HA HA HA !...........I really enjoy this thread ! All of you guys are really well informed (based on your experiences) and if I think about your collective experience, it tells me why you all can be so witty in the form of your comments.....humorous wisdom about life's experiences ?.....Please don't stop ! I get a lot of pleasure here....and learn too !
Thank you so much..........Aircooled Bruce
RichardMaxwell said "speed humps - yes we have them in the UK"
Argh, the dreaded sleeping policemen!
Bruce - That's a fine piece of work! Is it stainless steel or aluminium?
Wolfgang......it's 3/8" aluminum, polished and then engine turned for appearance by me.
DEAD COPS !!! Even in Mexico where they are called Tope's it is said that all retired cops are buried in them because they are Always on patrol.....forever !!!!! It's a great thing to tell to your kids or grand kids.....bruce
If you were to drive the same stretch of road with a pair of similarly set up Speedsters, one Swing arm and the other IRS, it certainly would not take anything more than 3/10'ths to 4/10'ths curves in the road to convince you that IRS is definitely a better way to go. IRS gives you a lot of warning, from body swing to tire sidewall flex limit to rear wheel squeal to getting rear heavy to finally letting go - but you feel it coming on so you learn to give it a bit MORE gas and, son-of-a-gun, it grabs and you find yourself steering by getting more or less oversteer with your throttle foot! That transition takes milliseconds in a swing-arm car, but can last as long as you want it to with IRS as you steer with the throttle. You have to drive it to believe it.
I was being nice, Gordon. 9/10 is an exaggeration. Let's call it 6/10.
I appreciate that an IRS Speedster is more...functional than my swing-axle.
I also agree that Mitch's built-in throttle limiter makes IRS vs swing-axle a mute point most of the time
I too have the limiter installed, mine works in sequence and is equally effective.
She sits to my right and when I enter a curve too fast, her right hand reaches for her door pull...and if I don't slow down, she wacks me in the heuvos with her left.
I've learned to drive at a more pedestrian rate of speed after several emergency visits to the urologist.
I love steering my IRS with the go pedal!
