Car vs bike

energy said:
I have that issue of Evo somewhere - it was a while ago, before the Veyron was released. The Maclaren F-1 would also have been interesting to see, significantly faster than the Radical in a straight line, though slower in the bends.

I've got somewhere a 1994 issue of Auto Motor Und Sport where they pit a Suzuki of some sort - I think an RF900 against a Punto GT on a very tight track - the car came ahead :)

Easy enough to manipulate the results with the choice of track...
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The place a car makes up most time on a bike is on corner speed as the bike is always way faster down the straight... The Mclaren F1 would again lose because of its lower corner speeds...

The best contender for a race superbike is a race car... F3000 etc... for a Motogp bike the F1 is the equivalent... but we know who would win between a motogp and an f1 car dont we...

The track was also biased towards the bike, get the car on a circuits with lost of fast bends and then the corner speeds come into play...

In a straight line it takes a monster car to beat a bike, but round the corners, with no downforce... things go far in favour of four wheels...

:D
 
We all know that bikes lack the corner speed, comparing 4 phat tyres to two ones that barely have contract bigger than a girls fist tells you that, in the racing world corner speed is king.

but cornering on a bike just feels so right, theres no g-forces forcing you off like in a car you just glide around the corner and it feels so good, It's actually amazing how well they do corner when you think about how much actual tyre contact you have...
 
Major_hangover said:
Now that looks seriously good fun :)
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Yes they are, my mate had a ZX9 and now has an R1 powered version and they are great. I however, would prefer the engines in the vehicle they came from!.
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The bike doesnt need 4 fat tyres as it only weighs 180 odd kilogrammes, and when cornering, the car is pretty much usually only using 2-3 tyres anyway...

Most bikes also use compound tyres that are shot in less than 2000 miles as well, race bikes substantially less...

Its the downforce that gives you the grip... be that weight, or aerodynamics...

I know how how it feels to corner on a bike, been riding them 27 years.... ;)

I especially know how smooth they feel on a ducati on a crap road....

Scary!

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"and after eight of the allocated four laps, MacKenzie finally gets the 'In' board."

:D :D :D :D
 
The track is a "motobike track" lol the argument wasnt what was faster car or bike while still being good value was it? lol

it was what is faster.. simple and around a track with corners the car is always gonna be quicker.. lol even the on a straight drag strip the car is always quicker.. as when you start messing with mega power to weight!! you need the grip.. and 4 tyres always grip more than the two tyres on a bike..

So id always say the car.. but if it were value for money and quickness you need in one. then a bike always wins hands down..
 
Its no surprise to me, that most people who have a bike, also have a car...

That way you get the best of both worlds... I mean, who wants to use a bike everyday from November to March?

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