Wow a car OWNS a bike

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intotherain · Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:38 pm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =superbike

Pretty interesting. It seems like the motorcycle doesnt really stand a chance..

#2 Unread post by **Koss** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:44 pm

F1 cars have always just blown away my mind.

t.c.rider · #3 Unread post by **t.c.rider** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:54 pm

I wonder what type of bike that was...the type and rider ability would have a big impact on the results...They did say the bike won one of the races though...

jonnythan · #4 Unread post by **jonnythan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:14 pm

Bike had no shot. The amount of sheer forward force an F1 car can lay down at high speed with its tires with all that rubber and downforce is just totally insane.

Think about the contact patch on the bike and the contact patch on the car.

#5 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:04 pm

So they're racing a stock bike against a forumla one car.

That'd be like pitting a military figher against a boeing 747.

Now if it were a motogp, or even a custom drag bike it might be a lot impressive, but as it stands they're pitting a a stock road bike against a one off multimillion dollar machine. Hardly a race indicative of anything in my mind.

jonnythan · #6 Unread post by **jonnythan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:10 pm

Sevulturus wrote:So they're racing a stock bike against a forumla one car.

That'd be like pitting a military figher against a boeing 747.

Now if it were a motogp, or even a custom drag bike it might be a lot impressive, but as it stands they're pitting a a stock road bike against a one off multimillion dollar machine. Hardly a race indicative of anything in my mind.

I don't think a MotoGP bike would have a prayer either, especially if the course had turns.

#7 Unread post by **Sev** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:11 pm

It's still pitting a $12000 bike against a $2000000 car. I fail to see what it proves.

jonnythan · #8 Unread post by **jonnythan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:36 pm

Sevulturus wrote:It's still pitting a $12000 bike against a $2000000 car. I fail to see what it proves.

Apparently an F1 car can do 0 - 60 in about 2.5 seconds and 0 - 100 in about 3.5 seconds. So the F1 car would be at 100 around the time a literbike hits 60.

In any case, it "proves" that the F1 car has faster acceleration than a motorcycle.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to have wondered which would win a race. It's fun to see someone do.

#9 Unread post by **Wrider** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:18 pm

Like they said though, the bike can only put off so much power at any speed before it wheelies... if they had an extended swingarm on that bike, it'd be a whole different race, I'm sure. The third race, the bike wheelied for the first 1/8th mile or so... So basically, if you want to really race them, put an extended swingarm or something like that on the bike, then see what goes on.
Plus guys, it's Honda's racebike... their modified CBR1000.
Wrider

Shorts · #10 Unread post by **Shorts** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:50 pm

So do we have a new guy who needs his own "random postings" thread???