fifth gear - bike vs car

[acwman]

Fifth Gear now on...bike vs car..

think its the new ducati 1098
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[TheDonUK]

Anyone got a vid link to it, i missed it, i heard old Leon put out a good showing for us though..

[G]

Try https://www.finalgear.com/ .

[kaz32]

Hey there not too sure if this is the one guys , i haven't seen it before , i missed this episode because iwas getting my new t.v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWLp6RmlqB8 ,thanks.kaz
P.S Well a worthy watch btw , love the way he puts that beack end out

[colin1]

it was good. last time the show off bike rider was on a gsxr1000 and was backing it into corners

this time, to show off, leon did a little wheelie shortly after overtaking tiff

they also did a rolling start, and let take tiff take the lead initially, to give the car more of a chance

from a standing start the car would have been left for dust
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD-laKq_fSc

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[Cillit-BANG]

I have to say it was a shame it was a rolling start. The bike was clearly holding the car up in the tighter corners though, so it would have been a more interesting test it they had been on the track at seperate times.

Crying shame they spent 5mins showing off the glorious details of the car, and all the Ducati had was a 1 second reference to it being Ducati's new flagship model.

It was great to see Leon giving it some beans and fair play to 5th Gear as it was a nicely filmed piece.

[deanoet]

[G]

I thought the ones where the bike and car were separate were better.

[craigs23]

I didn't get the impression Haslam was pushing it through the corners.

[Itchy]

[craigs23]

[Itchy]

[craigs23]

I presume they were compairing two types of Italian exotica....

[_Will_]

[St0rmer66]

[G]

Itchy, yes but it only lifted as he came to a stop.

I believe previously they have done a GSXR1000 vs a Radical (I think) of some kind.
The car did just win, but they were very fair and explained the car was probably even less useful for going to the shops than the bike, or something.

[_Will_]

[Kickstart]

[craigs23]

...evidently erased themselves from my short term memory.

[_Will_]

Would like to see f4 312 v Merc Mclaren slr
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[G]

An 'out lap' means the bike can get some heat into the tyres, which it may not have a chance to do from a standing start.

Think as far as 'real world' comparisons go, it's fairer that way generally.

[LUXY DJ]

yea id say italian IL4 would be the augusta
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[Chappy96]

IMO, it was the usual bike versus car challenge, Leon slaughtered Tiff, but it was made to look like he only just managed it. What else would a car show do. Oh, and if it was 0-100-0 instead of 100-0, the bike would've pissed it also......

[BorderHooner]

YAWN YAWN YAWN.

Good morning biking bretheren.

Bikes are not better than cars, they are different.

Simply put, a road stock bike will never outgun a super car because bike manufacturers are pissing about selling us regurgitate crap with new plastic. They tweak the fuelling and piss on doing stuff we can do ourselves with a dyno - re-market it and sell it to us again.

You can't live at 200mph.
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