| So, in a nutshell the mass and rotation speed of the wheel will generate torque that acts perpendicular to the axle, which is why the bars get harder to turn because there is more torque the faster the wheel turns.
By spinning the discs in the opposite direction it will also result in torque - but acting in the opposite direction to that generated by the wheel, so it will cancel out the torque that's acting on the axle. The discs are lighter than the wheel, so they won't generate as much torgue for a given rotational speed, but if you spin the discs faster than the wheel you can counteract almost all the torque that the wheel generates.
The faster the wheel goes, the faster the discs turn to oppose the torque on the steering generated by the wheel, so in theory, the bike's steering should be equally weighted at 10 mph and at 100 mph or even faster. You probably wouldn't want to cancel out all the torque otherwise the steering would feel weightless and give no feedback.
That's as I understand it. I still think that the idea is too complex and too much of a compromise because it will also make the wheel heavier and more difficult for the suspension to control  |