PlatinumZealot wrote:
Cars have 4 tyres bikes have 2.. the car will always win in the corners.
clearly you have zero experience and zero understanding of this issue.
and ask for the 'no chance' in corners, really? you seem to forget these stats are of professional drivers doing tests.
in real life, these figures are vastly different. Not to forget the steering skills of the driver.
I will admit that i generally place better brakes on my bikes and spend more attention to perfect tires, compared to cars, where i tend to spend less attention to that detail.
but i take corners [ even slow ones ] vastly much faster on a bike then in a car, and corner them deeply in a smooth line.
In a car, you'll have to search the perfect braking point and the perfect angle to go through the corner the best you can.
the general driver is simply not capable of this , and more importantly, their vehicle is not in perfect all-new shape.
Yes, as in braking, a car IS able to span less of a braking distance compared to a motorbike. That is true, and yes, the fact the car has 4 wheels to put to use in a stable matter gives them braking benefit....
however, in real life, drivers brake far earlier than motorbike drivers will brake, AND, will have much more trouble angling their car in the 'perfect' manner.
In a bike, you sense and feel the track/street far more in a natural sense, you get much more response, and because of visibility and freedom you anticipate the track much better, meaning, that you are able to judge the situation much better.
The biggest 'mistake' most motorbike drivers make whom try to perform are that they, indeed, brake too much in a straight line, and don't use the benefits of the bike. A bike can tilt extremely far in a corner, and can take a corner faster.
there is too far tilting, which will result in a slide because the loss of grip. but most bike drivers i see sit too upright and brake too long and then are 'overly' carefull into the corner [ whereas in a car, you essentially just can slam it into the corner ]. If you take confidence and master your bike limits then you will destroy the general car driver with ease.
Either way, accelaration of a bike kills any chance of a sportscar, even if it's a serious one.
And you can't compare a 911 GT2 or GT3 or a multi-million dollar Ferrari FXX to a 250cc bike offcourse.
I enjoy a ninja and GSX-R most, and i'm not talking about the overhyped hayabusa. Only on a long long straight will a car have a chance of 'catching up' to a motorbike [which can easily do 250+, too], but then the corner comes up and it's gone with the wind.
and offcourse, in daily drive? there's not even a fair chance for any car.
as was Sutcliffe, 