Friday, October 24, 2025

Testing "Camber Thrust" With Camber

 I've seen articles and videos explaining the theory of "Camber Thrust", but never heard of anyone proving the effects of camber on a bike in a similar way that Bill Milliken did with his MX1 "Camber Car". Often wondered how to do that, but couldn't find an easy way to do that until the 2WS Demo Bike was under construction. How hard could it be to replace the 2WS forks with 30 degree cambered forks, but with only one wheel steering? 

But first, how do the cambered tire contact patches go in precisely the same place relative to the steering axis with identical ride height? The constant radius of the Maxxis Hooworm tire was very helpful with getting the jig to work.





...to be continued with a very strange looking bike (Already finished and ridden) and some video and more pictures very soon. 

Yes, this is my idea of fun - has to be - no other reason to do it...