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PostPosted: 17:22 - 13 Sep 2014    Post subject: Half decent Bike vs Cars courtesty of (Ozzy) Top Gear Reply with quote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygT4bGJkerk#t=105

Not sure how contrived it was; looked a lot better than the UK one's previous efforts.

It's a road legal bike with slicks vs a race V8, albeit a vauxhall and a full spec F1 car.

Not sure why the bike did so much better at the start?

Stoner's foot came off on that late corner, but looked like he then held back a little when the F1 car came past - also it looked like with his pretty tight line, he could have got on the power early and at least matched the big car in acceleration.
Actually, on re-watching, the bike caught up to the big car easily and I don't see any reason the F1 car shouldn't have been starting to be able to get some serious acceleration as it got into it's sweet spot for grip near the finish line.

Did look they were properly trying to stop the other's get past otherwise, however.
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PostPosted: 18:19 - 13 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

its a bit of a show,
they all slowed to cross the line together.
the v8 could have gone faster in places but hes not going to kill stoner to do it.
enjoy the noises and leave it at that,nothing meaningful in performance terms.
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PostPosted: 19:15 - 13 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

wristjob wrote:

the v8 could have gone faster in places but hes not going to kill stoner to do it.

To me it looked like they were both 'trying' for the mid bit - not being willing to seriously endanger the life of another competitor is actually pretty standard practice for most sportsmen - well apart from the Senna's (and maybe Prost's son learnt from some of his dad's old rivalry, judging by today's action!)
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PostPosted: 00:23 - 14 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Stoner's foot came off on that late corner
Intentional... Giving the signal to overtake.
Bike was faster out of the corners than V8. Seemed slower than both cars almost everywhere else on that particular track.
F1 showed why they spend millions on bits you can't see like the undertray..that midcorner grip. Smile
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