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Old 07-15-2012, 03:14 AM   #183 (permalink)
PeterS
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Originally Posted by fefrie View Post
The other thing to remember is that a motorcycle will travel much faster than a bicycle, so that most side winds won't interact with a motorcycle at a perpendicular angle, but rather at an angle more akin to a headwind.
Not quite , were the winds from ahead all would be well, it's the 15 degrees off the nose that is the problem, they generate unequal side loadings. Craig Vetter seems to have the solution, a substantial gap at the apex of the curve so that pressures can equalise across the fairing .

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