Frame Plugs

[Betty]

Now I'm confused!  What you are all trying to say is that my red and black bike is the fastest possible combination and is only being held back by the frame plugs that bobspapa wants me to take off so he can give them to his lady friend?

This seems to be a reasonable conclusion to draw ... but I may as well throw in my observations based on our Ducatis.

My black one is faster than my red one, my wife's titanium one is faster than my black one but not as fast as her yellow one.

So I think Rule62 is right (even though I didn't understand what was being said) ... yellow appears to be the fastest colour.

[He Man]

Frame plugs stop Wind induced vibrations of the frame around the plug holes. You see, as a kid you may have tried blowing air over the top of a bottle and witnessed a sound. This sound vibrates the bottle. Now imagine this at speeds over 225mph! The vibration can be so powerful that you can have micro stress fractures at the frame. This can cause stress at the engine mounts.

Back in the old WSBK days when they didn't know about this phenomenon, there was a crazy crash where a motor dropped out of the frame on the straight away (those high speeds!) and caused a pile up of bikes. Everyone lived except for a unicorn that just so happened to be on track when the engine dropped out.

[StephenC]

Everyone lived except for a unicorn that just so happened to be on track when the engine dropped out.

Which is a pity as it was the last one left... that could ride a superbike

[rule62]

So I think Rule62 is right (even though I didn't understand what was being said) ... yellow appears to be the fastest colour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us

Kind of an obscure throw-back phrase, used only for nonsense. 

[StephenC]

Dilemma solved. After fiddling with them I must have not tightened one enough. It's now MIA, so off comes the other one to match. That'll be a good 60g weight saved!