Ever had your arse kicked in a drag against a car?

[c_dug]

Fair enough my bike isn't exactly the Ferrari of the motorcycling world but I got beaten by a country mile several times the other night, two Skylines and a Honda Civic to be precise, plus a BMW 330i gave me a run for my money.

Anybody else want to admit to such an arse kicking to make me feel better? So far my only saving grace is that my bike cost me £500 whereas the skylines must have been at least £20000 worth of tuning gear and the Civic even more than that...

c_dug
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I am a bellend, I am a man of constant sorrow, I am a gummy bear, I am a rock.

[ms51ves3]

I took a Nissan Micra off the line but they trundled past me.

I was on my scooter and they weren't racing me.

[firefox]

lambo, i was on the dt and i wheelied away from the lights teasing him, he flew past around 2 seconds later.
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*officer* what caused the crash ? *firefox* you see that wall up there sir ?
*officer* yes what about it *firefox* i tooted my horn but it refused to move i had to teach it a lesson.

[neil.]

I was whooped by a SMART car.
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CBT February 2008 | A2 June 2008 | Yamaha YBR125 (written off) | Honda CBF125 (current)

[Kris]

Circa. 2002 (I think?), on the trusty NSR125 against a three-up Civic Type R late at night. I got whooped.

I couldn't even look them in the eye at the next lights...
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[binge]

I got ripped a new arse hole by a GT500 last year through the Medway tunnel.

He was about 6 car lengths in front of me, I came round the corner and pinned it to catch up with im. He backed off and pulled over to the right hand lane, To let me along side him. We were doing about 60mph here.

I heard him boot it, So I Pinned the NC29, and I felt like I was moving backwards! The GT500 was that quick.



Another time I was coming through the average speed limit on the A2 towards Bluewater. Behind me was a Golf Mk5 R32. As we passed the National speed limit sign, We both booted it.

The golf crept past me as I topped the 120 marker.




Last one I can remember, I was on the A20 coming back from Ashford. I saw a Glanza Turbo pulling out of a petrol station as I passed. So I slowed right down, to let it catch up, Fancied a bit of race along this road as its an amazing road!

I saw him in my mirrors, So I started speeding up again, He flashed his headlights and we both went for it!

He couldnt keep up on the twisty parts because I was able to get back on the power and speed up quicker than him. Although on the longer straights, he was pushing me along.




As for the pit bike, So Far I've done an ER5 off the lights, A DT125, and an RS125.

Once I get to 40mph they come flying past though.

Up to 30 - 40mph, I think alot of bikes would struggle to stay ahead. The pit bike really is stupidly fast off the line.
That is providing I don't flip it on take off!




Ben

[tsmith]

if they pull in front of you, stick with them. any fool can go fast in a straight line and most car drivers panic when they see a corner and slow right down, allowing you to slingshot around them.

alternatively, just wait until they hit traffic then breeze past giving them a wave.

[loply]

On a GPZ500 you should trollop all those cars up until at least 70mph.

You're doing something wrong.

Full revs, instant full throttle, control power delivery with clutch.

I bet you're letting the clutch all the way out too early, revs are bogging down then you're pulling them up through the low range?
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[robbieguy2003]

Last year, was leaving Brighton joining onto the A27, got absolutely smashed by an Audi R8. At the time wasn't quite sure what it was but pictures later on soon verified what i'd been whipped by.

Pinned 1st at the lights at 40mph leading to the slip road, noticed it still in my mirror then it got past and promptly fucked off into the distance.

Very very quick car, I came off the sliproad at around 80, had to slow down to move along, pinned it to about 120 and couldn't see it so slowed down and accepted defeat.
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Old Bikes: Suzuki Intruder 125 LC - '2001, Honda CBR 600F - '92, Honda CBR 600RR - '03

[Seb]

I had a masarati stick like glue behind me the very first time I opened up the ZZR (Granted it was a 3rd gear roll on). Never really had anything else try other than that, 99% of the boy racers round here drive clapped out old hatchbacks with a few scoobys and evos that usually just don't have the acceleration to make for a proper fight
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[ms51ves3]

[tutton]

[mooserx]

there seems to be a pattern developing here, most people have been whoooped by supercars, or in the op's case highly tuned jap rockets.

the only people who tried to race against me when i was on the cbr was a couple of chavs in punto's/corsas and somw tit from work in an old volvo estate, he thought it would be quicker than my bike cos it had a v6 engine. twat!
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TL1000r-handful.

[ms51ves3]

[Mr Nice Guy]

I think he meant this:

https://www.moddedmustangs.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/2007-ford-shelby-gt500-mustang.jpg


*dribble dribble*


No shame in losing to a supercharged 5.4l V8 when on a 400
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[c_dug]

[Smooth]

[ms51ves3]

[Smooth]

[Faldo]

To be honest, 330s ain't that fast at all. I have one. 0-60 in 6.7 seconds and 231hp. 100 mph seems to take forever, and chasing top speed of 155mph takes a pretty long stretch of private road.

I 'raced' against a friend with my DRZ400. I was riding and a friend driving my car. The bike was a tad quicker to about 40ish, then the car would catch up, pretty level until about 80 when the car would start pulling away.

I'd imagine the Geeper (~59hp IIRC) should have a 330 or Civic trounced, (330 is quicker than a Civic Type R after about 80ish).
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Previous: ZXR 400 L9, ZX-7R P5, ZZR 400, ZX-7R P6, Bandit 600, GSXR 750 Slingshot, DRZ400, DR650, ZX10R C1H, ZXR 750 L1, ZXR 750 L3, '99 ZX7R P4, KTM 300 EXC, ZX-9R E1, TDM850

[c_dug]

Neither car was anywhere near standard.

c_dug
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I am a bellend, I am a man of constant sorrow, I am a gummy bear, I am a rock.

[Blau Zedong]

If a GPZ500 makes 59 bhp i'll chop my cock off and shag myself with it. Considering they are slightly slower than a 350 YPVS which has 47 real world BHP. I'd say alot of cars will beat one, especially when it comes to accelaration above 80-ish.

Someone who doesn't like GPZ500's very much.
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[Faldo]

[Villers]

I got shown up by a BRITISH car!! Some kind of aston martin (vantage or something) on the way home from work. He had the run off the roundabout onto the uphill crawler lane. I peg it, as Im gaining I cant believe my luck. Unfortunately we are about to hit 3 figures and we both have to slow for a second. Upon which he showed me a sack full of torque and quite promptly fucked off. The bike? A piss pump V twin SV650. That was the final straw, I don't want to be beaten in a straight out drag by cars, no matter how nice the car is

Oh and another nail in the Sv's coffin was when it got raped by a new shape Integra Type-R. We lined up on the motorway ready for the off, then I noticed I was already doing 80, he took off and I might as well have gotten off and pushed
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[stevo as b4]

GPZ 500 is about 4.8sec max 0-60mph, when really launched and ridden for figures, not for sympathy. Mind you should do well to remember that most car driver's can't usually get better than inside 2sec's of the manufaturers quoted 0-60mph times, which are transmission wreakingly brutal in the way they go about them.

Anyway i've been beaten twice memorably when i had my ZX6R. I was beaten away from some lights on an uphill dual carridgeway by an F355 spider. I was following him less than 1/2 a car length behind and changing up at 9K with full throttle in the gears. So basically i believe i kept up without using the last 5000rpm or the bikes top end rush.

Secondly and very differently i was harrassed badly along a very tight twisty north wales road, with several areas of loose gravel, decreasing radius bends, and large drops in places at least on one side of the road or the other. The car was a Subaru Impreza classic WRX. I just couldn't stay in front and couldn't keep up after, despite riding right to the limits of my ability. I also ran wide a few times and then lost my bottle due to the road surface, sheep in the road, and the sheer drops which you'd need big balls to ignore IMO.