airraceaddict
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Well.....
First off, Kurt that is a nice job of illustrating the basic principle of cg. I can't argue with your premise at all. I can speak from experience, as I am sure a lot of us can.
The first road trip I ever made with my 78 100RS, I stopped overnight in Mojave on my way to Long Beach for the 86 Indycar race. When I came out of the hotel in the morning, the bike was laying on it's side. I had heard the wind during the night but didn't think much about it. The bike had the cover (sail) on it. LUCKILY, nothing was hurt too bad, besides my back after getting the thing back upright.
I had a basic distrust of side stands after experiencing a tipover of my KZ650, (loaded to the gills and cg WAAYYY higher than it should have been) after a midnight ride over Monarch Pass in September of 82. I stopped in Gunnison, got off the bike, and my side stand snapped in two, (tipping the bike over of course since I wasn't ready for it).
I have since adopted the policy of considering the MOST LIKELY possibility of winds, ground composition, etc before deciding to use one or the other. MY preferred method is center stand, but I am not opposed to using the side stand if the situation calls for it. There is no right or wrong until you make the wrong choice for the given or suspected conditions. Just sayin
First off, Kurt that is a nice job of illustrating the basic principle of cg. I can't argue with your premise at all. I can speak from experience, as I am sure a lot of us can.
The first road trip I ever made with my 78 100RS, I stopped overnight in Mojave on my way to Long Beach for the 86 Indycar race. When I came out of the hotel in the morning, the bike was laying on it's side. I had heard the wind during the night but didn't think much about it. The bike had the cover (sail) on it. LUCKILY, nothing was hurt too bad, besides my back after getting the thing back upright.
I had a basic distrust of side stands after experiencing a tipover of my KZ650, (loaded to the gills and cg WAAYYY higher than it should have been) after a midnight ride over Monarch Pass in September of 82. I stopped in Gunnison, got off the bike, and my side stand snapped in two, (tipping the bike over of course since I wasn't ready for it).
I have since adopted the policy of considering the MOST LIKELY possibility of winds, ground composition, etc before deciding to use one or the other. MY preferred method is center stand, but I am not opposed to using the side stand if the situation calls for it. There is no right or wrong until you make the wrong choice for the given or suspected conditions. Just sayin