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I have a lot of friends that ride sport bikes. They've talked before about how fast bikes
are around a road course but I tend to wonder just how fast they are in comparison
to cars? How close hypothetically would a stock C5 ZO6 be in comparision to a
Hayabusa or any other current production bike on a road coarse given a skilled
driver/rider? I remember the old article of the Viper vs the then fastest production bike
in one of the car magazines and the Viper won, so I'm guessing it's close but maybe the
bike would win. That's also taking into acount an expert rider on the bike aka someone
that's crazy.

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I think corner speeds are where the car leaves the bike and transitions.
The fact that you can toss a car thru a chicane and you really have to slow
down on a bike to move your weight back and forth makes the car a lot
faster thru those types of turns.

Skill is also a major factor. Not many people have the skill or guts to drag
knees on a bike and drift the rear wheel around turns.
In general more people can drive a car fast as compared to the skill level
and guts of a bike rider.

bruecksteve

All of my biker friends ride the Dragon's Tail regularly in the summer.
I just bought a 1997 Yamaha YZF600R and might have to tag along with them
one time then take the Formula and see if they can keep up. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif)