From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 28 10:43:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA22908 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:43:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (uucp@osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA22805 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:43:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA20797 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG); Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:41:55 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.8.7/8.6.12) id TAA01366; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:13:46 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199801281813.TAA01366@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: Fairings In-Reply-To: <29851.885964892@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jan 27, 98 09:21:32 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:13:46 +0100 (MET) Cc: dg@root.com, joe.shevland@horizonti.com, grog@lemis.com, adrian@virginia.edu, julian@whistle.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, c@lemis.com X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands X-Pgp-Info: PGP public key at 'finger wilko@freefall.freebsd.org' X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote... > > The most common type is a [usually plexiglass] windshield on a motorcycle. > > Or otherwise known as a "half fairing." A full fairing typically While we are rambling 'bout fairings: check out http://www.tcja.nl/mensen/wilko/wilko_honda_eng.html for a sample of a half fairing. > protects also the legs and feet from wind blast and also, as David > noted, reduces the overall drag of the motorcycle (your knees are not > otherwise very aerodynamic sticking out there in the slipstream :-). > > You most typically see full fairings on Japanese racing motorcycles. > > Jordan Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' --------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net,Open]BSD Unix --