>> Barks wrote:
>>
>> >On the subject of fuel load/comparisons, for the Summer Fair at RAF
>> >Brüggen in 1998 we raced a Tornado against a TVR Chimaera (British
>> >sports car).
>>
>> They didn't want to race against a superbike? A Yamaha sports bike
>> thoroughly trounced a special edition Subaru Impreza car. Yeah, okay, I
>> concede it was in a bike mag. The only time the Subaru scored was on the
>> brakes. Same thing happened against a 911 turbo years ago.
No fair--almost ANY roadbike will whip ANY road car. A good street legal
bike, IF lauched properly, will accelerate like a CART car...something
along the lines of 0-100kph/62.5mph in 2.5secs. Last generation turbo
Porsche (993TT), AWD, did it in 3.4 or 3.6. Braking however, is quite a
bit trickier <G>. Porssche brakes are things to drool over by themseleves
:) A sweet sight would the glowing-red-hot disc in racing
/AV
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goosnargh
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