Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:06:37 -0700
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Science of Washboarding
Comments: To: Bill Gibson <bill.bgibson@GMAIL.COM>
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Yeah, I felt that happen. It makes me wonder if the tires are, at that
point, still following the up and down profile of the washboard's peaks
and troughs, or drifting from peak to peak to a degree. Like to see some
high speed video of that.

Caveat coegi . . . beware restrictions?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 9/27/2009 10:37 PM Bill Gibson wrote:

> One side effect of driving at the "sweet spot" is loss of direct contact
> with the road. Drifting around corners is more in order, and if the road
> offers any surprises, well, you won't be able to make adjustments until a
> more solid, and rougher, contact with the road is established. In other
> words slow down if you get the gut message that something is out there in
> the bushes or around the bend...Caveat Coegi...
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com>wrote:
>
>> I did that same road in DV in February on OMEs (Old Man Emu) shocks on
>> my Syncro and no shock problems whatsoever. I went as fast as I could.
>> There's a sweet spot for sure. Turning up the stereo helps too.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>
>>  Date:    Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:33:11 -0600
>>> From:    Richard Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
>>> Subject: Re: Science of Washboarding
>>>
>>> Mr BZ wrote:
>>>
>>>> It was all Richard & Bob's fault!
>>>>
>>>> As discussed here last January or so, melted the tops of my 3 yo
>>>> Bilstein touring shocks on the 84 westy trying to follow Richard in
>>>> his syncro westy w/ all the HD syncro suspension upgrades(?).
>>>>
>>> That's just not true.  Mr BZ wanted to settle the dust on that
>>> 26 miles of washboard and he couldn't get his tranny to leak, or his
>>> enjin, so he was left with dripping shock oil.  I think it
>>> boiled down to syncro-envy....
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>
>
> --
> Bill Gibson
> Tempe, Arizona, USA
>