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    Torque at the rear wheel IS where it counts. That is why an R6 will leave a Harley in the dust...
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    I'm terribly sorry - but Hildo here (who is on a harley - which may or may not be a shit bike - but who is not a fat fuck) whips this Fireblade's arse .. not once but twice ... so put your R6 up against Hildo and see who wins ... and who is riding a shit bike ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maki View Post
    Torque at the rear wheel IS where it counts.
    Is that what you used in your first post then?
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    Ah crap I didn't see what you rode. I must have meant to say GasaxeR 600 'cause those R6s are really peaky, - like a 2 stroke (which fails to explain Trials bikes & T500s)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    I'm terribly sorry - but Hildo here (who is on a harley - which may or may not be a shit bike - but who is not a fat fuck) whips this Fireblade's arse .. not once but twice ... so put your R6 up against Hildo and see who wins ... and who is riding a shit bike ...
    Not twice, but thrice...

    (not entirely a fair drag though...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    I'm terribly sorry - but Hildo here (who is on a harley - which may or may not be a shit bike - but who is not a fat fuck) whips this Fireblade's arse .. not once but twice ... so put your R6 up against Hildo and see who wins ... and who is riding a shit bike ...
    Yeah, he obviously makes a bit of torque at the rear
    More than happy to put an R6 up against it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iYRe View Post
    Not twice, but thrice...

    (not entirely a fair drag though...)
    I'm not sure what's unfair about it ... looks damm straight to me ... or Maybe Hildo's beard gives him more air resistance ???
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    its only over a very short distance - few hundred metres. Give it an actual 1/4 mile and it probably would be a different story..

    Still.. most excellent vid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    I'm terribly sorry - but Hildo here (who is on a harley - which may or may not be a shit bike - but who is not a fat fuck) whips this Fireblade's arse .. not once but twice ... so put your R6 up against Hildo and see who wins ... and who is riding a shit bike ...
    Haha the guy on the 'blade couldn't launch to save himself. And the guy on the Harley can just nail it without worrying about flipping. Show me a standard run of the mill Harley that does a 1/4 in under 10.5s and I'll believe you.

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    +1 to the launching problem. He lost the 0-25km/h drag and couldn't make it up from there. The blade will outperform the harley from about 5-6k rpm, but below that it will get eaten for lunch.

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    So how much torque/ horse power does Lance Armstrong on steroids produce, vs how much would he produce if he was clean. That is probably a better question, considering that most of the Tour de France crotch jokeys take steroids....
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5150 View Post
    So how much torque/ horse power does Lance Armstrong on steroids produce, vs how much would he produce if he was clean. That is probably a better question, considering that most of the Tour de France crotch jokeys take steroids....
    EPO etc do not increase the amount of wattage you produce, but how long you can produce it for
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    So let's get this straight. I no longer need to wait for the next BMW S1000RR to get off the boat, I just have to go down to the local Rebel Sports and order me some dude with big thighs and a drug habit who wears lycra, shaves his legs and pisses on himself while riding and get my thrills sitting on him through the twisties?




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