On Wed Apr-03-2013 13:08, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW>> Backward trikes maybe. Certainly not HD trikes anymore.   
      
    RN> Right.  I still couldn't afford one.  (-:   
      
    RW> I can't see the motorcycle rider's need for such a vehicle, unless   
    RW> one doesn't have any sense of balance.   
      
   That would be me.   
      
    RN> I think one of the factors is the Mark VIII lowers itelf slightly at   
    RN> high speeds to reduce drag (the body is a sleek design) and the   
    RN> transmission is in overdrive, reducing the strain on the V-8.   
      
    RW> Since that isn't a torque motor, I don't get the impression that it   
    RW> would be anything but a strain on it.    
      
   Mot sure what you mean by that, but it isn't important.   
      
    RW> My mother used to drive a straight 8 Pontiac with 3spd on the    
    RW> column. She'd take off from a stop sign and shift into 3rd gear    
    RW> before she got across the intersection. When I drove it, I wasn't    
    RW> in 3rd gear until way past the intersection. She was lugging that    
    RW> motor and I was letting it do its intended job. She told my dad    
    RW> about it and he said that I was right...I was only 15yo at that    
    RW> time.    
      
   I could have done what she did without the clutch.  7:->]   
      
    RN>>  The MPG will increase slightly if I'm going north to south, but   
    RN>> everyone laughs at me when I tell them that. (-:   
      
    RW>> Dunno why.  8^)   
      
    RN> Because anyone going north to south is going downhill.  (-:0   
      
    RW> Not exactly. If your north starting place was on a plateau and you   
    RW> were going south, that might be down hill.    
      
   There are no plateaus in Louisiana.  (-:  West Texas, maybe.  Through no fault   
   of mine, I haven't been that far west.  Had I been single at the time, I would   
   have gone to the California coast just to experience the lack of humidity.   
      
    RW> But just heading south from north isn't going down hill.   
      
   Yes, it is.  Think about the differences in sea level.   
      
    RN> An example is when we visit relatives every other week in north   
    RN> Louisiana. The time to get there, since we're traveling south to   
    RN> north, is greater than the return home time.  Try it yourself.  I'll   
    RN> bet you notice the difference.   
      
    RW> I've driven from here to Illinois and back. There is no   
    RW> difference...    
      
   Did you average the same speed going and coming and not notice the difference?   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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