Beaten at the lights - 6 times!!

[buddha]

I thought i might share this with you all.

Last night on my way back from meeting friends in west end, i was riding at a normal speed, listening to some music. Stop at the lights waiting for it to change to green, from out of now where a merc e series zoom pass me, F*%k it was fast, so i thought i make my journey home more interesting by taken it out the next set of lights.

Raced up to the next set of lights, look across, he was 50ish bloke, pretty big sort of guy, revving up his engine. As soon as it hit green, clutch off, first gear.....30...45....up to second gear, rev up, "SHIT!!" didnt get it to second gear, got it into "Neutral" instead, look like a prat slowing down when he flew passed me..

Right, that got me going, got in gear race up to the next set of lights. Lights at red, clutch in, 1st gear selected, revving up, looked across thinking the nexts one is mine...... light changed to red and amber, off i went 35....50...second in, speeding up.... by the time i got into 3rd, flew pass me again... F*&k!!

This happen a couple more time, i couldnt belive it, beaten by a f*&king 50ish bloke driving a saloon car... I decide to have a look what type of car he was driving, it turned out to be a E320 AMG thing, f*&k, no way my cbr6 cant out run that from the lights.

So i called it a night by the 5th set of lights, no point trying wasting petrol, then a sleek black sport car pulled up right between the merc and me, a Lamborghini. As soon as i saw what car it was i had a stupid grin on my face, and thought " Have to try beating this"

The driver was up for it, sitting there at the lights, revving his engine. Lights change, flip the clutch away, and gave it all my bike had....which was much, about less than 15 or 20 meters, the Lamborghini rocket pass me, then as usual the mecr...

Looking silly, i left them to it, and rode my whip arse home...but bloody good fun though.

[AcIdBuRnZ]

You were riding a CBR6?

I cannot work out how you got whipped!!!

I'd thought first gear would go longer than 35mph? I do that on my ER-5 in first gear!
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[mchaggis]

If it was one of these, then they've a quite good 0-60 of 7.7 seconds.
https://timesonline.images.newcarnet.co.uk/car_pic2/me_e55_03_4.jpg
https://timesonline.newcarnet.co.uk/indepth.html?serialno=14812
Engine - 3222cc Range - 720 miles
Power - 204 bhp Insurance - Group 17
Top speed - 151 mph Cost per mile - 45.83 p
0 - 60 mph - 7.7 s CO2 - 183 g/km
Economy - 40.9 mpg

Quite nice cars for 35 grand I would say.
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[AcIdBuRnZ]

Yeah, it's a fast car... but surely a CBR6 is quicker that 7.7 seconds?
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[buddha]

it wasnt a new version, it was the old one, which make its worst

[buddha]

it was just every time i got the bike into 3rd gear, he just fly pass me, 3 times, tried evrything i could of think of.

[Bikay]

Should have had the Merc and the Lambo! Is your CBR running okay?
The only cars you'd struggle against are a McLaren F1, a Caterham Superlight R500 and a Koenigsegg which do 0-60 in 3.5 secs or less.
Check out this link for 0-60 times for a 2003 CBR600RR
https://www.bikez.com/msgboard/msg.php?str_id=15851&type=bike&id=20231
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[mchaggis]

Maybe you were changing up too early? Still, without something being wrong with your bike, you'd surely be able to beat them?
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[Stew]

Sounds to me like your CBR6 may be having some running problems. When we did the cars and bikes Run what you Brung at Elvington a couple of years ago I was able to beat every single car there (over 1/4 mile, although a few cars got faster flyers)on my YZF750 and I didn't get particularly good times either.
From the lights you should easily outrun most cars I would have thought.
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[ZRX61]

Learn how to launch the damn bike & stop riding like a pussy....

[buddha]

i just check the specs and it doesnt add up.., shit, have to have my bike services by the look of things.

[Villers]

Ive whipped one of them mercs in my old car (0-60 in 7.1 ok not a whip but an edge beat ) for christs sake. The guy would have needed about five hundred horses to stand a chance.

as for figures, RiDE magazine quoted the CBR600 FX at....

0-60 3.6 (tested)
0-100 6.8 (tested)
top speed 161 mph (tested)

Not much comparison to 0-60 in 7.7 I know

Doesn't the new maclaren SLS do 0-60 in around 3.9? And thats got over 500 ponies and costs over 100g's.

strange story mate, you sure you didnt start in 4th gear??

[Kickstart]

Hi

Does sounds like you were changing up early. I would expect you to need to get to at least 60 before changing up when going for it, and 600s often need to be revved hard to give anything like their best.

Also revving out in 3rd would probably put you the wrong side of 100mph, and not many people would go for it at that speed in an urban area.

Have some practice and really do make sure you use all the revs and all the throttle (something 2 stroke 125s are good at training you for).

OK, think 7.5 seconds or so to 60 is for the standard E320 so the AMG one might be quicker.

All the best

Keith
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[Smoto Bob]

STAY IN 1ST TILL YOU ABOUT TO GO INTO THE RED
3rd gear mate you would be doing 130 ish MPH?? if you were riding the bike properly

damn keith beat me
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[mchaggis]

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Yeah my CBR400 will do 60 in first. You need rev your bike all the way round.

Otherwise you will get beaten by comparatively slow machines, again.

Your bike will beat pretty much any car on the road without any problems.

[hustler]

Now that is embrassing, take the advice above.
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[buddha]

after the services, get myself more practices then, actually start tonight after work,

[Silver]

As above... although it's a lot easier to launch a car quickly than it is a bike; just dump the clutch and away you go. 100BHP at the back wheel would tend to see you ending up vertical if you're not careful, so IMO it's easier to get near a car's "factory" 0-60 times than a bike.

It reminds me of when I was riding one of my old GSXR400s and I had a race with an Escort Cosworth. I was flat out (135mph ish) and it was still pulling away from me. All I could think in my head (in between the swearing and cursing) was "Get a bigger bike!"

[hustler]

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[Smoto Bob]

[Fallen Angel]

Awww c'mon Buddha, I can get my 125 to about 55mph in 2nd gear since it's been de-restricted!!!!

Maybe that's why my bike's f*cked the now!!!

I would say I'm pretty good at racing cars off the lights, not really been beaten yet when I've been trying!!!

Wouldn't say my wee 125 would do much in a straight though and I know that, so once I beat them off the lights I just tend to sit back rather than make myself look silly.

Buddha, I take my hat off to you for posting that message though!
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[Josh]

I haven't been beaten from the lights once since getting my new bike, and thats restricted to 33bhp
Oh except that SM that showed me up
But from the sounds of things you need to ride harder.
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[Fallen Angel]

Buddha, how long have you had your CBR600?
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