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Originally posted by bell
not an engineer......but if one wheel compresses the shock, then the energy not absorbed by the shock will transfer to the other wheel, resulting in more traction for that wheel, and it should also counter the chassis roll associated when one wheel is moving upward.
interesting stuff 
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Yeah, I think that's it. A portion (regulated by the spring rate) of the "cornering force" (or the weight transfer) is transfered back to the "inside" unloaded wheel. I seem to remember reading about this sort of thing on F1 cars as long as 15 years ago. It's not a new idea, but it is pretty neat