Do motorbikes aquaplane ?
11-30-2007, 09:10 AM
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Do motorbikes aquaplane ?
Just wondered cause coming home from work tonight it was dumping it down and a 'touring' bike infront of me was doing 90 ish MPH.
The Dual carraigeway was dark so he wouldn't have seen a large puddle.
I've never driven a bike in the wet and my Merc felt a bit 'loose' on the roundabouts.
The Dual carraigeway was dark so he wouldn't have seen a large puddle.
I've never driven a bike in the wet and my Merc felt a bit 'loose' on the roundabouts.
11-30-2007, 10:23 AM
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i would guess so but as the tyres
a. much narrower
b. rounded
they will be more efficient at preventing water build up than car tyres so imagine the speed is higher
but having said that 90 might be asking for trouble!
a. much narrower
b. rounded
they will be more efficient at preventing water build up than car tyres so imagine the speed is higher
but having said that 90 might be asking for trouble!
11-30-2007, 10:34 AM
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It would take a very high speed or a very deep puddle to aquaplane a bike.
Doing 90MPH when it is pissing it down is not clever as visibilty can be severely impaired in such conditions.
Doing 90MPH when it is pissing it down is not clever as visibilty can be severely impaired in such conditions.
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have ridden quite happily at 130mph whilst raining cats and dogs. Brand new tyres though. bike felt solid enough, but french main roads are often better than ours for dispersing water.
on reflection bit fool hardy, but hey a dozen of us heading down to B'ol Dor kinda egged each other on.
on reflection bit fool hardy, but hey a dozen of us heading down to B'ol Dor kinda egged each other on.
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12-01-2007, 12:16 PM
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At elvington a couple of years back , it had been pissing down and the track had many puddles .
A mate decided it was never going to dry if nobody ran so went up and took a first run , he was told to take it steady and do a sighting lap ,
So you can imagine , being a commercial pilot , obviously very sensible , sets off
Didnt hear the bike back off at all , first run 187 mph ,
he didnt have any problems with aquaplaning , the bike just had this huge rooster tail following him
A mate decided it was never going to dry if nobody ran so went up and took a first run , he was told to take it steady and do a sighting lap ,
So you can imagine , being a commercial pilot , obviously very sensible , sets off
Didnt hear the bike back off at all , first run 187 mph ,
he didnt have any problems with aquaplaning , the bike just had this huge rooster tail following him
12-09-2007, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Busamav,Dec 1 2007, 09:16 PM
At elvington a couple of years back , it had been pissing down and the track had many puddles .
A mate decided it was never going to dry if nobody ran so went up and took a first run , he was told to take it steady and do a sighting lap ,
So you can imagine , being a commercial pilot , obviously very sensible , sets off
Didnt hear the bike back off at all , first run 187 mph ,
he didnt have any problems with aquaplaning , the bike just had this huge rooster tail following him
A mate decided it was never going to dry if nobody ran so went up and took a first run , he was told to take it steady and do a sighting lap ,
So you can imagine , being a commercial pilot , obviously very sensible , sets off
Didnt hear the bike back off at all , first run 187 mph ,
he didnt have any problems with aquaplaning , the bike just had this huge rooster tail following him