They've been using levers with cutouts in for ages now in Moto GP, 'cos telemetry showed that wind resistence at very high speeds does in fact exert pressure on the lever.
Actually air passing through the hole at high speed will in fact create a venturi effect to the point that the levers will actually accelerate pulling the bike along to even greater speed right up to the point where they snap off and fly into the distance, possibly even winning the race.
Bugsy: Actually air passing through the hole at high speed will in fact create a venturi effect to the point that the levers will actually accelerate pulling the bike along to even greater speed right up to the point where they snap off and fly into the distance, possibly even winning the race.
WALOBS the cut outs are so when the bike is dropped the lever breaks at the weak point rather than bending or completely snapping thus giving the rider a chance of remounting and carrying on the race (yes I know some races now disallow remounting after an off)
Triplejak: WALOBS the cut outs are so when the bike is dropped the lever breaks at the weak point rather than bending or completely snapping thus giving the rider a chance of remounting and carrying on the race (yes I know some races now disallow remounting after an off)
No they're not (a simple groove achieves that). The cutouts first appeared in GP for the aforementioned reason - data showed that at high speeds wind resistance does act on the lever applying small amounts of brake, and at that level of racing every minute fraction of a second counts.
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