If points go through air quicker why is a Kwasaki ZXR1400 and a Busa curved??

Heres one for you to do with the debate about curves and points (bit of friendly banter intended) why if points go through air quicker are the 2 fastest bikes in the world curvey heeeey? Regarding to the pointy SV and curvy SV ongoing debate lol!

I meant ZZR1400 btw - Title lol!

Everything good has curves, roads, wimmins, motorsickles...

hmmmm not sure.......why are arrows slim and pointy?

Originally Posted by 600+

hmmmm not sure.......why are arrows slim and pointy?

Bullets are rounded though arent they?

lol have to say the ZZr1400 is all curves isnt it where as the busa does have the best of both.... why are aeroplanes curved but why are jet planes pointed?
Iiiinteresting!!!

Originally Posted by TuonoGrant

Bullets are rounded though arent they?

Not all bullets.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by sv_rider1990

...if points go through air quicker...

they don't...

the most aerodynamic shape* is something resembling a teardrop, much like the busa tries to be

*disclaimer - for subsonic speeds

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

they don't...

the most aerodynamic shape* is something resembling a teardrop, much like the busa tries to be

*disclaimer - for subsonic speeds

That my friend is an interesting bit of information. I will store that for random fact day!

[northwind]

Arrows are pointy so they go through people better. Same with most bullets, until they got powerful enough that they went straight through and did less damage, so now round or flat tips are common to slow the bullet down on impact and do more damage. Fowling blunt arrows (arrows with big round heads) fly almost as well as target sharps despite being much heavier.

With bikes the front end isn't really as important as you'd think, it's side and rear drag that's the big problem and there's not much to be done about that because of the rider

Think about a rain drop; what shape is it?

a sort of tear shape, with a blunt front end and a pointy rear. The fluid leaving an object going through a fluid (thats a gas or liquid, and that whole part of this sentance sounded a bit odd) is just as, and sometimes more, important than the air being displaced around the front of the object as it punches through the...fluid

Think about how the air flows over and low pressure regions and stuff