Bike beats car test -another car mag learns the truth!

[Ixion]

lol - but i reckon it's one word - 'Nimrod'?

Yes, and it's not an insult. Nimrod, the mighty hunter.

[Lou Girardin]

I just sold a helmet to a guy with a modded Honda S2000 for track days. We got to talking about bikes, when I told him what litre bikes can do his eyes got wide and he realised that his quick little half-cage ain't really that quick.

[Motu]

I can also gaurantee that I'll kick your arse when you're driving down the wellington motorway in rush hour traffic on friday night in your cage. And that's when it counts.

Ahem - you wanna try it? you really wanna try it? I'll kill you - literaly!

[Big Dave]

Yes, and it's not an insult. Nimrod, the mighty hunter.

Not in the 'Pulp Fiction' context it ain't - but that's a whole 'nuther debate eh.

[motobob]

Ha Ha Is this where the small peckers club guys hang out. Gotta go with Motu for once. Why do young guys think they can out ride people in cool cars. Don't they realise most drivers don't give a fuck how fast your bike is. And most chicks as well. But for the price of a Gixxer thou you sure aren,t going to find a car capable of beating it. The best cars are going to beat the best bikes period. But don't let me stop you beating grandad in his car when you come up against him.

Good one Motu.

[kro]

I sort of agree about the whole thing with F1 cars not really being cars as such. You cant honestly get a street legal version of a true F1 car, sure people like Mclaren and Ferrari have fast road cars, but they cost as much as a 5 bedroom house in the posh districts, and still aren't true F1's anyway.

I guess as was said earlier, if you want 300kph in a car, you spend 350 thou or more, but for a bike, its a Gix thou, for a whole shitload less (24ish??).

It's always fun to read stuff like this, but then again, I spose I'm not a true biker anymore, seeing as I like cars and bikes.

[Toast]

Not only does a thread about this argument come about every month or so that's exactly the same as the last one...but the same arguments repeat in nearly every page of the bloody thread...

[MD]

Not only does a thread about this argument come about every month or so that's exactly the same as the last one...but the same arguments repeat in nearly every page of the bloody thread...

Well excuse me if we are boring you. I for one find car vs bike comparisons interesting especially their choices of vehicles - a hotted jappo and big block yank tank.
Sorry to hear some nasty sod tied you to your chair in front of your PC and forced you to read through all 50 odd posts in this thread with a title that you were not interest in reading about.
Hope you get free soon.

[jimbo600]

Well excuse me if we are boring you. I for one find car vs bike comparisons interesting especially their choices of vehicles - a hotted jappo and big block yank tank.
Sorry to hear some nasty sod tied you to your chair in front of your PC and forced you to read through all 50 odd posts in this thread with a title that you were not interest in reading about.
Hope you get free soon.

Right on MD. I'm interested in bike v car comparisons. I regularly come across evo's wrx's etc on Thur night rides. Got a mate who has a trick WRX too. Almost every time I have come up against a hot car I have given it the learn. The only time I have had difficulty passng a car was a XR6 turbo over Paekakariki hill and this guy was gettin pretty out of shape. Yeah sure there's the F1 side of things but hey on the real road with real guys and girls piloting these things I'd have to say that bikes beat cars without doubt, and that go's for 600cc bikes too.

Know some guys in the clubsport club too and they are amazed at bike 0-100 and standing 1/4 times and they have 300+kw clubbies.

[myvice]

WHO FUCKING CARES?
Can’t lean a car over!
I’ve driven the $$$$$$ Euro/Jap sport cars and have had to take them for long test drives, and they are a whole lot of fun, but don’t compare to two wheels.
I'd have nothing against a Lotus Excige or better yet a McLaren F1 sitting in the shed, but I must have a bike to keep my sanity!
You might as well compare plains to helicopters! They both fly? Both use fuel? So aren’t they the same thing? Two different animals!
Even on a dark cold night in the middle of a storm I will be happier on a bike than in a car...
But others want music, conversation, heat and the lack of cold rain down their neck! (Assuming there not in a English soft top) and will spend the cash on there dream.
And you can modify a car over and above anything you can do to a bike, for some that’s what it’s all about. (Friend just spent $4k on suspension)
Cars still suck tho...

[Toast]

Well excuse me if we are boring you. I for one find car vs bike comparisons interesting especially their choices of vehicles - a hotted jappo and big block yank tank.
Sorry to hear some nasty sod tied you to your chair in front of your PC and forced you to read through all 50 odd posts in this thread with a title that you were not interest in reading about.
Hope you get free soon.

I find them really interesting too, the actualy comparisons...just recently decided that arguing over their results seems to bring nothing but the same arguments...hence I've decided to stay out of them from now on :spudwave: Enjoy yourselves though

[gav]

Actually the Aussie car mag who K14 refers wanted a rematch, so they hired Warren Luff (who partnered Marcose Ambrose at Bathurst) and gave him some hotter Porche to drive, with 600hp and costing $500,000. They then arranged for Shannon Johnson (Aussie Superbike racer) to race against him on a STANDARD 2005 R1, even had road tyres. The race was held at one of the V8/Superbike meets in Aus, and shock horror, the bike won!! The car mag guys were absolutely gutted

[Motu]

My bike cleans up a Lada 2104 like a cat licking a plate - but the Lada costs 1/4 the price of my bike...so,um...the Lada is better than my bike?? I think I'll stick to the bike,even though it's much more sophisticated.

An F1 car doesn't resemble a modern car because it's development in the extreme,everything to taken to the absolute limits - then they make more rules to limit development...they cheat,more rules.Imagine how far bikes would of developed if they could spend the money that has been spent in F1? Imagine how crappy your bike would be if Honda and Yamaha didn't spend time developing motors in F1? Careful what you scorn,you might find you are laughing at yourself.

[Bartman10]

Ahem - you wanna try it? you really wanna try it? I'll kill you - literaly!

Typical attitude of cage driving wanna be bikers. You drive a 4X4 right? Thought so. Out to kill bikers deliberately. Why don't you go and find another website to spout your shit on.

I'll take you on in your cage. Wellington Airport to the BP at the second set of lights at paraparam. SH1 the whole way next Friday. I'll put $50 bucks on it.

Not keen Motu? Pussy.

[Dadpole]

Typical attitude of cage driving wanna be bikers. You drive a 4X4 right? Thought so. Out to kill bikers deliberately. Why don't you go and find another website to spout your shit on.

I'll take you on in your cage. Wellington Airport to the BP at the second set of lights at paraparam. SH1 the whole way next Friday. I'll put $50 bucks on it.

Not keen Motu? Pussy.

Motu. I can start at the BP and head to the Airport in my 4X4 van and we can make a Bartman10 sandwich. Go halves on the $50?