RE: Subaru Isle of Man TT car - new pictures
Discussion
janesmith1950 said:
How fast would a full works MotoGP bike be around the TT?
An excellent question, but ...that would depend on who's riding it, the Rossi fans would have you believe he'd be quicker then Lorenzo or Marquez ...
But more importantly, do you have any idea how much a Moto GP bike costs ? That would completely destroy the cost element of the pro bikers argument
Slippydiff said:
An excellent question, but ...
that would depend on who's riding it, the Rossi fans would have you believe he'd be quicker then Lorenzo or Marquez ...
But more importantly, do you have any idea how much a Moto GP bike costs ? That would completely destroy the cost element of the pro bikers argument
How much are they? that would depend on who's riding it, the Rossi fans would have you believe he'd be quicker then Lorenzo or Marquez ...
But more importantly, do you have any idea how much a Moto GP bike costs ? That would completely destroy the cost element of the pro bikers argument
Surely they cannot cost much more than £30k all up
wemorgan said:
Welshbeef said:
How much are they?
Surely they cannot cost much more than £30k all up
Haha. Nice troll attempt.Surely they cannot cost much more than £30k all up
I suspect they cost millions.
Think of all the bespoke parts designed, analysed, manufactured, tested. No economies of scale to speak of.
Whether they fancy it or not is not he point, they wouldn't get a chance, Subaru somehow managed to convince the Manx authority to allow them, via providing course cars for the TT, they wouldn't throw it open for anyone to turn up and have a crack, id imagine just running the two week TT event is a logistical nightmare.
bigmowley said:
Just downloaded a few pictures from Yesterday:
Look at those flies on the front!!!
Oooof, thanks for these Look at those flies on the front!!!
Got any more ? That looks to be some proper WRC hardware under that bonnet.
No heat sink problems this year with the fitment of an FMIC.
It's a proper piece of kit (and far more impressive that I gave them credit for after seeing the video on PH initially) much respect to Prodrive, Subaru USA, STi, Higgins and the TT organisers for enabling this attempt to come fruition.
A shame the last of Subaru's WRC cars didn't look like this.
Welshbeef said:
janesmith1950 said:
How fast would a full works MotoGP bike be around the TT?
With a Moto GP champion rider too 140mphhttp://www.iomtt.com/News/2016/May/25/Anstey-RC213...
Came 9th from memory.
Nice pics bigmowley!
I wasn't really that bothered about the current Subaru before but this one is making me see it in a whole new light. It makes me want to rush off to the classifieds, I guess that's how this sort of marketing exercise works by changing our perception of a model.
It's also got me watching a bit of the bike racing (ITV 4 last night), so it's drawing in viewers that otherwise wouldn't have bothered.
Great job by everyone involved.
I wasn't really that bothered about the current Subaru before but this one is making me see it in a whole new light. It makes me want to rush off to the classifieds, I guess that's how this sort of marketing exercise works by changing our perception of a model.
It's also got me watching a bit of the bike racing (ITV 4 last night), so it's drawing in viewers that otherwise wouldn't have bothered.
Great job by everyone involved.
wormus said:
Welshbeef said:
janesmith1950 said:
How fast would a full works MotoGP bike be around the TT?
With a Moto GP champion rider too 140mphhttp://www.iomtt.com/News/2016/May/25/Anstey-RC213...
Came 9th from memory.
wormus said:
Welshbeef said:
janesmith1950 said:
How fast would a full works MotoGP bike be around the TT?
With a Moto GP champion rider too 140mphhttp://www.iomtt.com/News/2016/May/25/Anstey-RC213...
Came 9th from memory.
BrownBottle said:
Nice pics bigmowley!
I wasn't really that bothered about the current Subaru before but this one is making me see it in a whole new light. It makes me want to rush off to the classifieds, I guess that's how this sort of marketing exercise works by changing our perception of a model.
It's also got me watching a bit of the bike racing (ITV 4 last night), so it's drawing in viewers that otherwise wouldn't have bothered.
Great job by everyone involved.
With you on this. I wasn't really that bothered about the current Subaru before but this one is making me see it in a whole new light. It makes me want to rush off to the classifieds, I guess that's how this sort of marketing exercise works by changing our perception of a model.
It's also got me watching a bit of the bike racing (ITV 4 last night), so it's drawing in viewers that otherwise wouldn't have bothered.
Great job by everyone involved.
I loved the original Impreza 2000 yet everything in between nope. If Suburu build a monster like this and sell it here in the UK that would certainly get my interest
Welshbeef said:
janesmith1950 said:
How fast would a full works MotoGP bike be around the TT?
With a Moto GP champion rider too 140mphThe TT riders have years of knowledge which is a definite advantage at somewhere like the TT.
I watched the World Touring Car championship from the Nurburgring a couple of weeks ago.
The pro drivers were fast, but there were quite a few crashes at known beginner crash points.
In my opinion, simply down to lack of knowledge/track time.
Padgetts ran a YZR500 at the Classic TT in 2014, before they could think about booking the ferry the entire front end had to be remade in aluminium.
Using the magnesium fork lowers and yokes was considered too risky, especially when you think back to the late Robert Dunlops' crash a few years back on an RC45.
Using the magnesium fork lowers and yokes was considered too risky, especially when you think back to the late Robert Dunlops' crash a few years back on an RC45.
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