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10-19-2010, 04:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
miket EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: CT usa Posts: 224 Thanks: 11 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	tuft testing handlebars. looks like their out of ground effect

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10-19-2010, 08:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
RobertSmalls Left Lane Ecodriver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA Posts: 2,257 Prius C - '12 Toyota Prius C Thanks: 79 Thanked 287 Times in 200 Posts	Ha. If he had raked all those cylinders at 60° instead of 30°, they would present themselves to the air as reasonably low-drag ellipses. Silly biker guy.

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Ha. If he had raked all those cylinders at 60° instead of 30°, they would present themselves to the air as reasonably low-drag ellipses. Silly biker guy.

Oh the handlebars seem the least of his aero trouble. His pants acts as a parachute, and provided a higher resolution picture we could see how the tufts on his arms reacts - would he better shave or not?

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JasonG Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2009 Location: Charlotte NC / York SC Posts: 728 05 DMax - '05 Chevrolet 2500HD 90 day: 18.48 mpg (US) Thanks: 120 Thanked 56 Times in 52 Posts	Yeah, but think of the money he saves on deodorant ! __________________ I can't understand why my MPG's are so low..........

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