Mustangs

[Bend-it]

People on the mustang forums admit getting the learn from bikes! Haha! :banana:

http://www.mustangforums.com/archive/thread1698692-1.html


I pulled a car length on an r1 with 2 people on it before he made me have to squint to read his license plate after a couple hundred feet...

[The Pastor]

lol thats a nice read.

[Lou Girardin]

Bloody merkins are obsessed with straightline shit. Bikes are about CORNERS.

[Black Bandit]

... Bikes are about CORNERS.

Aaay? :Pokey:

4 patches of the hard black rubber stuff VS. 2 thin patches.
Cars > Bikes round bends - always.:crybaby: Corners definately build for bikes though - so much fun!:yes:

Them folks in the US of A do seem to be somewhat obsessed with straightline stuff - their cars always get ragged on TOPGEAR.

[KLOWN]

good on them for owning up! pretty funny though

[Lou Girardin]

Aaay? :Pokey:

4 patches of the hard black rubber stuff VS. 2 thin patches.
Cars > Bikes round bends - always.:crybaby: Corners definately build for bikes though - so much fun!:yes:



We won't get into this debate yet again.
But I wasn't talking about speed, I was talking about fun.

[scumdog]

Yep, bike is fun on corners, car is hard work for the same cornering speeds...

[dnos]

that was a great read.
Cheers

[SARGE]

i have an 89 GT 5.0 back home .. built for 1/4 mile drags .. she will hold with a Busa no problem..

yes shes heavily modified vs a stock Busa .. got about $8000 US in the drivetrain and another $3000 in the frame and suspension .. paid $14000 for the car new


cant and wont turn with any sports bike but the G forces coming off the line will pull the wrinkles out of a hippo

[Pixie]

Yep, bike is fun on corners, car is hard work for the same cornering speeds...

If it's a barge

[scumdog]

If it's a barge

ANY car, I guess it's all the steering-wheel twirling, rowing the gearstick, bracing yourself etc, all seems like there's a lot more big movements going on compared to the changing of gear, braking etc on a bike.

[McJim]

Need to take my little FTO for a blart through the twisties some day.

It's quite a fun car to drive - as far as fiddling with the controls - I find shifting gear can be done totally on autopilot. (it's a manual before you ask - I can drive - I don't need a machine to tell me what gear to be in!)

I'm still learning to ride twisties at pace on the bike having been in the saddle for only 4 & 1/2 months.

From a standing start my 250cc VTR ripped some kid in a 300bhp Skyline the other week though. Power to weight ratio is everything.

[kiwifruit]

That corvette (in the video) had some poke :shit: Id hate to get caught out by something like that

[Insanity_rules]

I just lurve toasting boy racers and their little blap blap boxes. Especially as I ride a two fiddy. Can't wait for my thou!

[WRT]

That vid on the 'vette v R1 is an interesting study of power to weight v aerodynamics.

[KLOWN]

Need to take my little FTO for a blart through the twisties some day.

It's quite a fun car to drive - as far as fiddling with the controls - I find shifting gear can be done totally on autopilot. (it's a manual before you ask - I can drive - I don't need a machine to tell me what gear to be in!)

I'm still learning to ride twisties at pace on the bike having been in the saddle for only 4 & 1/2 months.

From a standing start my 250cc VTR ripped some kid in a 300bhp Skyline the other week though. Power to weight ratio is everything.

the guy in the skyline must've been a shit driver, no offence to the vtr but I killed many a two fifty in my skyline, nearly 400bhp@the crank, a 300bhp@the wheel shoulda beaten you. I kept up, for a little while, with my mate on a zxr250 and i was in a 1600cc nissan sentra staion wagon.

[scumdog]

Need to take my little FTO for a blart through the twisties some day.

It's quite a fun car to drive - as far as fiddling with the controls - I find shifting gear can be done totally on autopilot. (it's a manual before you ask - I can drive - I don't need a machine to tell me what gear to be in!)

I'm still learning to ride twisties at pace on the bike having been in the saddle for only 4 & 1/2 months.

From a standing start my 250cc VTR ripped some kid in a 300bhp Skyline the other week though. Power to weight ratio is everything.

Ah, but up to what speed though??

[sAsLEX]

Ah, but up to what speed though??

Around 200mph is the real barrier to HP vs CoD

Once in that range adding a whole lot of HP aint doing jack to your top speed.

[scumdog]

Around 200mph is the real barrier to HP vs CoD

Once in that range adding a whole lot of HP aint doing jack to your top speed.

So what is the top speed of a 250VTR??

And my 'lorry' has 400hp+ and does over 200kph, I doubt if it would get there with 250hp, it's a real 'brick' in the aerodymanic aspect.:(

[The_Dover]

Ah, but up to what speed though??

You haven't seen McJim on his VTR bro.

It goes like greased weasel shit, with a touch of habanero.:spanking:

[Bend-it]

yeah, I still do everything quicker in my 2l turbo 4wd than on my bike, but heck, the bike's HEAPS more fun!!!

[unhingedlizard]

99saleen351r7/25/2006 7:29:59 AM
We gave a good spanking to a new 636 yamaha the other night on the highway.....Thougth we would lose but there was none of that in sight and neither was the bike.We raced from 40 to 120 and the cobra pulled a couple lenths on him....96 cobra built 4v with a T-trim making over 600rwh

Yep those 636 yamahas are crap........

[ManDownUnder]

We won't get into this debate yet again.
But I wasn't talking about speed, I was talking about fun.

ooo this hurts....ooooo. but... *grits teeth*...

I agree with Lou

:( :( :(

[SkOrM]

i had a run with some hotted up WRX once. i stayed with him through the
twistie stuff but when the road flattened out he got away... guess its time for a quicker bike.

[Lou Girardin]

Cornering on a bike is ballet, cornering in most cars is hip-hop.

[Toast]

Cornering on a bike is ballet, cornering in most cars is hip-hop.

Especially these new 4wd turbo Evos and WRX's. Bloody incredible technology...but any pants low, IQ low, sense low muppet can pilot one at a pretty decent pace...what you say sums it up pretty well Lou.

[McJim]

Ah, but up to what speed though??

It was in traffic from the lights - speed limit was 70kph - I took it to 75 and throttled off - dumb fuck nearly ran into the back of me - he was a little runt so if I'd ended up on his bonnet I'd have dragged him outa the car by the ankles and swung him round my head banging his head on his car at the apex of each arc.

It was actually inadvertent - I was just pulling away from the lights as I normally do (fairly briskly so as not to get in anyone's way) and he was revving the guts out of his nissan which was when I realised he was gonna try to close me down and ram me sideways - hence I went for it and got in front of his nose (we were running out of 2 lanes - Chapel Road southbound Auckland)

I never exceed the speed limit in town. I have kids - I respect other peoples' children's right to life.

[McJim]

So what is the top speed of a 250VTR??


Only about 160kph 100mph....er...allegedly...officer.:)

[scumdog]

Only about 160kph 100mph....er...allegedly...officer.:)

Well that'sno bad, ma 1450cc T-Sport will only do 180kph two-up at the moment...allegedly...er..officer..

[SARGE]

ooo this hurts....ooooo. but... *grits teeth*...

I agree with Lou

:( :( :(



dude .. i think they snipped the wrong nerve...

[scumdog]

Just read in one of the latest NZ Hot Rod mags that the asking price of a primered, ratted interior, not run for last 10 years fastback 'stang in California as $13,000- $15,000!!!! (I guess that is at the popular swap meets like Pomona)

No wonder I never bought one last year!

The '66T-bird now seems a bargain at $4,600US!!

[imdying]

Just read in one of the latest NZ Hot Rod mags that the asking price of a primered, ratted interior, not run for last 10 years fastback 'stang in California as $13,000- $15,000!!!! (I guess that is at the popular swap meets like Pomona)

No wonder I never bought one last year!

The '66T-bird now seems a bargain at $4,600US!!

I know where there's a 65 notchback, no rust, factory 6 cyl (good runner) in bad need of a paint job... there's even an injected 302 waiting to go in it :yes:

[McJim]

Yep those 636 yamahas are crap........

A bit like the GM Mustangs?

[scumdog]

I know where there's a 65 notchback, no rust, factory 6 cyl (good runner) in bad need of a paint job... there's even an injected 302 waiting to go in it :yes:

Nothing wrong with them BUT they are the 'Belmonts' of the Mustang world.

[imdying]

Nothing wrong with them BUT they are the 'Belmonts' of the Mustang world.Agreed :yes: Saw it today, no longer the totally original (albeit in need of a paint job) it once was... it's stripped and getting the body work done! Hopefully that 6 isn't going back in, and the 5.0HOi is! :yes:

[ManDownUnder]

dude .. i think they snipped the wrong nerve...

Does that explain why I walk like this since the op...?

[McJim]

Does that explain why I walk like this since the op...?

Nah mate - that's standard - I walk funny too.