A bit of banter between flatties

[Skinon]

I was just having a bit of banter with the ol' flat mate... He's been riding for years and owned a few sweet bikes, i am realitively new to actually riding bikes, but have always loved them for there sheer power, and thrill 'givingness' (you know what i mean...). So have kept up with the newest bikes, and technology as i looove gadgets

Anyway he reckon'd you could get a stock standard but with awesome tires, mc22 cbr250rr round a corner faster then a same spec 08 daytona 675. Assuming the corner is the same radius. He reckons you would go round faster because the bike is smaller/lighter and the 250 still has a decent little wack of power, you'd be able to go round the corner quicker....

I think, because the 675 is far more powerful and able to get it's power down more
efficiently using newer suspension and geometery, it would still be able to smoke a mc22 around the same corner...

Anyway what do you think?

[Taz]

What the F@%K does it matter

[onearmedbandit]

PB mag or similar did a test like this a while ago, think there was a Buell, GSXR600, Z1000 and maybe a VFR400 or CBR400. Between them all there was very little difference, but the 400 did not come out on top.

[bogan]

how long is a piece of string? what radius corner is it? what length is it? where do you define the end of the corner? how wide is the track? What is the track surface like?

[onearmedbandit]

What the F@%K does it matter

Never partaken in inane banter before? I know I have with many flatties, it's great fun. Back then we didn't have the 'net to settle the argument though.

[The Everlasting]

Surely the more powerful bike will always be faster going anywhere?

[Usarka]

More weight = more momentum and higher corereolologleoteis effect. Flash new bike = better suspenders, sexier legs and more rubber where it matters. Toss a coin?

[steve_t]

What tyres? What size tyres? Who's riding? Do they have to wave as they go around the corner?

[bogan]

I just realised something, the CBR runs gear driven cams! daytona has no chance

[Crasherfromwayback]

When I lived in Brisbane with a bogan HD fan...we'd argue the merits of HD's vs Japanese sports bikes. We ended up with quite a few split lips, some black eyes, a broken nose and lots of broken furniture. Ahhhh...being 20 something and drunk. Those were the days.

[Skinon]

Never partaken in inane banter before? I know I have with many flatties, it's great fun. Back then we didn't have the 'net to settle the argument though.

Haha yea i was sitting here with the laptop in my err lap. Said 'fuck that ill google it!' Won heaps, but been humbled heaps too

[Maha]

Never partaken in inane banter before? I know I have with many flatties, it's great fun. Back then we didn't have the 'net to settle the argument though.

When paper/sissors/rock used to be suffice.

[Skinon]

When paper/sissors/rock used to be suffice.

Used too? Thats the fairest way in the universe i reckon!

[Usarka]

The bike with upside down forks will always win.

[ellipsis]

...watched a lad, Tom Bos from down here, on a fairly stock cbr250 lap fairly experienced riders on big multis and big ducs at a b track Ruapuna meeting...pre 89...as they all got faster during the day his handicapping went back to close to 1/2 a track length...ended up as a lapped finish all day...fuck all to do with the motorcycle itself...apart from it doing just what a fucking exceptional rider wants it to do...