Tire Fairings

[arcosine]

Not air, but water, mud and debris filling the scoop.

Dave, I have chain steering on my commuter bike. I went to push rod steering on some newer bikes. Chain has unlimited steering, its hard to get more than +/- 35 degrees without the rod hitting something, but its better for narrow Q. I am in the process of designing-building a new bike I want to try a over the shoulder space frame.

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?...27&v=2i#182576

[NeilBlanchard]

A bigger concern is the scooping of gravel, and in the winter around here, you would fill it with slush and snow and ice; which weighs a lot and could tear it off the car. I like the "seamless" construction of these.

[arcosine]

I put the right rear fairing on last night. Now I have to figure out what to put in the front. Thanks Niel, for the tuff post.

I filled up, $46, wow $4.299 for regular 81 octane with 10% ethanol, and that was the cheap station. Got 43.5 mpg with the over size tires, 95.2 mph max speed... oops.. forgot the speedometer is slow.

Though I got better mpg, it seems like the car has more wind drag and doesn't coast as well. Hopefully the tire fairings will help.

I am thinking about octane booster, since I can tell the timing is being retarded when the engine is hot under load.