#ICYMI - Motorcycle Racing: Physics on 2-Wheels

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🗓️ 1 June 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… We kick it into top gear as hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore the physics of motorcycle racing, riding, and assembly alongside adventure journalist Jim Clash and physics professor and motorcycle aficionado Charles Falco. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/motorcycle-racing-physics-on-2-wheels/ Photo Credit: SCrider (Flickr) via Wikimedia Commons.

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0:00.0	I'm Gary A'Reilly.
0:10.9	I'm Chuck Nice.
0:11.9	And this is playing with science.
0:14.7	And this time we take to the track on two wheels.
0:17.2	And as always, our need for speed will be equally matched.
0:21.6	By our need to know.
0:23.6	Yeah, yeah.
0:24.6	And our need to know is still our need for speed.
0:27.2	And did you ever wonder how and why a motorcycle racer goes through a bend almost Tarasano?
0:32.6	Well, the man with the answers is University of Arizona's professor of optical sciences
0:36.8	and physics as a well-known passionate motorcycle collector and writer himself.
0:41.7	We're talking about Professor Charles Falco.
0:44.3	He'll be joining us.
0:45.3	Very interesting, man, indeed.
0:47.3	And back for another spin around the playing with science track and joining us first in the studio.
0:52.2	He's our very good friend and do a daring deed.
0:55.0	Yes, the adventure journalist Jim Clash, Jim.
0:58.3	Welcome back.
0:59.3	Jesus, thanks, guys.
1:00.3	I feel like I'm becoming a regular here.
1:02.7	Yeah, man.
1:03.7	We love having you here.
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