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How come bike color affect its top speed ?
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04-17-2008, 7:58 AM
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 Join Date: Jan 02 2008 Location: egypt Bike(s): Honda blakbird 1998 dynojet kit stage 2, Black one Age: 32 Posts: 42
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I heard strange thing here : Black color is the FASTER !!!!!!! i thought it was a joke but seems its true , i am not into physics issues much ..... but ..can anybody please tell me how can a color lower the top speed of a machine ??????   | ||
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04-17-2008, 8:03 AM
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BW, this is NOT true. It is just a joke by people who own bikes with boring colours like black, silver, red and blue. Colour has absolutely nothing to do with top speed or power in the real world.
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04-17-2008, 8:05 AM
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| Join Date: Jan 02 2008 Location: egypt Bike(s): Honda blakbird 1998 dynojet kit stage 2, Black one Age: 32 Posts: 42
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say boring ?Whats your bike color ? | |
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04-17-2008, 8:07 AM
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Iron Nail Grey (two tone)
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04-17-2008, 8:10 AM
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| Join Date: Jan 02 2008 Location: egypt Bike(s): Honda blakbird 1998 dynojet kit stage 2, Black one Age: 32 Posts: 42
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04-17-2008, 8:18 AM
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 Join Date: Feb 26 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio Bike(s): 2001 CBR1100XX (The Red Year) Age: 24 Posts: 401
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Boring?!?! LOL what's more boring than grey? isn't that the sponsored color for boredom? My red is HOT aside from that, you're right
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04-17-2008, 8:23 AM
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| Join Date: Oct 18 2006 Location: St Louis Mo. Bike(s): CBR11xx03 Age: 53 Posts: 123
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Iron nail Grey! Yeah, right! Now there's ya an exciting color! Woooo Boy!  Hey Nutter, have you considered putting some of those colored tassle thingys on you bar ends? Might match that color quite nicely. | |
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04-17-2008, 8:49 AM
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 Join Date: May 24 2007 Location: Charleston, sc Bike(s): 2002 Blackbird stock Age: 37 Posts: 234
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All the blackbirds start black, hence the name blackbird. The faster they go the color starts to change. The black turns to blue, then red, to nail gray(WTF!), then, if lucky enough, you get to the finial color of Silver which means you have the fastest bike. 
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04-17-2008, 8:53 AM
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 Join Date: Mar 27 2007 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Bike(s): 2002 CBR 1100XX dual CF devil pipes. 1982 XL500R Age: 26 Posts: 176
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04-17-2008, 9:08 AM
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| Join Date: Jan 02 2008 Location: egypt Bike(s): Honda blakbird 1998 dynojet kit stage 2, Black one Age: 32 Posts: 42
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04-17-2008, 9:10 AM
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 Join Date: Dec 25 2007 Location: Croatia Bike(s): Honda XX/05 Posts: 39
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I stil thing that Black is fastest  ,whay would bike than be named Super Black Bird ha ha! |
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04-17-2008, 9:14 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 03 2008 Location: Hudson Valley New York Bike(s): '02 CBR1100XX '93 CBR1000F Posts: 126
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Maybe it has something to do with the Aircraft it was named after?  Must I remind you SR71 Blackbird | |
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04-17-2008, 9:14 AM
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| Join Date: Feb 23 2008 Location: Michigan Bike(s): 03 BB Posts: 33
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The pigment in the color black absorbs the energy from the sun helping to propel it even farther ahead of the pact. If you're gonna run another color BB be sure to run them during the day if you wanna rule the other colors  |
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04-17-2008, 9:15 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 03 2008 Location: Hudson Valley New York Bike(s): '02 CBR1100XX '93 CBR1000F Posts: 126
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04-17-2008, 9:22 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 07 2008 Location: Malta Bike(s): black 2000 honda blackbird Posts: 84
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mine is black but this is bull.... they all run the same
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04-17-2008, 9:41 AM
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 Join Date: Feb 23 2007 Location: Boston Bike(s): 01 XX Age: 45 Posts: 177
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Actually the faster the bike goes, the more heat is generated, and the redder the bike gets. The red birds are the fastest because they don't need to wait for the heat. They are red hot right out of the gate.
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04-17-2008, 9:48 AM
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| Join Date: Jan 02 2008 Location: egypt Bike(s): Honda blakbird 1998 dynojet kit stage 2, Black one Age: 32 Posts: 42
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I think this thread is going crazy |
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04-17-2008, 9:51 AM
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| Join Date: Feb 26 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio Bike(s): 2001 CBR1100XX (The Red Year) Age: 24 Posts: 401
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Actually all blackbirds are the same color, but as their speeds increase, their percieved color changes... very slow bikes have a violet color, because the light coming off the bike relative to the speed of the bikes is very fast... as the bike speeds up, the frequency of the light has to change, because it cannot increase in speed (sort of a light doppler effect) as they increase in speed, they go from ultraviolet(black) to violet, to indigo, to blue, to green, to yellow, to orange, to red, to infrared, you don't see infrared bikes, because your eyes can't adjust to recieve it...
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04-17-2008, 10:03 AM
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04-17-2008, 10:11 AM
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| Join Date: May 24 2007 Location: Charleston, sc Bike(s): 2002 Blackbird stock Age: 37 Posts: 234
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YEAH, but if I ever see a pink bird, I'm calling Chuck Norris!
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04-17-2008, 10:12 AM
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| Join Date: Feb 26 2008 Location: Northeast Ohio Bike(s): 2001 CBR1100XX (The Red Year) Age: 24 Posts: 401
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basically my answer is that the speed affects the color, not the other way around...
__________________ Šuane "98% of all Harleys ever sold are still on the road. The other 2% made it all the way home." |
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04-17-2008, 10:36 AM
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| Join Date: Dec 01 2006 Location: VA Bike(s): '99 Blackbird (BLACK) Age: 33 Posts: 95
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In reality .... all the bikes start off black (for economic reasons) ... for marketing reasons the additional colors are added (got to attract the female buyers too  ) on top of the black base coat. the reason the black bikes are fastest is because they don't have all that extra weight! blue = +5lbs red = +7lbs nail grey = +10lbs (actual iron content) silver = +8.5lbs Hope this helps.... P.S., my bike is black 
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04-17-2008, 10:52 AM
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....i believe next month's fastest color would be...blue...!...looool...
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