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bikewarrior · 04-17-2008, 7:58 AM

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 ??????

Nutter67 · 04-17-2008, 8:03 AM

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.

bikewarrior · 04-17-2008, 8:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutter67

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

world.

Hey man mine is black

say boring ?
Whats your bike color ?

Nutter67 · 04-17-2008, 8:07 AM

Iron Nail Grey (two tone)

bikewarrior · 04-17-2008, 8:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutter67

Iron Nail Grey (two tone)

Got pic ? show me please

magley64 · 04-17-2008, 8:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutter67

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

xxxron · 04-17-2008, 8:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Nutter67

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.

Sweetruss · 04-17-2008, 8:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bikewarrior

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.

1100xxben · 04-17-2008, 8:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetruss

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.

bikewarrior · 04-17-2008, 9:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetruss

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.

Max2007 · 04-17-2008, 9:10 AM

I stil thing that Black is fastest

,whay would bike than be named Super Black Bird ha ha!

SilverXXRider · 04-17-2008, 9:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Max2007

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

Mighty · 04-17-2008, 9:14 AM

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

SilverXXRider · 04-17-2008, 9:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetruss

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.

lifeisnow · 04-17-2008, 9:22 AM

mine is black but this is bull.... they all run the same

mikedevine · 04-17-2008, 9:41 AM

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.

bikewarrior · 04-17-2008, 9:48 AM

I think this thread is going crazy

magley64 · 04-17-2008, 9:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mikedevine

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...

Max2007 · 04-17-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by SilverXXRider

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!

Sweetruss · 04-17-2008, 10:11 AM

YEAH, but if I ever see a pink bird, I'm calling Chuck Norris!

magley64 · 04-17-2008, 10:12 AM

basically my answer is that the speed affects the color, not the other way around...

11dblex · 04-17-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetruss

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.

the above theory isn't exactly right ... although based on the truth that all bikes start off black, creative liberty is taken when he (I refure to call another guy "Sweetruss") starts talking about the bike changing color "the faster they go"
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

bullet · 04-17-2008, 10:52 AM

....i believe next month's fastest color would be...blue...!...looool...

DragonXX · 04-17-2008, 5:37 PM

" ... .... all the bikes start off black (for economic reasons) ... ..." - 11dblex

Yes they all do ........................................... It's called undercoat !

AntXXG · 04-17-2008, 5:55 PM

My Bike is Blue ... probably named after Donald Campbell's Bluebird CN7 ... not an Aircraft but a proper land speed vehicle!!! The Blackbird SR71 once visited the Farnborough Airshow here in the UK...it's brakes are rubbish it overshot and ended up in Holland !!

Nutter67 · 04-17-2008, 9:48 PM

As I was trying to imply, boring answers from people who own boring colored bikes.

Fonzies bike is not boring. It must be the fastest bird around.

And there are pics of my iron nail grey bird in my gallery. There are even some photos of where I tried to grind the boring black bits off my stator cover (courtesy of turn two at Phillip Island MotoGP track)

red-oh-one · 04-17-2008, 9:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mighty

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

Only partially true. If the sun is from the back it will hold you back, as black absorbs the suns rays. However, scientists all agree that red is the shortest wavelength of light, and therefore red bikes are less affected by the detrimental effects of the sun. And there is consensus among scientists that red is the fastest color. It's a proven fact!
(Like consensus about global warming.)

SilverBrd · 04-17-2008, 10:05 PM

Silver Birds are the F A S T E S T ones out there boys. It's all one complicated mathmatical formula that makes this true and unfortunatley none of you would understand the complexity of it.
So................in other words..............

SILVERS ARE THE FASTEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ArmyStrong · 04-17-2008, 10:26 PM

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Colour has absolutely nothing to do with top speed or power in the real world.
__________________
Paul

Denial.

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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.

__________________
R. Matthews

Very scientific...flawed.

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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

Good hypothesis...still flawed

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mine is black but this is bull.... they all run the same

unimaginative.

X1rider · 04-17-2008, 10:46 PM

Tritanium Silver

04-17-2008, 8:03 AM	#2
Nutter67 Moderator Join Date: Aug 31 2007 Location: Seaford, Victoria, Australia Age: 42 Posts: 4,539	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. __________________ *Paul* *Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to three seconds earlier*

04-17-2008, 8:07 AM	#4
Nutter67 Moderator Join Date: Aug 31 2007 Location: Seaford, Victoria, Australia Age: 42 Posts: 4,539	Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ? Iron Nail Grey (two tone) __________________ *Paul* *Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to three seconds earlier*

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Mighty Join Date: Feb 23 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 33	Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ? 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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Nutter67 Moderator Join Date: Aug 31 2007 Location: Seaford, Victoria, Australia Age: 42 Posts: 4,539	Re: How come bike color affect its top speed ? As I was trying to imply, boring answers from people who own boring colored bikes. Fonzies bike is not boring. It must be the fastest bird around. And there are pics of my iron nail grey bird in my gallery. There are even some photos of where I tried to grind the boring black bits off my stator cover (courtesy of turn two at Phillip Island MotoGP track) __________________ *Paul* *Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to three seconds earlier*

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