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    New MotoGP bike - and great comparison!

    Hi, article in the Indy about GP testing for a new bike. Typically poorly written coverage as bikes seem to get, but worth it for the most interesting comparison between a GP bike and car.
    On KW before we've had car vs. bikes debates including the GSXthou vs. Bugatti, but this is better (at the end):

    http://sport.independent.co.uk/motor...cle2314156.ece
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    Hmmm, nobody thinks the comparison of an 800cc GP bike and a ford fiesta is not a bit stooopid?

    Might as well compare the GP to a banana:

    Ilmor X3 SRT - banana
    Engine: 800cc - none as such
    Power: 220bhp @17,500rpm - 1,250kj/m
    Weight: 148kg - 0.25kg (contents may settle after shipping)
    0-60: 2.7 seconds - on the back of a hayabusa, 4.0 seconds (drunk driver)
    Top speed: 200mph - terminal velocity dropped from plane point down 201mph

    Do I win a journalist prize?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 90s View Post
    Do I win a journalist prize?
    Only if it was a regulation banana.....not one of those genetically modified ones.
    Last edited by Jeaves; 1st March 2007 at 19:48. Reason: making sense of the banana
    There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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