On Wed Apr-03-2013 13:08, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW>> Backward trikes maybe. Certainly not HD trikes anymore.

 RN> Right.  I still couldn't afford one.  (-:

 RW> I can't see the motorcycle rider's need for such a vehicle, unless
 RW> one doesn't have any sense of balance.

That would be me.

 RN> I think one of the factors is the Mark VIII lowers itelf slightly at
 RN> high speeds to reduce drag (the body is a sleek design) and the
 RN> transmission is in overdrive, reducing the strain on the V-8.

 RW> Since that isn't a torque motor, I don't get the impression that it
 RW> would be anything but a strain on it. 

Mot sure what you mean by that, but it isn't important.

 RW> My mother used to drive a straight 8 Pontiac with 3spd on the 
 RW> column. She'd take off from a stop sign and shift into 3rd gear 
 RW> before she got across the intersection. When I drove it, I wasn't 
 RW> in 3rd gear until way past the intersection. She was lugging that 
 RW> motor and I was letting it do its intended job. She told my dad 
 RW> about it and he said that I was right...I was only 15yo at that 
 RW> time. 

I could have done what she did without the clutch.  7:->]

 RN>>  The MPG will increase slightly if I'm going north to south, but
 RN>> everyone laughs at me when I tell them that. (-:

 RW>> Dunno why.  8^)

 RN> Because anyone going north to south is going downhill.  (-:0

 RW> Not exactly. If your north starting place was on a plateau and you
 RW> were going south, that might be down hill. 

There are no plateaus in Louisiana.  (-:  West Texas, maybe.  Through no fault
of mine, I haven't been that far west.  Had I been single at the time, I would
have gone to the California coast just to experience the lack of humidity.

 RW> But just heading south from north isn't going down hill.

Yes, it is.  Think about the differences in sea level.

 RN> An example is when we visit relatives every other week in north
 RN> Louisiana. The time to get there, since we're traveling south to
 RN> north, is greater than the return home time.  Try it yourself.  I'll
 RN> bet you notice the difference.

 RW> I've driven from here to Illinois and back. There is no
 RW> difference... 

Did you average the same speed going and coming and not notice the difference?


Regards,

Roger 
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