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Old 04-20-2008, 10:10 PM   #81
 
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Nutter be careful Lou might just send you some couffin nails painted Iron nail grey. As for me, all my clouds have a sivler lining.

Just a note: I do like red though. My girlfriend just came home and informed me she bought a red Ninja 500 to be delivered on Monday. She said she was going shoping for clothes.
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

Well truth be told the fastest is the black and here is why. The dark color absorbs all light and we all know what the speed of light is so since black absorbs all color it absorbs the most energy making it more possible to obtain light speed than any other "color" since black isnt technically a color. Meanwhile colors that "reflect light actually give up energy to re direct the path of light thus slowing them down making it impossible to ever achieve the speed of light!
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humm alot of BS around here





Lets start some more

Black with a wing is the fastest and a cops radar No more speeding tickets for me
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I tried the wing argument, it held for a while. But then certain people without the honda wing felt otherwise.

I can't believe that crap that we have come up with in this thread.
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Old 04-21-2008, 12:46 AM   #85
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I'm going to chime in here rather late.

I worked in a university physics lab and I passed a bulletin board one day, had a speel about why red cars/bikes are faster.

Apparently, some geek lab nerd put's in down to the fact that it's the size of the molecules in the paint, this affects the friction co-effiecent and therefore speed.

He concluded that RED is the fastest colour because of course, it had the smallest molecules.

Me - I think it's a load of BS.

It's like the size of the stick analogy, It's not how big or fast it is, it's how you use it!! (flame on!!)
There you have it. If you can't trust the word of a geek lab nerd...

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see, I told y'all to be careful around lou. Even if he is correct.
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Old 04-21-2008, 3:12 AM   #86
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

If black absorbs light, then does that mean BLACK SUCKS ????
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I THINK IT WAS A SIN STARTING THIS THREAD .... I WON'T DO THIS AGAIN .... AM CLOSING IT NOW
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If black absorbs light, then does that mean BLACK SUCKS ????
lol ... it doesn't suck ... it's osmosis!!!

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I THINK IT WAS A SIN STARTING THIS THREAD .... I WON'T DO THIS AGAIN .... AM CLOSING IT NOW
you can't close it ... this is one of the most entertaining threads on here ... I like all the creativness (even if everyone else who disagrees with Black being the fastest IS WRONG!!!)

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Well truth be told the fastest is the black and here is why. The dark color absorbs all light and we all know what the speed of light is so since black absorbs all color it absorbs the most energy making it more possible to obtain light speed than any other "color" since black isnt technically a color. Meanwhile colors that "reflect light actually give up energy to re direct the path of light thus slowing them down making it impossible to ever achieve the speed of light!
CBRBear - This is exactly what I was trying to tell all the non-believers!!!
just face it, the color (colour) you have on your bike acts like an air brake - and the more colors you have the more braking force is applied (sorry Billy) - but it does look very fast sitting still!!!

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But lest we hijack the thread...I've got more bad new for black. I hear from a credible source that black isn't even a color!!!(and no, it's not a colour either)
that is why the above comment holds true - no color, nothing to slow you down!!!

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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)
what else can I do but agree with this point!!!
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Old 04-21-2008, 8:08 AM   #89
 
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I guess that the BLACK BB owners never have any issues when "colour" matching the repairs their bikes.

Mate!! Just paint it black
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All said and done, the Red one might not be the fastest, but it sure gets the ladies attention downtown Montreal!!
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Old 04-21-2008, 9:28 AM   #91
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I've never heard anyone quote the speed of dark, just the speed of light and black is not light. Normally out in space there is lots of black, that's where nothing is happening and where no one really wants to be. Where the light is, that's where the parties are.

Black is not a colour, so it really shouldn't be mentioned in this thread anyway because it's about colour (or color) affecting speed.

Anyway, if black (or red) (or silver) (or titanium) (or iron nail grey) (or any other colour) is faster than my blue bird then it would be just too powerful for me.
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

So ya lazy bastards....the thread ends.... and this is the best you guys can do on a color war ? ? ? ?
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Old 04-21-2008, 5:42 PM   #93
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So ya lazy bastards....the thread ends.... and this is the best you guys can do on a color war ? ? ? ?
Stop inciting hatred .................................................. You, extremist militant biker !
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Old 04-21-2008, 7:00 PM   #94
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

Lou, what were you expecting? Maybe you need to rephrase the question, it might just be that we didn't understand what you were asking.

We're just trying to help you figure this thing out.

Perhaps it's a psychology issue, maybe some of us do need to park our bikes outside a shrink's office to resolve our inferiority complexes. After all we would not need to argue trivial points if we were fully confident in our personal abilties. Maybe the stronger we argue the more insecure we are?

Some people are so convincing in their arguments that they can convince themselves of anything. Have you ever read "I'm OK, You're OK"? It does touch on why some people think that they are right and no one else is!

Can we please have a bit more fun with this? It is obviously a popular topic.
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

Well us with the colour that shall not be mentioned here (2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey) are more than secure enough that our colour scheme is not only the fastest, but the bestest too. So there. We dont need to jump up and down, shouting from the roof tops about how fast our colour is, because it is just an unstated fact. So there.

If I wanted to lower myself to the argumentative level of the black, red, blue and silver mob, I would say "2007 Iron nail Grey is the fastest, nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah", and then finish it of with "I'm the king of the castle....."

So there.
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Well us with the colour that shall not be mentioned here (2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey, 2007 Iron nail Grey) are more than secure enough that our colour scheme is not only the fastest, but the bestest too. So there. We dont need to jump up and down, shouting from the roof tops about how fast our colour is, because it is just an unstated fact. So there.

If I wanted to lower myself to the argumentative level of the black, red, blue and silver mob, I would say "2007 Iron nail Grey is the fastest, nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah", and then finish it of with "I'm the king of the castle....."

So there.
I told you all ! .................................................. ...... This thread is getting way out line and people like Nutter are doing themselves serious emotional damage
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(and it might be the fastest)
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Bow down to the SILVER boys!!!

I can't believe this thread is still going!!
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

How about ... those who have had enough of this topic ... don't read it.

Better yet ... Start a better thread!
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Better yet ... Start a better thread!
Okay, hows this:

Mobil Oil sucks and so do the people who use it .
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