Bikes Vs Cars (gtr)

[Kristov]

Found this on another forum. Have a read article

[burnsey]

nice post...

seems as tho every bike and car mag in the world are doing these comparisons now!

Burnsey

[Big Rizza]

seems as tho every bike and car mag in the world are doing these comparisons now!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...and the cars are losing every time!!! A few months back a 911 Turbo S lost to a GSXR1000. Guess that comes down to cars being much more of a compromise than bikes. Bikes don't need back seats, or aircon, or carpets, or stereos, or crumple zones, or side intrusion bars, or a roof, or doors, or tyres suitable for wet weather, or a boot, or ABS etc.

I say bring out something as no-compromises as a bike and see how they compare. Something made by radical, westfield, caterham, arial etc. would do nicely!

[scathing]

It depends on the track. On a windy, flowing track the car will do a better job than a bike, because of its ability to carry a higher cornering speed and changes in direction.

Once you hit a straight, though, the bike will monster the car.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=29...998925&q=suzuki (Suzuki GSXR 1000 vs Westfield XTR4)

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1132741608/...Porsche_Carrera (not sure if this link works; can't view it at work)

If Motor and Australian Motorcycle News put that Gemballa against the R1 on Wakefield instead of Queensland Raceway, I think it would have been far closer.

Otherwise, if you could find a targa course that has a lot of blind and / or decreasing radius corners, or a lot of switchbacks, I'd bet on a car over a bike......unless your rider is as skilled as they are batshit insane.