Originally Posted by
Alan_D
That was years ago. Bikes have come a long way since then.
Obviously there are tuned Fords that can beat bikes in a straight line, but the difference with a bike is that for £6k you can put £300k cars to shame.
They are good fun.
i know bikes have come along since then and so have cars but the fact is that at the time the vid was made the r1 was the fastest bike around and being ridden by a british champ against a porche 911 carrera 4 which was not the fastest car at the time and was driven by a touring car driver who was not a british champ at the time
cars will never beat bikes in the least money for max speed stakes
i know how much fun they can be and how dangerous too as i have the scars to prove it, rode moto x from the age of 3 and have a nice 5inch wide round exhaust pipe burn on my leg + many other smaller scars, id hate to ride a bike and have a off on the road, its happened to a few mates and 2 of them were lucky they were not killed