Editing Weight transfer (section)

{{Short description|Change in wheel load or center of mass in a vehicle}}
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{{confused|Mass transfer}}
[[Image:Pro Street Camaro at launch.JPG|thumb|right|Chevrolet Camaro performing a [[wheelie]] during [[drag racing]].]]
[[File:Rl-stoppie.JPG|thumb|right|A motorcyclist performing a [[stoppie]].]]
[[File:TargaTasmaniaRacer1.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Toyota MR2]] leaning to the outside of a turn.]]
'''Weight transfer''' and '''load transfer''' are two expressions used somewhat confusingly to describe two distinct effects:<ref name=Foale>{{cite book
| title = Motorcycle Handling and Chassis Design
| edition = Second
| last = Foale
| first = Tony  
| year = 2006
| publisher = Tony Foale Designs
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=84hF-qoR5I8C&q=Motorcycle+Handling+and+Chassis+Design
| isbn = 978-84-933286-3-4
| pages = 9–1}}</ref> 

*the change in load borne by different wheels of even perfectly rigid vehicles during acceleration
*the change in [[center of mass]] (CoM) location relative to the wheels because of [[Suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] compliance or [[cargo]] shifting or sloshing 

In the [[automobile]] industry, '''weight transfer''' customarily refers to the change in load borne by different wheels during acceleration.<ref>{{cite book
| title = Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics 
| last = Gillespie
| first =  Thomas D.
| year = 1992
| publisher = SAE International 
| isbn = 978-1-56091-199-9}}</ref> This would be more properly referred to as '''load transfer''',<ref name=Foale/><ref name=Pacejka>{{cite book
| title = Tyre and vehicle dynamics 
| last = Pacejka
| first = Hans B.
| year = 2006
| edition = Second
| publisher = SAE International 
| pages = 14–15
| isbn = 978-0-7680-1702-1 
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wHlkbBnu9FEC&dq=Tyre+and+vehicle+dynamics&pg=PP1
| access-date = 2009-03-31}}</ref> and that is the expression used in the [[motorcycle]] industry,<ref name="Cossalter">{{cite book
| title = Motorcycle Dynamics
| edition = Second
| last = Cossalter
| first = Vittore  
| year = 2006
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rJTQxITnkbgC&q=motorcycle+dynamics
| publisher = Lulu.com
| isbn = 978-1-4303-0861-4
| pages = 84–85}}</ref><ref name="Cocco">{{cite book
| title = Motorcycle Design and Technology
| last = Cocco
| first = Gaetano  
| year = 2005
| publisher = Motorbooks
| isbn = 978-0-7603-1990-1
| pages = 40–46}}</ref> while '''weight transfer''' on motorcycles, to a lesser extent on automobiles, and cargo movement on either is due to a change in the CoM location relative to the wheels. This article uses this latter pair of definitions.