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I read an interesting review of the Majesty that pointed out of of it's real drawbacks - the "parachute effect":
The front of the body (the black plastic part) is quite large, and concave facing forwards. It is styled to look like it is all louvers but actually it is solid except for the very bottom where a small portion is louvered to let in air for the radiator. This makes the Majesty look like a sportbike.
But sportbikes need that large frontal opening as they have much larger radiators, air cooled oil coolers (the Majesty's oil cooler is cooled by radiator fluid) and to cool the forward facing exhaust headers - and the air passes through outlets on the sides of the body of the bikes - it has an outlet.
The air trapped by the front of the Majesty has no where to go - it's like a large parachute slowing down the bike. I think this is one of the major
reasons fuel consumption jumps at higher speeds - the front of the Majesty, being solid and concave is actually less aerodynamic than a sheet of plywood.
There are what look like air outlets above the handlebars but again these are phony.
I would venture to guess that if an outlet could be found for the majority of the air trapped by the front of the Majesty's body front fuel mileage at speed would go up significantly, as would top speed. Any ideas???
The front of the body (the black plastic part) is quite large, and concave facing forwards. It is styled to look like it is all louvers but actually it is solid except for the very bottom where a small portion is louvered to let in air for the radiator. This makes the Majesty look like a sportbike.
But sportbikes need that large frontal opening as they have much larger radiators, air cooled oil coolers (the Majesty's oil cooler is cooled by radiator fluid) and to cool the forward facing exhaust headers - and the air passes through outlets on the sides of the body of the bikes - it has an outlet.
The air trapped by the front of the Majesty has no where to go - it's like a large parachute slowing down the bike. I think this is one of the major
reasons fuel consumption jumps at higher speeds - the front of the Majesty, being solid and concave is actually less aerodynamic than a sheet of plywood.
There are what look like air outlets above the handlebars but again these are phony.
I would venture to guess that if an outlet could be found for the majority of the air trapped by the front of the Majesty's body front fuel mileage at speed would go up significantly, as would top speed. Any ideas???