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Old 04-05-2009, 08:20 PM   #65 (permalink)
theunchosen
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lol yeah thats pretty poorly written.

I was tailgating a semi at somewhere less than ten feet. Doing it in a car works pretty well but on any form of bike its more effective because the largest vacuum is higher from the ground and closer to the middle. A car is almost as wide and my car is almost ALL below the trailer so I completely miss all the "good" vacuum. A motorcycle or bicycle on the other hand your torso could be in the middle horizontally and at least inside the actual profile of the freight container. Freight profile is about 4 feet off the ground and your torso on a motorcycle or bike is about there so its completely shielded by the trailer.

You can also stay in the center of the trailer and avoid the wake, while staying completel inside the vacuum area.
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