"Near the surface of the Earth, an object in free fall in a vacuum will accelerate at approximately 9.8 m/sē, independent of its mass. With air resistance acting upon an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, around 56 m/s (200 km/h or 120 mph) for a human body. Terminal velocity depends on many factors including mass, drag coefficient, and relative surface area and will only be achieved if the fall is from sufficient altitude. A typical skydiver in a spread-eagle position will reach terminal velocity after about 12 seconds, during which time they will have fallen around 450 m (approx 1,500 ft).[1]"
a motorcycle should be able to achieve a slightly higher speed but not much unless launched high on the sky were there are much air mass
So a heavier object with a similar surface area would hit a higher terminal velocity than a human body...
I'm willing to bet the extra 200-300lbs of metal on your 650 with the similar surface area to a spread eagled human means it'd get going a lot faster.
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Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
"Near the surface of the Earth, an object in free fall in a vacuum will accelerate at approximately 9.8 m/sē, independent of its mass. With air resistance acting upon an object that has been dropped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, around 56 m/s (200 km/h or 120 mph) for a human body. Terminal velocity depends on many factors including mass, drag coefficient, and relative surface area and will only be achieved if the fall is from sufficient altitude. A typical skydiver in a spread-eagle position will reach terminal velocity after about 12 seconds, during which time they will have fallen around 450 m (approx 1,500 ft).[1]"
a motorcycle should be able to achieve a slightly higher speed but not much unless launched high on the sky were there are much air mass
-Will
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Didn't that guy that jumped from space break the sound barrier?
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That was because he was so high up the air was significantly thinner. Less density means less molecules put square foot to resist your motion. That's why he tumbled at first because there was not enough pushing back on him for him to stabilize.
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That was because he was so high up the air was significantly thinner. Less density means less molecules put square foot to resist your motion. That's why he tumbled at first because there was not enough pushing back on him for him to stabilize.
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So theoretically, the 650 could break the 130mph wall if dropped from that same height. And that's still relatively close to earth in the grand scheme of things because earth is just one tiny blue pixel....but is it fast enough to out run an EMP????
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So theoretically, the 650 could break the 130mph wall if dropped from that same height. And that's still relatively close to earth in the grand scheme of things because earth is just one tiny blue pixel....but is it fast enough to out run an EMP????
This is beginning to look like Pulp Fiction. All these different threads and subplots are starting to merge together.
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well I was considering moving to a ninja 1000 and I almost did , until I saw that the insurance cost per year was going to go from 860 dollars a year to 3100 dollars a year ...
The new 636 quote was 2700 dollars a year.
The 650 is deffinetely a great daily rider that manages to keep up with the SSs on the street, the 1000s however I can't keep up with
Edit: do you guys think that if get an exhaust and a juice box the 650 would break the 130 mph wall ?
So in other words you havent ridden the N1K
How do you know the N1K or 636 arent better bikes if you havent ridden them
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