How come bike color affect its top speed ?

fasterspider · 05-18-2008, 11:41 AM

Wow, the color war is even more prevelent here than it was on that DOHC site I used to frequent and what is better yet is you all have more colors to fight about.
Hahahaha

I ride red and my bike just happens to be red too.

Boy oh boy, life is good when red is involved.

lois · 05-19-2008, 8:33 AM

Where's that ARMYSTRONG guy when you need him?????

Nutter67 · 05-19-2008, 8:46 AM

Trying to repair something else that is red. His knee and him bum

lois · 05-19-2008, 8:57 AM

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Trying to repair something else that is red. His knee and him bum

lois · 05-19-2008, 9:13 AM

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Originally Posted by fasterspider

Wow, the color war is even more prevelent here than it was on that DOHC site I used to frequent and what is better yet is you all have more colors to fight about.
Hahahaha

I ride red and my bike just happens to be red too.

Boy oh boy, life is good when red is involved.

Finally, a clear voice of reason.

To back up this fact of the whole "Red is the fastest color thing" I offer this. This morning I got on my XX to ride to work here at the rail yard. The last thing that I remember was putting it in gear....the next thing I know, here I sit at my desk working........yes, my bike is fast enought to distort time.
As a matter of fact, it is so fast that I must be careful when riding Westward as I have found that if I don't keep an eye on my speed, I actualy start to get younger due to the fact that I am reversing time itself. Weird eh?.....but then again, those of you with colors of which we do not speak will have no idea what I am talking about. Sorry , once again , about your luck.

ArmyStrong · 05-19-2008, 9:20 AM

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Originally Posted by lois

Where's that ARMYSTRONG guy when you need him?????

{fade in the music from Monday Nite Football (u.s.)}
Hey folks, sorry about that. Weirdest thing happened last nite when trying to post here. Got an error msg that said my reply wasn't long enough and I needed to type more characters or somethin.

It was about four sentences long after the quote. Tried about 7 times and decided to wait until today. At work for a hot second now, but I will return...

fasterspider · 05-19-2008, 10:35 AM

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Finally, a clear voice of reason.

To back up this fact of the whole "Red is the fastest color thing" I offer this. This morning I got on my XX to ride to work here at the rail yard. The last thing that I remember was putting it in gear....the next thing I know, here I sit at my desk working........yes, my bike is fast enought to distort time.
As a matter of fact, it is so fast that I must be careful when riding Westward as I have found that if I don't keep an eye on my speed, I actualy start to get younger due to the fact that I am reversing time itself. Weird eh?.....but then again, those of you with colors of which we do not speak will have no idea what I am talking about. Sorry , once again , about your luck.

So it is not just me that gets younger when riding a red bird, I thought I was going crazy yesterday when I felt like a 12 year old on the 101 freeway entrance ramp and having to slow down from 117mph to enter the main flow of traffic.

{part of the learning curve for this bike}
Today I feel like I am 45 again though and have a killer migraine, the time warp is only temporary and does not alleviate headaches.

lois · 05-19-2008, 10:46 AM

Here's a little reminder as to why this " BATTLE" has gone on for as long as it has. If there is any doubt, and I do mean any, especially for those who are joining this post at this later date, I would like to once again, present this factual document to help clear this whole mess up. Hopefully by doing this, we can finally put this whole sorted mess behind us, and move one with our lives. Pease keep in mind that what is written below is based on scientific fact and years of research have gone into the making this document.
I would also like to point out, that no animals were harmed in the making of this factual story.

Re-post of; Post #72 dated 04/20/08.....

Ok......that's enough from all of you. Lets settle this thing once and for all.
Lets talk color.

Ok, how about the term " blue streak"? Ok, here's the correct answer. That saying is actually a type-o. What they meant to say was " Blue Shriek ".
I believe what they were referring to , was ones reaction to the color blue....any blue ....hence the shrieking, as in , OH MY GOD ! ! ! But, because of a simple typing error, someone thought they meant fast.....sorry, no, they didn't.

Black, black is just an all round sad color. Do you wear black to a wedding....no. Is black a fun color, no. Is the word black even fun to say.....black....nope , sorry. What is black, well coal is black, crows are black, and the soles of my 1980's disco boots are black. Ok then, enough said about black....sorry I took so long.

Every cloud has a silver lining.
Sure it does.....hello..... Now, anyone who has not ridden on the short bus for any length of time , or is not completely retarded and heavily medicated, knows, that there is absolutely no silver of any kind in the clouds, and I do mean any.
So, from this simple exercise, the rest of us "sane" people can deduct that silver is nothing more than a color (or crutch if you will), that crazy people use to kid them selves. i.e.; my bike is silver, therefore it is the fastest color.
(side note - most people that have the "silver" color issue, usually wear sweaters that tie up in the back....if you know what I mean)

Ok, moving right along.

North American colors after 2003.

Please don't talk to me about colors after 2003, don't mention them, don't send me pictures of them. Don't tell anyone that you have an XX this color.
These are the colors which we will now refer to as ( new rule) " the colors of which we do not speak"....anyways, if we did speak of them....which we will not (please see before mentioned rule) they would probably fall into either the black or blue category anyhow. Sorry, but If you didn't want a color that sucks so bad, you should have bought your XX pre 2003 when men still rode them. Sure , we all know that hind site is 20/20 but you should have though ahead...and you didn't. So, Mr spendy pants, you had to buy a bike did you? Well, it looks to me like that was just a case of poor planning on your part, wasn't it. You did it, you live with.

However, If it bothers you that bad that your bike is "to new to be of any consequence", and you are stuck with a " post 2003 non-manly color" XX (by the way, these bikes are scientifically documented to produce 20hp less than the pre 2003 manly bikes) you will have to simply sell your new bike and immediately go out and buy an older model. Other than doing that....you are screwed, and my heart goes out to you all, sorry about your luck.

And finely, the color red.

Well, red is the fastest color. Why ? because I say it is.
I am I smarter than you, no. Am I brighter than you, no. So what is it that makes me 100% right. Well, I'll tell you.
What color is a fire engine? It is RED. Why is a fire engine RED you ask, why not black or blue or some other color of which we do not speak ?
It is RED because we want fires to be put out quickly. Think about it. Here's the scenario, your house is on fire, your loved ones are trapped inside and you have just called the fire department. Now, for those of you that actually love your families here is the question. Question - Do you want the fire engine to get there quickly , or do you want it to come slower? Ok, lets try this another way. Your garage is on fire and your XX is inside. You are standing watching the flames take hold and wishing that it was your house that was on fire instead.....either way, you call the fire dept, and get them coming while you stand helplessly and wait as the fire spreads in your garage.
Here's the answer....fast, yes fast....as fast as it can, even faster than that.

Now.

The fire dept people know this. They love you all very much and hate it when you are trapped in a burning structure, and your screams for help can be heard for miles and miles. So, they have done studies over the years to try and make their equipment as fast as humanly possible.

First they tried putting great big motors in their fire engines, and yes, they were faster, but not fast enough. Next, they put all of the big fat firemen on diets thinking that if the trucks were carrying less weight they would get to the fires quicker. Yes once again, they were slightly faster......however, due to budget cuts, there was not enough money in the coffer for a proper implemented and supervised diet, so they were simply starved until the desired weight was reached. Unfortunately, after being starved for so long, once arriving at the blaze, the firemen were actually to weak to fight it. This experiment was eventually abandon and other means of speeding things up was looked at.

Finally all avenues were exhausted, the fire people were short on idea's, and rapidly running out of hope. As they all sat outside their fire hall, weeping and hugging one another, a small boy rode up on his little tricycle and asked the firemen why they were all crying and looking so sad. After hearing the story, the boy thought for a moment and then simply said " paint them red, then they will really go fast" The firemen looked at each other and said to the little boy, how can color make anything faster. Well, the little boy said, watch this. With great skill and showmanship he pulled his little 3 wheeler out onto the street, and in the blink of an eye, smoked the front tire and accelerated down the street at a break neck speed. Never before had the firemen seen something move that fast in their lives. After the smoke cleared....and they put the fire out on the patch of pavement where the little red three wheeler had left from, they found some paint, some red paint and got to work on their fire engines.

Ever since that day it has always been understood that....red , of course, is the fastest color.

They say that some of the old firemen who were there that fateful day are still alive ,and sometimes they talk of that little boy ....the boy on the red bike. They say that as he left, if you looked through the smoke and flames that the little front tire was throwing off , it almost appeared as if his little suspenders had slipped out of place as he peddled. When asked what it was they saw,,,, they say it looked like a little Red Double X disappearing into the distance ,fast as fast could be.

I rest my case.

Lou

fasterspider · 05-19-2008, 11:30 AM

It is a documented fact that red catches the eye faster than any other color.
If you are wearing red, you are ten times more likely to get stung by a bee because red antagonizes bees.
Red also antagonizes humans and especially cops.
More red vehicles get speeding tickets than any other color, especially silver which gets the least. Why? because silver is the slowest color of them all.
I got that bit of ticket info from a cop and the "red antagonizing" info from the Discovery Channel. And last Sunday I got stung by a bee on my way home from Mulholland Hwy while riding my red CBX and wearing my red Honda jacket.
May the color war continue forever

ArmyStrong · 05-19-2008, 12:56 PM

And the Red Brigade continues to valiantly march on...

fasterspider · 05-19-2008, 1:00 PM

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And the Red Brigade continues to valiantly march on...

Can't blame us, we have a superior color on our bikes, gear & helmets

lois · 05-19-2008, 3:12 PM

And notice how the " others" have all become very quite....isn't victory a wonderful feeling........

fasterspider · 05-19-2008, 3:25 PM

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And notice how the " others" have all become very quiet....isn't victory a wonderful feeling........

"I love the smell of napalm in the mornin', it smells like victory."
So does red.

Nutter67 · 05-19-2008, 9:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lois

Finally, a clear voice of reason.

To back up this fact of the whole "Red is the fastest color thing" I offer this. This morning I got on my XX to ride to work here at the rail yard. The last thing that I remember was putting it in gear....the next thing I know, here I sit at my desk working........yes, my bike is fast enought to distort time.
As a matter of fact, it is so fast that I must be careful when riding Westward as I have found that if I don't keep an eye on my speed, I actualy start to get younger due to the fact that I am reversing time itself. Weird eh?.....but then again, those of you with colors of which we do not speak will have no idea what I am talking about. Sorry , once again , about your luck.

The only reason this happened is because red is actually that slow and boring that you fall asleep (or at least into some form of mind numbing altered consciousness), and you wake up to find yourself facing the (comparitively more exciting) mind numbing tedium of officework.

So, WAKE UP AND FACE THE FACTS, that despite your deluded thought processes and your futile arguments, red is just an incredibly super slow and mega boring colour, totally inferior to a 2007 Iron Nail Grey XX (and I am writing this slowly because I know you cannot read very fast either).

Kindest regards.

fasterspider · 05-20-2008, 12:01 AM

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Iron Nail Grey

What kind of a color is that?

Iron nail grey?

It is a totally made up for you color that does not exist in the real world.

ArmyStrong · 05-20-2008, 12:26 AM

Lookey, lookey what I've found. Could this be The Grail? Could this be the answer we all purport to have? Can it be that the sum is greater than it's parts? Will this change the course of...Blackbirdery? Will Sir's Dragon and Nutter seek to find that color in the scheme? (that which does not exist) Have I provided solace for the Birdman? Will the once mighty Silverbrd delusionally try to claim that since the hugger is in the front it must arrive faster? Will anyone claim that color on the lower part of the fairing? Will the black brigade try to erroneously claim the tires are what makes it move? Will FONZIE (sorry to pull you into this, big guy) falsely state that orange is the dominate color here? Is ArmyStrong extending an olive branch? Could this bring an end to the war?!? CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?!?

ArmyStrong · 05-20-2008, 12:27 AM

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fasterspider · 05-20-2008, 12:59 AM

Is that a multi colored XX there to appease the color gods?

Nutter67 · 05-20-2008, 3:33 AM

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Originally Posted by fasterspider

What kind of a color is that?

Iron nail grey?

It is a totally made up for you color that does not exist in the real world.

Thats okay, I forgive your ignorance of colour schemes post 2003