Saw this Harley on the back of a 5er yesterday

ZOSO wrote:


So, now because you can't grasp reality, you're calling fj12ryder a liar?!

I'll give this one more shot.

In actuality, variables in loading etc, etc. will change that 40 pound reduction like changing socks. On that particular day, that's what was indicated by the scales. Get yourself a stick. Put your finger one inch to the left of center. Push the high side of the stick till it goes down. Now move your finger three inches to the left of center. Push the high side till it goes down. See how you had to push harder the second time? See how weight loading and fulcrum shift can change things? Is the light bulb going on yet?? Are you still in the dark??

Quite honestly, I don't think you are going to be able to pick this up. fj12ryder is right.....Ugggghhhh academia!! Everything in "real life" is not black and white like the textbooks would have you believe. I can't discuss this anymore. I think I'm gonna go have a drink and join fj12ryder! I'm done!!! Over and out!!

Most likely he isn't a liar. More likely he made a math mistake.

The idea that he changed the loading was my first thought but he claimed nothing else was changed, so your loading theory doesn't work.