Castor instabilities are a serious problem in several areas, particularly in motorcycle design. A clear understanding of the mechanisms of instability is necessary before the problem can be overcome. This paper describes a technique for assessing whether or not a particular mechanism can give rise to instabilities, and it is used to identify three new possible sources of wheel shimmy.
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Raines et al. (1987) studied this question.
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