posts	My motorcycle Cd is probably a lot worse than my truck [but] Af (frontal area) and Wt (total weight) are so much less that is goes about 5X the distance per gallon of gas. Shape is important, but just one factor to overall performance. Cheers KB Last edited by KamperBob; 09-06-2010 at 11:23 PM.. Reason: fixed typo