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#ICYMI - Motorcycle Racing: Physics on 2-Wheels
StarTalk Radio
The Gyroscopic Forces of a Motorcycle
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"I was on the back of that motorcycle to 140 miles an hour, and that was on a straightaway," he says. "I wasn't thinking about centripetal force. I wasn't thinking ... How old are you going? That's what I was doing." The main gyroscopic force, both wheels have the gyrocopic force on them, but the main one that you've got control over is the front wheel. With the wheel, you're pushing and pulling rather than turning to pull it down.
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