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iwannadie wrote:cool thanks for the info, sounds more like the air flow coming off the back is the problem and not so much the front end... be funny to see a clear plastic egg dome around a bike though to improve the aero

Ohhh, I can already hear the Humpty Dumty stories.

I think this is why Ducati started off with the underseat exhausts. First of all, it's more aerodynamic than having a can sticking out the side, and secondly, you are helping to fill up that vacuum behind the bike with Hot, Expanded air (exhaust gasses.)

But of course, then you run into the weight of the exhaust being too high up ... which is where Buells and the Bimota tesi millenium really shine - the exhaust under the engine is the optimal place to put that weight.

Everything about performance motorcycling is about compromise.

Coach wrote:There isn't a bike made that's aerodynamic with me on it....

ditto!!!

Norm

TechBMW wrote:But of course, then you run into the weight of the exhaust being too high up ... which is where Buells and the Bimota tesi millenium really shine - the exhaust under the engine is the optimal place to put that weight.

I've always wondered how having the exaust exit down there effects the rear tire.....