I thought the TVR was quick!!!!!...
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I'm pleased this thread has come up, I too have had rides on bikes that are very impressive but at the end of the day, it doesnt do anything for me ! am I ill ?
I find the push in the back of a car a totally different experience than the hang on thrills of the bike and can't relate the two together.
It seems like comparing concorde top speed with a TVR's
I find the push in the back of a car a totally different experience than the hang on thrills of the bike and can't relate the two together.
It seems like comparing concorde top speed with a TVR's
I was driving down the M4 over Easter weekend, and I over took a fella on a Hayabusa. We were travelling along, after over taking I pulled back into lane 1 and he was alongside. I booted it, he gave a little twist of the throttle and that was the last I saw of him.
Bikes, they are quite simply mad!
Matt.
Bikes, they are quite simply mad!
Matt.
I ride a Yamaha R6 and I have to admit that the acceleration is quite unbelievable (at any speed), but I agree that the acceleration in a car (I used to own a TVR) does give quite a different feeling !
The nearest I have got to that 'bike' feeling in a car was a highly modified Renault 5 GT Turbo - I think it's something to do with the way in which turbo charged car can give such a sudden burst of acceleration.
Perfect solution - have both !
Cheers
Paul
The nearest I have got to that 'bike' feeling in a car was a highly modified Renault 5 GT Turbo - I think it's something to do with the way in which turbo charged car can give such a sudden burst of acceleration.
Perfect solution - have both !
Cheers
Paul
One of the most annoying things about owning a high performance car is that you can only rarely use all the power.
There is always some numpty ahead doing 30 in a fifty
and then another 20 in front of them - so it does not seem worth overtaking - as it just makes you look like a total w*nker but the enormous revelation when you get on a fast bike is that the roads are not over crowded but instead there are groups of cars traveling slowly with large gaps in between for you to enjoy !
It seems that only rural France can offer traffic free B roads for a fast car driver to enjoy.
That is a big reason why so many people take their fast cars to Le Mans in June - every year !
Rev.
There is always some numpty ahead doing 30 in a fifty
and then another 20 in front of them - so it does not seem worth overtaking - as it just makes you look like a total w*nker but the enormous revelation when you get on a fast bike is that the roads are not over crowded but instead there are groups of cars traveling slowly with large gaps in between for you to enjoy !
It seems that only rural France can offer traffic free B roads for a fast car driver to enjoy.
That is a big reason why so many people take their fast cars to Le Mans in June - every year !
Rev.
I was once asked by a guy on a GSX1100R how quick my Cerbera was. I told him that I had seen 165+ on the clock.
He pointed at the bike and said "This is quicker than that!"
I pointed out that I was smoking a cigarette and listening to Macy Gray at the time!!
I wasn't of course, (too busy hanging on!) but the point was made!
>> Edited by loknlode on Wednesday 17th April 12:19
He pointed at the bike and said "This is quicker than that!"
I pointed out that I was smoking a cigarette and listening to Macy Gray at the time!!
I wasn't of course, (too busy hanging on!) but the point was made!
>> Edited by loknlode on Wednesday 17th April 12:19
Good point. At leat you turn up some where comfortable and tidy with the girlfriend. Bikers must get pretty sweaty in the summer and bloody freezing in the winter. Then there's all the hassle with carrying all that gear when you get somewhere. Looks like a laugh if saved just for sunday blasts though.
Agree with all said, the acceleration in a car feels - safer?
Maybe it's just my warped mind but sitting on the back of the bike with the force of the air movement across my shins making my feet lift off the pegs gave me quite a buzz.
I could never get one though - be dead within minutes.
Maybe it's just my warped mind but sitting on the back of the bike with the force of the air movement across my shins making my feet lift off the pegs gave me quite a buzz.
I could never get one though - be dead within minutes.
I've spoken before about an incident coming back from LM a few years ago with 4 top draw bikes playing with a 355 the big difference is that at 170 a bike sits down feels stable but the wind rush puts huge stress on your arms, shoulders and neck were as cars generally get lighter feel less stable but have minimal physical effect on the driver (I bet the 355 driver didn't ache for a week afterwards). I would also say that 170 in a car does actually feel quicker than on a bike.
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He pointed at the bike and said "This is quicker than that!"
I pointed out that I was smoking a cigarette and listening to Macy Gray at the time!!
That's one good thing about a bike: no bad habbits and no lousy music! Just noise and speed!
And if you've got a kawak the roar of the air box ..... oooh lovely
I own a Suz. TL1000R and a TVR Chimaera, both are as intoxicating as each other in there own way, your much more involved with a bike, there's less room for error in the dance of swooping from corner too corner, throttle control is much more important, in the TVR you can be more aggresive, and take more risks, me, I love them both and could'nt be without either.
Nik
Nik
The big difference, and the reason why I prefer to ride, is the freedom. Certain cars may be as quick, but they need a lot more space to overtake as they're so much bigger. A bike can overtake, if the lane is wide enough, when there are solid white lines in the middle of the road.
And you can scare your passenger more easily.
And you can scare your passenger more easily.
Just found this video on the Web.
If you don't appreciate just how quick Bikes are, then watch this ! http://bil.zon.se/filmer/honda_blackbird_cbr_300kmh.mpg
Only downer is that it is 30Mb
If you don't appreciate just how quick Bikes are, then watch this ! http://bil.zon.se/filmer/honda_blackbird_cbr_300kmh.mpg
Only downer is that it is 30Mb
The reason I got into bikes was that I couldn't afford the sort of car that I really wanted.
Bikes then gave me a warped perspective on life, where traffic jams are almost welcomed, roundabout are things of joy, and 0-60 becomes irrelevant. And NSL means being about to do atleast 60, even if the idiot in the Metro doesnt want to.
They also gave me points, a broken toe, a nervous affliction of looking for coppers, and pain in my arms from heavy braking !!
Yep, the rush is incredible, and I crave the next high-speed thrill like a junkie seeking another hit.
No car that I have driven so far comes close, and the sacrifice of discomfort and zero practicality are easy to bear when it's a nice sunny day.
However, if someone 'gave' me 1000bhp car, I may be tempted to give up on bikes. For a while. Like, until a traffic jam... and there's a lot of them coming in the next few Blair years.
For that is where even modest bikes come alive - where traffic is merely mobile obstacles, and you have so much acceleration that even 90mph Beemers are just so much dead metal.
And yet, I know that one day I'm gonna chicken out, and quit riding. Possibly because of being frightened of a ban, if not a crash !
I wouldn't ever knock a fine car like a TVR, because any car that has that level of performance will atleast register on a bikers map, and some get a lot of respect. The drivers of such cars are so close in mindset to the bikers, that we must be friends.
And for the future, as a fast biker, and a fast car lover, I say we should stand together on all issues that threaten our enjoyment of the open road.
rgds, Carl.
Bikes then gave me a warped perspective on life, where traffic jams are almost welcomed, roundabout are things of joy, and 0-60 becomes irrelevant. And NSL means being about to do atleast 60, even if the idiot in the Metro doesnt want to.
They also gave me points, a broken toe, a nervous affliction of looking for coppers, and pain in my arms from heavy braking !!
Yep, the rush is incredible, and I crave the next high-speed thrill like a junkie seeking another hit.
No car that I have driven so far comes close, and the sacrifice of discomfort and zero practicality are easy to bear when it's a nice sunny day.
However, if someone 'gave' me 1000bhp car, I may be tempted to give up on bikes. For a while. Like, until a traffic jam... and there's a lot of them coming in the next few Blair years.
For that is where even modest bikes come alive - where traffic is merely mobile obstacles, and you have so much acceleration that even 90mph Beemers are just so much dead metal.
And yet, I know that one day I'm gonna chicken out, and quit riding. Possibly because of being frightened of a ban, if not a crash !
I wouldn't ever knock a fine car like a TVR, because any car that has that level of performance will atleast register on a bikers map, and some get a lot of respect. The drivers of such cars are so close in mindset to the bikers, that we must be friends.
And for the future, as a fast biker, and a fast car lover, I say we should stand together on all issues that threaten our enjoyment of the open road.
rgds, Carl.
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