Winglets

[Blade]

Ducati love them and Yamaha toyed with them last season and it now seems Honda have joined the party.

How long before we see these on road bikes

[Kwacky]

I imagine a few carbon companies are already designing some for road bikes.

[Perkles]

H2 has them

[Blade]

I imagine a few carbon companies are already designing some for road bikes.

Exactly what I was thinking

[Kwacky]

You can buy them for cars so I suspect it won't be long for the bikes.

[StMarks]

I've seen that before.
They've nicked that idea........



That looks exactly like the Duct tape I have on my track fairings, to try to stop the crack growing.





/goes off to write a PM to Kwacky about finding a good copy write lawyer..

[duke63]

Unless you are doing around 200mph I can't see they have much worth to your average rider.

Looking at today's Losail times I can't see the Honda needs them anyway.

[nsr500]

Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

[Blade]

Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

You should be in marketing All joking aside that's probably the appeal to some muppets.

[StMarks]

Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

You should be in marketing All joking aside that's probably the appeal to some muppets.

Very true.: I have a brake guard on my (mainly) trackbike, and due to my occasionally "overly enthusiastic" riding it serves a purpose.
But I see loads of road bikes with them these days, and even with matching ones on the clutch lever (still can't work that one out.?? )

[Jack]

Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

You should be in marketing All joking aside that's probably the appeal to some muppets.

Very true.: I have a brake guard on my (mainly) trackbike, and due to my occasionally "overly enthusiastic" riding it serves a purpose.
But I see loads of road bikes with them these days, and even with matching ones on the clutch lever (still can't work that one out.?? )

they stop you from bashing your knuckles on wing mirrors

[Jack]

re : wings/winglets I cant see how the would be helpful except as Duke says you are doing 200mph also I cant see them working when the bike is leaned over as surely downforce at that angle would only push the front wide unless the wing changed angle

[Kwacky]

What sort of twot would have a brake lever guard on a road bike?

[Frankie]

ha ha ^

To be fair they all look like the bits sticking out on most road bikes already, what are they now, oh yeah indicators...

[rocket]

They must work and anyhing above 80/90 I bet there creating down force. There are far more dangerous things being put on bikes. Last year I saw a hayabusa every bolt was replaced with a sharp point as big as a finger nail this also included the bar ends which were massive sharp points. He had carried this theme all over the bike. I would not like to get hit by that bike it looked cack and dangerous

[StMarks]

it looked cack

That's because it was a Hayabusa
The "stoopid spikes" couldn't really make it look worse, just different.!

[Monty]

Talking of which, what's happened to Binno?

[Kwacky]

Sold his chrome machine to pay for nappies.

[D41]

I like Hayabusas!!......For what they were designed, which was fast speeds over long distances....but yes, the "pimped out" ones make me want to hurl.