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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Allert didn't take special measures to reduce weight and he said it was to aid stability.
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On a motorcycle, putting more weight above the saddle can really be felt.
Some bikes do feel top heavy, others feel light - despite having similar weights.
Obviously on a vehicle that's inherently unstable, the lower the CG, the better.
In Allert's streamliner, his body sits lower in the bike than it'd have sat using the stock seating position.
(For a human, the CG is close to the belly button.)
So raising the bike's CG by adding some extra topweight (the fairing) didn't really harm the overall stability of the bike + its rider compared to the stock situation.