'Litre Bike Fast'
Discussion
Use of the 'My cars so fast, its litre bike fast' phrase seems to be popping up with increasing regularity on pistonheads recently.
Not particularly wanting to rehash a cars vs Bikes thread as I think they are two totally different vehicles used for two totally different purposes, and I like both.
But I find this phrase particularly annoying, as currently being the owner of a couple of litre bikes, one current and one ten years old, and a couple of sportscars, I just would never say this. It wasn't true ten years ago, and its isn't true now.
Cars aren't better than bikes, and bikes aren't better than cars. Both are fun, but anyone using the above comparison is just daft, because cars and bikes don't accelerate in the same way and are not comparable.
I've been on pistonheads a little while now and every cars vs bikes thread turns out to be a complete disaster for both sides. So can we agree to report anyone who uses the above phrase for immediate banning?
Not particularly wanting to rehash a cars vs Bikes thread as I think they are two totally different vehicles used for two totally different purposes, and I like both.
But I find this phrase particularly annoying, as currently being the owner of a couple of litre bikes, one current and one ten years old, and a couple of sportscars, I just would never say this. It wasn't true ten years ago, and its isn't true now.
Cars aren't better than bikes, and bikes aren't better than cars. Both are fun, but anyone using the above comparison is just daft, because cars and bikes don't accelerate in the same way and are not comparable.
I've been on pistonheads a little while now and every cars vs bikes thread turns out to be a complete disaster for both sides. So can we agree to report anyone who uses the above phrase for immediate banning?
sleep envy said:
julian64 said:
So can we agree to report anyone who uses the above phrase for immediate banning?
Surely there's more desrving phrases than that?mapped, oxo, mx5, powerfully built, etc, etc
The only car that I've been in that approached the sort of acceleration I have experienced on a bike was a tuned V8 Westfield Seight belonging to somebody on here. My brother has had some reasonably quick bikes (Kwak GPz1100, ZZ-R600), but a lot of it is down to the "feel" of it. A very quick but insulated luxury GT/Sports car will never have the raw feel of a bike or 7 type car. 2 up on my bro's old KMX200 felt quick!
Greg_D said:
i have never heard it either tbh, but any car that is 0-100 in the low 5s would be a bit special imo.
your usual impreza with a noisy exhaust wouldn't stand a chance.
just googled, an MP4-12C does it in 6.1 or 17% slower
ultima gtr is 5.3 secondsyour usual impreza with a noisy exhaust wouldn't stand a chance.
just googled, an MP4-12C does it in 6.1 or 17% slower
Edited by Greg_D on Monday 16th April 15:26
There are quite a few (non standard) cars that can out accelerate a litre bike. My mates seriously modded Mitsubishi Evo6 leaves my RR3 Fireblade behind very easily on a straight road. Throw in some corners and I may as well be walking!
It does owe him more than 15 times the cost of my bike and as soon as traffic is involved he struggles, my bike needs a lot less TLC too.
It does owe him more than 15 times the cost of my bike and as soon as traffic is involved he struggles, my bike needs a lot less TLC too.
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