Track Bike

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by drefraser

The gentleman in my avatar felt that as his skin would have less wind resistance than his leathers he could dump them and increase his speed from 148 mph to over 150. Apparently it worked. So you know what to do ...

Wasnt that because his leathers got shredded in one of his first attempts? or am I thinking of a different record?

Now to really complicate things; if you were to make some small ridges across the top of your helmet they would have the effect of tripping the boundary layer and change the reynolds number of the flow, reducing pressure drag. (guess who was doing a further fluid mechanics lab wednesday )

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Wasnt that because his leathers got shredded in one of his first attempts? or am I thinking of a different record?

Nope, he decided to take them off apparently.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Now to really complicate things; if you were to make some small ridges across the top of your helmet they would have the effect of tripping the boundary layer and change the reynolds number of the flow, reducing pressure drag. (guess who was doing a further fluid mechanics lab wednesday )

My guess would be that modifications to his helmet would only be effective if he took his trunks off.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by drefraser

My guess would be that modifications to his helmet would only be effective if he took his trunks off.

Lol!

Pro Boost is a good one to see what your bike would feel like a bit hopped up.