Another car v bike

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqSphrFyFy8&feature=related

Not actually that comparible because of the conditions.

Faceless bike rider is actually John JP Pearson, and I can't believe that someone that's into high performance cars is scared of a bike.
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[MattJ]

Yet another car vs bike round a track where conditions are crap. Never seen a video like that where conditions have been such that a decent comparison can be made. I mean the bike was absolutely crawling round the corners and I'm not surprised, a wet and leafy track.

And yeah, the presenter made it sound as if you have to have a screw loose to get on a bike.

[Dilyan]

In real life I'd always choose bike for fun and car for work (well, with my job in particular lol).

Bike is faster, not traffic affected, costs less and decent on fuel.
Car is safer, dryer (it is Britain after all), warmer and can fit your mother in law in the boot.
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[KingKong]

No sports car should ever be able to beat a super sports bike.
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[doggone]

On real roads with other traffic, bigger bikes easily outpace any car purely by being able to overtake quicker and filter through gaps where a wider car could not.
This applies on every type of road from single track to motorway.
With a car you'll be safer in less grippy condition though.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Suntan Sid]

[T0MMY]

On the road I've never had a bike pull away from me through the corners when I've been in a decent car. My Impreza would eat superbikes for breakfast on twisty country roads but lose out massively on straights (obviously). I've had to back off and almost cruise when I've been pushing on and come up behind a bike that thinks I'm racing him. Just can't push a bike that hard on the road plus most bikers can't get to 70% of their bikes capabilities (just look at the typical tyre wear on a row of bikes in a parking bay) whereas any enthusiastic car driver can push their car to 90% or even 95% with little real skill.

On track, the lap times I get on my bike are much quicker than in my car but I've never had a properly fast car so in conclusion...who knows. I suspect the car has a massive advantage in braking and perhaps slight cornering advantage but until you get up to supercar performance, on most tracks the bike might win by making up so much time under acceleration. I highly doubt I'd beat an Ariel Atom on my ZX6R but maybe on a litre bike...
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[T0MMY]

Yep...as above. I reckon you could buy a car for the price of an R1 that would be quicker round a track.

I think the cost argument is a little pointless anyway, they're totally different things. Best "bang for buck" would be running (in bare feet to avoid including the cost of trainers).
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