Valkyrie front rotor covers

[godfire]

Bigguy, well put.

Bobby, you really need to make it one of our secret meetings, we really aren't that bad.

T-Roy, sorry.

KerryNolan, welcome to the family.

Rainmaker, you can stop now.....or at least come over and help with the Ark!

[Red Diamond]

You could say "They ain't pretty cheap or They ain't pretty either".

My feelings exactly....but, to each his own......DON"T DO IT CHUCK....did i say that out loud????

I took the time to read all the post on the rotor covers, and offer my appology to
Houdini as I was the one who lit the torch. I never condem anyone for what they might want to add to their bike, again my appology.

P.S. Godfire, don't help me out anymore, unless it is on a roadside breakdown.LOL

[Houdini]

I took the time to read all the post on the rotor covers, and offer my appology to
Houdini as I was the one who lit the torch.

No problem 99.  The biggest issue here is I will never be able to tease anybody on the board without someone bringing up this incident.

Dang it!

[Rocketman]

Well, I still think that [insert your favorite accessory here] makes your bike ugly, and ruins the handling, and makes the engine run like crap.

[Sorry, folks, the preceding was all too "warm fuzzy" for a motorcycle board.  I had to put a stop to it.]

[Valkpilot]

The biggest issue here is I will never be able to tease anybody on the board without someone bringing up this incident.

Ain't it great!?!  It's going to be dee-licious!

[godfire]

Well, I still think that [insert your favorite accessory here] makes your bike ugly, and ruins the handling, and makes the engine run like crap.

[Sorry, folks, the preceding was all too "warm fuzzy" for a motorcycle board.  I had to put a stop to it.]

I heard that if you put front rotor covers on you're gonna die a flaming death. You can't drive on the front rotor cover!

[BnB Tom]

I heard that if you put front rotor covers on you're gonna die a flaming death. You can't drive on the front rotor cover!

Hopefully there's bikin' in our after-life . .

                          

 . . if there is an after-life . . er ah . . whoops! This might stir up a whole new can of worms.

[Rocketman]

Maybe in the afterlife, all Valkyries are fuel injected! 
Hey, does anyone have any rotor covers I can drive on?

[Houdini]

I heard that if you put front rotor covers on you're gonna die a flaming death.

Duh!  Everyone knows it's car tires on motorcycles that cause flaming death! ... Except on black Valk's; they're so fast they put the flame out and death can't keep up.

[Six Guns]

Now that I have a Black Interstate, I give Chuck a                     
                              
                            

[godfire]

Now that I have a Black Interstate, I give Chuck a                    
                       
                   

Hey Victor,
Is that a bunch of happy slow souls hitch-hiking a ride on a really fast Valkyre??? A "Blue" Valkyre, which everyone knows, while I'm DFW VRCC prez, is the fastest of all Valkyries!    

[Houdini]

A "Blue" Valkyre, which everyone knows, while I'm DFW VRCC prez, is the fastest of all Valkyries!

OK Fine!  For the next four hours we'll all pretend that the blues are the fastest.  We'll resume reality about 8 PM tonight.    

[Six Guns]

while I'm DFW VRCC prez, is the fastest of all Valkyries!     

Looks like there's going to be a Coup d'etat on the Prez. tonight around 8PM.           

[RainMaker]

while I'm DFW VRCC prez, is the fastest of all Valkyries!     

Looks like there's going to be a Coup d'etat on the Prez. tonight around 8PM.           

More of a voluntary move, I think. Or a coup de grâce. 

[bigguy]

So, what color? Well, these guys are riding high revving, multi-cylinder machines, so we need a fast color.
“What’s a fast color,” you ask. The short answer is red or yellow. And there is actually some scientific basis for such a claim. It turns out that red, orange, and yellow photons have longer wavelengths that allow them to travel slightly faster through air than colors with shorter wavelengths, such as green or blue. This only applies if you’re a photon, traveling close to the speed of light, but that’s just nit-picking. Besides I believe that some of the guys try to reach those speeds, so the rule still applies.
But science aside, there is a lot of friendly debate on the fastest color. Some like the hot colors, the reds and yellows, while other go for the cool ones, the blues, greens, and purples. I suppose it depends on whether you want your bike to look “Hot,” or “Cool.”

Quote from Texarkana Gazette Biker Blog "Horsepower of a different color."

[Disco]

“What’s a fast color,” you ask. The short answer is red or yellow.

Thanks for the info, bigguy!      Too bad PHOTON is not available as a Texas License Plate...   

[Rocketman]

Speaking as a physicist and optical engineer, yes, the red may be slightly faster (if certain conditions are met).  The speed is proportional to the difference in index of refraction from wavelength to wavelength (color to color).  The difference in index of refraction from 633 nm (red) to 475 nm (blue) is 0.0006%.
However, when talking about ENERGY (energy => power!), the difference goes the other direction.  A blue photon is ~33% more energetic than a red photon.  No conditions.  It is a fundamental fact of quantum science.

I'll take 33% more energy over 0.0006% more speed.

[Gear Jammer]

Speaking as a physicist and optical engineer, yes, the red may be slightly faster (if certain conditions are met).  The speed is proportional to the difference in index of refraction from wavelength to wavelength (color to color).  The difference in index of refraction from 633 nm (red) to 475 nm (blue) is 0.0006%.
However, when talking about ENERGY (energy => power!), the difference goes the other direction.  A blue photon is ~33% more energetic than a red photon.  No conditions.  It is a fundamental fact of quantum science.

I'll take 33% more energy over 0.0006% more speed.

Yeah, what Mark said         

[bigguy]

I'll take 33% more energy over 0.0006% more speed.

Good point there Rocketman. However it strikes me that a John Deere 9630T is also more powerful than a red or yellow Valkyrie.

Don't think I'd want to race a Valkyrie on one though.

[Valkpilot]

Uhngh.  Me want.

[Rocketman]

I'll take 33% more energy over 0.0006% more speed.

Good point there Rocketman. However it strikes me that a John Deere 9630T is also more powerful than a red or yellow Valkyrie.
Don't think I'd want to race a Valkyrie on one though.

Not more powerful.  Green is lower energy than blue.  If you can develop that UV paint, then you've got something!

(:

[RainMaker]

I'll take 33% more energy over 0.0006% more speed.

Good point there Rocketman. However it strikes me that a John Deere 9630T is also more powerful than a red or yellow Valkyrie.
Don't think I'd want to race a Valkyrie on one though.

Not more powerful.  Green is lower energy than blue.  If you can develop that UV paint, then you've got something!

(:

Me thinks that the John Deere, no matter what color and even with chrome rotor covers, would do a number on a Valk in a tug of war contest.

[Rocketman]

I'll take 33% more energy over 0.0006% more speed.

Good point there Rocketman. However it strikes me that a John Deere 9630T is also more powerful than a red or yellow Valkyrie.
Don't think I'd want to race a Valkyrie on one though.

Not more powerful.  Green is lower energy than blue.  If you can develop that UV paint, then you've got something!

(:

Me thinks that the John Deere, no matter what color and even with chrome rotor covers, would do a number on a Valk in a tug of war contest.

It's just a matter of traction.  Put a fat enough car tire on a blue Valkyrie, and ...
Oh, crap.  I just got into that argument, too.
[quietly exits stage left, hoping no one noticed.]

[Houdini]

o matter what color and even with chrome rotor covers

Thank you RainMaker for getting us back on topic   

[Disco]

Too bad PHOTON is not available as a Texas License Plate...   

But RTRCVR is!   

[Rocketman]

Form?  And just when everything was lightening up in here...   

Sounds like someone posted something to fan the fire again, then pulled their post.  Houdini's response remains.

[hotglue #43]

I posted..... in jest..... but when told to stick it in my ass......  pretty rude.....I pulled my post.   

[godfire]

Sounds like someone posted something to fan the fire again.....

That would be me....

I thought it would be fun if HG posted his "hurt feelings form"....

Chuck, sorry that we (HG under my direction) pissed you off.

Hotglue, sorry that I asked you to step on a landmine while you still had your sea legs.

[hotglue #43]

godfire.... no worries about the landmine.... just a glancing blow.... didn't even break the skin.
Houdini... just havin fun.... sorry to have pissed ya off. 

[franco6]

DARN ,REMBER SEEING A 1976 WING,  RED WITH BIG SHINNY FRONT WHEEL COVERS  AND THINKING <THAT LOOKS GREAT.>

[godfire]

DARN ,REMBER SEEING A 1976 WING,  RED WITH BIG SHINNY FRONT WHEEL COVERS  AND THINKING <THAT LOOKS GREAT.>

Franco6

  After all this.... I hate to admit it, but I ran across a pic of a black bike, with blacked-out rims and chrome rotor covers and it looked pretty darn good. Now it was a black bike, so it looked slow... cause everyone knows that blue is the fastest   

[franco6]

yeah ! and then I loked at another and  can t remember 78 or 81 blue wing and it had  great big chrome wheel covers and it looked outstanding!!!