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Trail decreases as head angle increases (becomes steeper), as fork offset increases, or as wheel diameter decreases. Motorcyclists tend to speak of trail in relation to rake angle. The larger the rake angle, the larger the trail. Note that, on a bicycle, as rake angle increases, head angle decreases. Trail can vary as the bike leans or steers.
The roll displacement term is the most important one and is mainly controlled by trail, steering rake and the offset of the front frame mass center from the steering axis. All the terms involve complex combinations of bicycle design parameters and sometimes the speed.
Caster angle and trail both influence the steering, albeit in different ways: caster tends to add damping, while trail adds "feel" and returnability. The caster wheel on shopping carts are an extreme case – the system is undamped but stable, as the wheel oscillates around the "correct" path. The construction has relatively high trail, but no ...
A motorcycle fork is the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel and allows one to steer. For handling, the front fork is the most critical part of a motorcycle. The combination of rake and trail determines how stable the motorcycle is. The 'fork' on a motorcycle consists of multiple components.
Rake, trail: 26° Wheelbase: 61.4 in (1,560 mm) ... Fuel capacity: 6.1 US gal (23 L) The KTM 1190 Adventure is a 1195 cc V-twin adventure touring motorcycle from the ...
Rake, trail: 65.9° Wheelbase: 57.5 in (1,460 mm) ... The BMW R1100RS is a sport-touring motorcycle that was manufactured by BMW Motorrad between 1993 and 2001, [3] ...
A motorcycle fork connects a motorcycle's front wheel and axle to its frame, typically via a yoke, also known as a triple clamp, which consists of an upper yoke joined to a lower yoke via a steering stem, a shaft that runs through the steering head, creating the steering axis.
2. As it's a motorcycle, the caption on the BMW would better be stated "Telescopic forks on a BMW motorcycle reveal the steering axis or rake angle". Done. 3. "A 0° rake would be vertical." could be improved to "A 0° rake would be vertical. Note that as rake angle increases, head angle decreases. Head angle = 90° - Rake angle." Not done ...