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Old 04-17-2008, 7:58 AM   #1
 
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How come bike color affect its top speed ?

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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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

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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BW, this is NOT true. It is just a joke by people who own bikes with boring colours like black, silver, red and blue.

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Hey man mine is black say boring ?
Whats your bike color ?
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Iron Nail Grey (two tone)
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Iron Nail Grey (two tone)
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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.

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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Iron Nail Grey (two tone)


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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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 ??????
Good Question warrior, allow me to explain:

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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Good Question warrior, allow me to explain:

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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Good Question warrior, allow me to explain:

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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I stil thing that Black is fastest,whay would bike than be named Super Black Bird ha ha!
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I stil thing that Black is fastest,whay would bike than be named Super Black Bird ha ha!

Maybe it has something to do with the Aircraft it was named after? Must I remind you SR71 Blackbird
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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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Good Question warrior, allow me to explain:

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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mine is black but this is bull.... they all run the same
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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

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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Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ?

I think this thread is going crazy
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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.

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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Maybe it has something to do with the Aircraft it was named after? Must I remind you SR71 Blackbird
I m just joking thay all Birds are beautiful and color is personal choose!
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YEAH, but if I ever see a pink bird, I'm calling Chuck Norris!
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