A nice shiny 911.......wasted!
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I think a lot of you guys on bikes assume the guys driving Porsches etc. don't fully appreciate just how quick bikes are, you need to remember that lots of us grew up on bikes 
The only reason I'd take on a bike from a standing start in the car is cos I like watching a good rider take off, I know full well there's no way I can keep up till the speeds get well into the lock me up range. On a twisty road it's a different ball game, I've driven away from sport bikes when I had my Evo. Granted a really talented rider would probably have been a different story, but then I'm not exactly Tiff Needell either ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLTiaq1nx1Q
The only reason I'd take on a bike from a standing start in the car is cos I like watching a good rider take off, I know full well there's no way I can keep up till the speeds get well into the lock me up range. On a twisty road it's a different ball game, I've driven away from sport bikes when I had my Evo. Granted a really talented rider would probably have been a different story, but then I'm not exactly Tiff Needell either ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLTiaq1nx1Q
BobM said:
I think a lot of you guys on bikes assume the guys driving Porsches etc. don't fully appreciate just how quick bikes are, you need to remember that lots of us grew up on bikes
Why d'ya say that? Has there been some baiting on here before? I only repeated the words of this gent that he couldn't believe how fast the bike was. You're right, I think that most performance car drivers would appreciate the speed of bikes....most of them have prob been nailed by them in the past!!
Sports cars or “white goods on wheels? It doesn’t seem to matter. I think a lot of car drivers are encouraged to “have a go” with a sports bike, because so many of the bikes are ridden badly.
It’s a lot easier to access most of the performance available from a modern car, (laden with driving aids), than it is from any motorbike.
Extracting the last few percent from either car or bike probably requires similar levels of talent, dedication, training, physical fitness and practice. It’s just that the talent-less, the unfit and the lazy will be able to get more out of a car than a bike.
Given drivers and riders of similar ability, the person with the least regard for his safety, or of those around him, will always be the quickest on the road. Take it to the track!
M
It’s a lot easier to access most of the performance available from a modern car, (laden with driving aids), than it is from any motorbike.
Extracting the last few percent from either car or bike probably requires similar levels of talent, dedication, training, physical fitness and practice. It’s just that the talent-less, the unfit and the lazy will be able to get more out of a car than a bike.
Given drivers and riders of similar ability, the person with the least regard for his safety, or of those around him, will always be the quickest on the road. Take it to the track!
M
Edited by mtbr on Friday 6th October 09:28
BobM said:
On a twisty road it's a different ball game, I've driven away from sport bikes when I had my Evo. Granted a really talented rider would probably have been a different story, but then I'm not exactly Tiff Needell either ...
I was going from the M1 to the M25, around the sliproad and I saw a bike behind me trying to keep pace with me so I shot off and pulled a large lead on him around the curve. Of course, I then immediately hit traffic so I moved over to give the bike plenty of space. He gave me a little wave as he passed.
mtbr said:
Extracting the last few percent from either car or bike probably requires similar levels of talent, dedication, training, physical fitness and practice. It’s just that the talent-less, the unfit and the lazy will be able to get more out of a car than a bike.
It will always be easier to extract 99% from the car as you don't have the same fear of injury and skids are easier to correctrandlemarcus said:
Due to the age of the venerable loom on the CBR600F, its overdue a visit to the Spa of Spanners this weekend.
Not wishing to walk(shudder) and being, like Framps, porkless a quick call to About Town reveals that they have a CBR600RR for me to borrow for the weekend.
Advice and guidance from the floor please: How much difference is there going to be between a 1997 allrounder and a 2006 whizzer?
Not wishing to walk(shudder) and being, like Framps, porkless
a quick call to About Town reveals that they have a CBR600RR for me to borrow for the weekend. Advice and guidance from the floor please: How much difference is there going to be between a 1997 allrounder and a 2006 whizzer?
At least my Pork is nearly home
Well, I've heard it said that an 06 600RR is a match for a 4-5yr old Blade. Howzat?
:-)
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