Cars taking on bikes (again)

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Only 1 day after having the bike out this year and already had 2 encounters with cars trying it on. 1st one, civic type R comes flying up on behind on DC and stays glued to the back, I pull over, see 2 lads laughing then I take the bait. We're into naughty speeds then he pulls back over as I go past. Stop at the lights, thumbs up and go out separate ways.
2nd guy seemed a bit more serious, 3.0 diesel Audi, follow him for a while at normal speeds then black soot everywhere as I pull out to overtake him (DC) he keeps it floored but starts going backwards but won't give in. Single lane again so I back off and he's right up my chuff again.
No real point to the story other than 2 enjoyable dices and its good to be back out on the bike with some decent weather! The Audi actually surprised me with his in gear acceleration, maybe I should change down from 6th next time I go for an overtake ;-)
Any other cool story bra from this weekend?

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Rawwr said:

No...

Oh come on. We haven't had this thread for Oooooo I dunno...... 4 months or so?
Place needs livening up a bit

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I think a few people have misunderstood my op. I was getting at how quick even a modern barge (Audi 3.0) is at rolling speed. I've been riding around 20 year now, when I first started out my little fzr400 would outrun most "fast" road cars but these days even a normal repmobile/ family hatch will gives some bikes a bit of a fright if they catch you in the wrong gear.
The gap has definitely closed on cars and bikes for everyday road use with modern electronics and easily tuneable turbo engines. That being said I've only ever been left by a naughty looking porsche 911 turbo at top end.

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InitialDave said:

spookly said:

Yeah, any reasonably fast and good handling car will stay with a bike on twisty bits.
Problem is that you don't know how good the biker is, and I try not to race them as I've seen a few novice bikers end up running out of skill when pushing it a bit.

I think on the typical UK "continue easy left, caution, tightens into sheep" country road, it's not unreasonable to expect a car to be able to keep up with a bike.

Given the opportunity to stretch their legs, though, even a moderately quick bike is going to simply fk off.

Tell me about it.
If it's not a pothole / manhole cover / load of farmers st on the apex of a bend, it's gravel or dozy car drivers crossing the centreline keeping you on your toes on many of the bike roads around my way. This is why you can't give it anywhere near 100% on the roads on a bike. It's just not worth it to be a hero

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I really regret starting this thread now

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I had a feeling when I started this thread it would descend into a car vs bike willy waving contest and it hasn't disappointed. The actual reason I did post was to just mention that modern cars have come on a long way to the point that even uncle Tom in his 3 litre oil burner feels that the performance of his car is such that he can take on a road going superbike for a giggle.
I admit myself that my m235i is fun to drive and could give a bike a good run on the right road (hartside in my case).
What I don't get is the non bikers being so defensive about car vs bike performance and always reverting to the old 'F1 car would destroy a gp bike" argument.
As ssid a few times already on the is thread, on a warm sunny day I would always choose to ride the bike, not because its the fastest, but because of the sensation and excitement it delivers compared to any car I have driven or been in.