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Originally Posted by kach22i
Going up the mountain - YES.
Going down the mountain where braking power as applied to surface contact area - NO.
Several examples of this come to mind, one where a sports car is pitted against a much faster motorcycle on the track. The motorcycle was ahead until the first turn where rapid deceleration was required.
Sport cars can out brake sport bikes, it's that simple.
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I have witnessed several races in different classes on the same track, and the only cars that can beat the bikes lap times have big wings and are far from being road legal.
One of my friends had a Subaru Impreza WRX STI with some additional power mods. Sure he could outcorner and outbreak my CBR 1000 F. He was not afraid to let it slide a bit. On corner exit it was byebye little dot in the mirror though.
The acceleration of a motorbike exceeds 1g in first gear, and that gear can reach 80-90 mph in some oof the sportier bikes. No 2wd car can match that, and 4wd's first gears don' t reach that far.
What a bike may lose in the corners is more than compensated by the acceleration. The mountains increase that effect.
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For confirmation go to people just like you.
For education go to people unlike yourself.
Last edited by RedDevil; 04-20-2013 at 07:51 AM..
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