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Nifty article from Bike magazine.
http://www.kyote.demon.co.uk/top50corneringbikes.pdf
This is how they did it, look at this formula
[LeanAngle+Flickability+MidCornerSpeed+ExitDrive+ExceedsExpectations] all *DIVIDED* by "risk of hospital food" *TIMES* "involvement"
Then the whole thing makes sense cause a Buell wins, and 05 Gixxer 1K and Ducati 749R are last and second to last!
Risk Factor and Involvement are the two most powerful ratings. They lay all this out up front, it's a facinating article, you should read it. I only wish they spoke more about the bikes, about a paragraph instead of a sentance per bike would be nice.
So when you expect it's a really fast bike (low exceeding expectations) and it really freaking is (divided by high risk of hospital food), and the handling is isolatingly smooth (times low involvment) you're low on the list. Examples: Duc749R 49th, 2005 GSX-R1000 48th, KawkZ1000 47th, TrimphTT600 46th.........
What you are looking to see are the two secondary lists with "emotion" removed, being expectations, hospital visit, and involvement just leaving lean angle, drive, apex speed, and flickability. Then they do the it that way again for all race bikes, one that are not in the main comparo.
What a cool article. I plan to touch it up in full Acrobat, print it and hang it in the garage.
http://www.kyote.demon.co.uk/top50corneringbikes.pdf
This is how they did it, look at this formula
[LeanAngle+Flickability+MidCornerSpeed+ExitDrive+ExceedsExpectations] all *DIVIDED* by "risk of hospital food" *TIMES* "involvement"
Then the whole thing makes sense cause a Buell wins, and 05 Gixxer 1K and Ducati 749R are last and second to last!
Risk Factor and Involvement are the two most powerful ratings. They lay all this out up front, it's a facinating article, you should read it. I only wish they spoke more about the bikes, about a paragraph instead of a sentance per bike would be nice.
So when you expect it's a really fast bike (low exceeding expectations) and it really freaking is (divided by high risk of hospital food), and the handling is isolatingly smooth (times low involvment) you're low on the list. Examples: Duc749R 49th, 2005 GSX-R1000 48th, KawkZ1000 47th, TrimphTT600 46th.........
What you are looking to see are the two secondary lists with "emotion" removed, being expectations, hospital visit, and involvement just leaving lean angle, drive, apex speed, and flickability. Then they do the it that way again for all race bikes, one that are not in the main comparo.
What a cool article. I plan to touch it up in full Acrobat, print it and hang it in the garage.