Ever been beaten by a car?

spockety

Inspired by the "Traffic light grand prix" thread over on the Motors forum, where some willy waving descended into Car Vs Bike stats..

Has anyone here ever been beaten off the lights by a car?

Can't say I ever have. I remember even when I had my old '92 CBR400 I was pretty confident there was practically nothing out there that could better my "0 to <LEGAL LIMIT>" time for any particular stretch...

KTRIC

I don't think there is a road legal car that can beat me off the lights.

af_thefragile

Ariel Atom 500.
0-60mph in less than 2.5secs...

Though it is considered as an alternative to a motorbike.

Sorry for the buzz kill.... :pac:

EvilMonkey

Hayabusa or zzr1400 would be a bout the same 0 - 60

jameshayes

af_thefragile wrote: »

Ariel Atom 500.
0-60mph in less than 2.5secs...

Though it is considered as an alternative to a motorbike.

Sorry for the buzz kill.... :pac:

That road legal?


I can get to 60mph in about 4secs - dont think any common car could even come close...

KTRIC

af_thefragile wrote: »

Ariel Atom 500.
0-60mph in less than 2.5secs...

Though it is considered as an alternative to a motorbike.

Sorry for the buzz kill.... :pac:

It was measured at 2.89 .


I have ZZR1400 and it'll do it in 2.5, I think the Hayabusa has been quoted as 2.47 but with a lower top speed than the ZZR.

Since aquiring the ZZR I troll the intarweb looking to start pissing matches

seanybiker

People used to walk passed me when i had the marauder 125 lol.
Never really had much problems with the bandit 6 either and no car has come even close to me gsxr 1000 since I got it. Bloody gixxers taking the fun out of annoying people. I be to far ahead to slow down and laugh at the people nowadays

af_thefragile

KTRIC wrote: »

It was measured at 2.89 .


I have ZZR1400 and it'll do it in 2.5, I think the Hayabusa has been quoted as 2.47 but with a lower top speed than the ZZR.

Since aquiring the ZZR I troll the intarweb looking to start pissing matches

They reckon it can do 0-60mph under 2.5 secs. And it is road legal, although you'ld look much of a cock driving around in it is a different matter!

And then you've got a ZZR1400 so the argument ends there...
Wrong person to pick on...:o

CrazyRabbit

Well, I got into an argument with a cage driver once. We ended up standing toe to toe yelling at each other.
After a few moments, he got back in his car, put it in gear, and then rammed into me with it as I went to get back on my bike. I was knocked to the ground and pushed a few meters away.
Every time I tried to get up, he ran into me again. Eventually I was able to dodge him and I landed on the ground just beside the driver side door. He began to rapidly open/close the door, smashing me in the head with it several times and breaking my nose.

So yeah, I've been beaten up with a car.

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Oh...that's not what you meant...

Blitzkrieger

My daily driver has a 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds, so I'd probably beat some slower bikes off the line, but I was embarassing myself trying to keep up with one of the lads on his R1. Would have been worse on my bike tho

Fecking restricted license.....

hobochris

I nearly lost to a boy racer Muppet in civic a few weeks ago, I went into a daydream at the lights, light changed, he tore off, The sound of him pulling the bollocks out of his engine got my attention, banged it into first and flew past him beat him to the other side of the junction just about.

seanybiker

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

My daily driver has a 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds, so I'd probably beat some slower bikes off the line, but I was embarassing myself trying to keep up with one of the lads on his R1. Would have been worse on my bike tho

Fecking restricted license.....

Thats quick for a car. What ya got ? What bike?

Interceptor

LOL - I am helium...

'cptr

KamiKazi

Interceptor wrote: »

'cptr

'cptr?

Rippy

KamiKazi wrote: »

'cptr?

Short for Interceptor.
Bike.ie resident sarcastic bollox .
Been beaten when not paying attention or couldn't be arsed on various litre plus bikes.

KamiKazi

Rippy wrote: »

Short for Interceptor.
Bike.ie resident sarcastic bollox .
Been beaten when not paying attention or couldn't be arsed on various litre plus bikes.

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KTRIC

KamiKazi wrote: »

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It just fits in perfectly with the "biker.ie" way of thinking.

'RIC

KamiKazi

KTRIC wrote: »

It just fits in perfectly with the "biker.ie" way of thinking.

'RIC

Ah OK.

'kkzi

KTRIC

KamiKazi wrote: »

Ah OK.

'kkzi

And it makes you look like a mod, ask Mike65

'RIC

KamiKazi

KTRIC wrote: »

And it makes you look like a mod, ask Mike65

'RIC

So it does, awesome!

'kkzi

DivX

Answer to the OP question, nope:D

Not that I bother trying [much], but still first off the line without thinking about it. Remember two particular occasions, first one I really disappointed a Porche 996 turbo driver when I pulled off into the lead which must have been some kick to his ego, also remember a WRX but that must have been a 1.6L in drag :P

Now if it was wet, I really wouldn't take a chance on kicking out the rear too much..

Limerick Bandit

KamiKazi wrote: »

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Why do you care :rolleyes:

LB

KamiKazi

Limerick Bandit wrote: »

Why do you care :rolleyes:

LB

why do you care if I care? and you did it wrong, there is supposed to be a "'" before your signature.

'kkzi

Red Hornet

Never been beaten off d lights by a cage and i only have a 250 Hornet.
I love when a cage pulls up next 2 me at d lights, they look over and when d lights go green i'm gone and they screwing d guts out of d cage.

Tigger

no;and if i had i surley wouldn't talk about it

smcgiff

Folks - Bikes are faster. Just as Aeroplanes are faster than bikes, rockets are faster than planes.

But, I'm a big fan of bike riders - Us cage drivers need new organs every now and again!

Cuddlesworth

smcgiff wrote: »

Folks - Bikes are faster. Just as Aeroplanes are faster than bikes, rockets are faster than planes.

But, I'm a big fan of bike riders - Us cage drivers need new organs every now and again!

Meh, I have that angle covered. I strapped semtex to the bottom of my bike on a levelled sensor. Bike hits the ground, I go boom. No organs for you.......

Tigger

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Meh, I have that angle covered. I strapped semtex to the bottom of my bike on a levelled sensor. Bike hits the ground, I go boom. No organs for you.......

er i've lived through a few offs your method is faulty

Cuddlesworth

Tigger wrote: »

er i've lived through a few offs your method is faulty

Clearly it works as I'm still here. I'll come back to this thread after a off for a update on the system.

bladespin

No, sometimes I'll only use part throttle to let them think they have a chance.
TBH most boy racers don't try, they usually know a bit about bikes themselves althought there's always civic man lol, gotta love them.

Tigger

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Clearly it works as I'm still here. I'll come back to this thread after a off for a update on the system.

semtex hardly went off tho