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TheBikerStig
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PostPosted: 23:05 - 24 Apr 2017    Post subject: Bike vs Car, anyone remember an S1000R race? Reply with quote
Could have sworn that a few years ago I saw a race involving an S1000RR and a single seater sports car (probably Ariel Atom 500 or somethin). Anyway the car set a time on the Top Gear test track of 1:15ish, about the same time as a Veyron SS. The bike was not timed but was assumed to be about 1 second slower.

It might have been a completely different set of machinery at work, coz no amount of googling brings up relevant results. All I remember is a good car vs bike race on TG. I love such comparisons, takes my mind off health and safety, which makes my impotent.
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PostPosted: 23:14 - 24 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 23:21 - 24 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is the video you are after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygT4bGJkerk
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 07:26 - 25 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheSmiler wrote:
This is the video you are after.

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

I don't think it is... I can't bloody stand Stoner.

I think the segment in question might have been on one of Top Gear's 'Special' DVDs or something.
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DrDonnyBrago
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PostPosted: 09:13 - 25 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://rideapart.com/articles/top-gear-pits-bmw-s1000rr-vs-ariel-atom-v8

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2011/january/jan2411-s1000rr-second-fastest-ever-round-top-gear-track/

A mention of the top gear race.

Seems like it was topgear 23rd Jan 2011, maybe series 16 episode 1.

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PostPosted: 09:15 - 25 Apr 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Top Gear Series 16 Episode 1. 'James' (Tiff Needell) raced the v8 atom against the BMW s1000RR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r11C3Ibs07A.
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