Bike vs Car Fun

[Indiana_Jones]

Makes my little RG which does a 14 secind flat look slow as hell

lol not that slow
I'm on FXR150 and that's 4-stroke

-Indy

[Lou Girardin]

Closest cage to a bike has to be the Atom 2, just been released in NZ. It's a road legal, 2 seat, track day car, a bit like a fat Formula Ford. 2l Honda Vtec with about 160kw.
Does 100km/h in under 4 secs.
Still can't filter though.
Lou

[Kickaha]

It may have just been released here and it may be fast but there was one at Ruapuna probably a year ago,I don't remember much about other than thinking it was seriuosly ugly car.

[Lou Girardin]

True and I forgot the price - $98,000. Or you could buy all four Jap superbikes.
Lou

[Coldkiwi]

who was it that said HSV owners were gluttons for punishment? Found an obliging idiot in a modded up clubsport on saturday. he stuck with me for the first 100m tho (while I was patiently waiting on half throttle in 1st gear).

While irritating my old flat mate with how much faster road bikes are than cars, he told me to watch out for a mitso Evo or other rice car that starts making really horrid noises while idling next to me at the lights ...'could be one of our 9 second road legal drag cars running with an open waste gate'.

yes, well, maybe. But have any of you ever seen/been bested by one of these extremely modified vehicles or had the pleasure of dumping all over one when his over boosted turbo exploded?

[Lou Girardin]

Those 9 sec rice rockets don't run street tyres at the drags, add 1.5 to 2 secs for wheelspin on the street. Even then, their engine mods cost more than our bikes.
Lou

[Two Smoker]

Gave a porsche GT3 a good go the other day, i had him in the tight stuff (i e the gap was getting bigger) but on the sweepers i didnt have the power ot torque to get the speed up higher so he caught up...... (Milky is my witness) after about a 40 secs of going hard i pulled over gave him the thumbs up and he did likewise and we went different ways..... and by the way the speeds didnt get above 80, thats how tight it was......

[k14]

Those 9 sec rice rockets don't run street tyres at the drags, add 1.5 to 2 secs for wheelspin on the street. Even then, their engine mods cost more than our bikes.
Lou

You mean the amount they spend on petrol/oil products in a year would cost more than our bikes.

[Coldkiwi]

true lou... although I'm sure they would be better at launching their over priced heap than I am ( I have other things to do). I've had a bit of fun clutch slipping off the line but its not really needed unless racing other bikes so I don't do it too often to save abuse.

[Skyryder]

Not much tempt me now days. Just getting too old for all the race bullshit. But the Porch drivers bring out the competition in me still. Came across one in our one way sytem just before Christmas. I had been for a short ride and was waiting at the lights. This was aboput 9.30 at night and not much traffic on the road. Well I was waiting at the lights and minding my own buisness when the Porche cruises up along side. The lights change and the yuppie takes off as if in a drag meeting. I thought to myself Oh yea making up for the lack of dick size. The next set of lights are still red so I pull up along side and he looks over with a silly grin on his face. This guy was about nineteen. Where they get the money for these cars God only knows. The lights change to green and I gun I realy mean gun it. Now my bike is not the fastest out of the blocks but then it is not the slowest either. The Porch did not stand a chance. So we get to the next set of red lights and I deliberatly ignore him. He takes off as before but who cares, I slip in behind and just tail him all the way to Moorehouse Ave. I do not need to proove my point twice. He does a right hand turn down Moorhouse Ave I go over the bridge down Waltham road. So long sucker.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Closest cage to a bike has to be the Atom 2, just been released in NZ. It's a road legal, 2 seat, track day car, a bit like a fat Formula Ford. 2l Honda Vtec with about 160kw.
Does 100km/h in under 4 secs.
Still can't filter though.
Lou

Go to http://www.pistonheads.com/roadtests...p?storyId=7934

for info on the Atom 2

Skyryder

[Hitcher]

I love boy racers at the lights! I give them half the intersection, then light up the Zrex -- one thousand and one, one thousand and two, one thousand and three, one thousand and four... power off after the upshift to third gear at about 100kmh, check the rear view mirrors to see them way back behind somewhere, then wait for them to roar past in a snot. Hopefully they're sitting waiting at the next lights... I've also scalded the ego of some merchant banker in his Lexus convertible in a similar manner. Tragic!

[Gixxer]

so many to choose from, the bast was a porsch carrera turbo.
pulled up to him at the lights on tristen av onramp.
when the lights changed I turned onto the m'way and nailed it, got to 100k and sat there, looked in the mirrors to see this porsch flying up behind me(he did not take off as i did and got a running start when he saw me slow up) waited till he was almost up to me then opened it up and flew in behind him, sat there for a few secs then nailed it past him at about 200+, blasted down the m'way when I looked back he was a spec on the road.
slowed up by the devonport onramp, dude caught up to me on the bridge and gave me the look, so I gave him the one finger left hand salute as i pulled away.

his 100k plus car vs my 8k bike.
it's good to be a motorcyclist.

[Indiana_Jones]

his 100k plus car vs my 8k bike.
it's good to be a motorcyclist.

So true

-Indy

[Coldkiwi]

wasn't it Mel Brooks who said 'Its good to be the king'?

so true... two wheels are king!

I think the best way to rub it in is to hang with them as they accelerate so they really think they've got a chance.. drag it out for a while and then blow them away