[python] Re: video clips
- From: "25hz" <25hz@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:41:31 -0400
Clips were great. It's cool to see other people riding the pythons. From
the look in the one video, it looks like you use your shoulders to help
steer, the same way I do. I've been experimenting with using my shoulders,
hips, feet, the stubby handle bars, and combinations of them, to steer with.
Congrats on all the mileage. I don't even have 100km on mine yet and my
friend is about the same at less than 100km.
I made the front half of the next python and while I haven't finish welded
it, it took about an hour to cut up the metal for it and assemble it in my
friend's jig. Before long, we should have 4 pythons in our area. We're
going to make a molded wooden seat for them to practice with so the
wipe-outs don't tear up the mesh. I took my current python and did some
frame mods on it. I shortened it by about 12cm, raise the ground clearance
by about 4cm, shortened the bottom seat frame by 3cm and shortened the
wheelbase by about 8cm. At some point, the pivot angle changed to about 65
degrees as well, even though I THOUGHT I maintained the same frame angles,
but I guess I didn't. In any case, it turns much better and is more
responsive to steering corrections - which is a good thing. There is an
abandoned subdivision where all the houses are torn down, but the roads and
a bike path are still there. My friend and I were racing our pythons in
there to practice on them. Even though we're a little unstable, it is still
very easy to hit the high 30s and low 40s on them in the little area that
has figure 8 shaped roads. I'm adding a center stand right now, and will
add rubber turn stops(so the seat ends don't gouge the CF fender) and then
I'll try to come up with some tailbox mounting points so I can carry things
without having to resort to a rack and saddle bags while riding it back and
forth to work.
> Hello
>
> There is few videoclips of me, riding my python.
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