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I was wondering which can take a corner faster, a bike or a car? For the sake of argument both are regular vehicles off the showroom floor, not souped up race vehicles.
 
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Do you know for sure or is that your opinion? Lets also say that the driver/rider are just regular people too. I can see a regular person pushing a car closer to the limits of the car, further than a regular guy can push the limits of the bike around the same corner.
 
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well look at it this way. power to wieght ratio. bikes have way better suspention. now take a new mustang and a honda shadow vlx and the car will win. Take a honda accord and a cbr 1Krr and the bike wins. take the same car and bike and put a guy who can't ride a bike on it and the car wins. A good car driver and a good bike rider the bike will win. Now what kind of bike and what kind of car are we talking about. since a car needs about 6 HUNDRED horse power to keep up with a stock 600cc sportbike and that is in a straight line from a roll, not stopped
 
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With decent pilots in each vehicle the bike will have the edge on good pavement. Sand, crap or wetness evens it up a bit as a car has 4 contact patches.
 
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I was wondering which can take a corner faster, a bike or a car? For the sake of argument both are regular vehicles off the showroom floor, not souped up race vehicles.
The car
 
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http://www.7digital.com/shops/assets/fifthgear/lamb.asp
 
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^^^^ thats an awesome video :P I saw it before and love it... definately worth the d-load time...


that is the one with the lambo gullardo (sp?) and the Duc right?


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If both driver/rider are competant cars are faster in corners, but the bikes power to weight ratio evens it up over any distance. e.g look at that vid the lambo is actually cornering faster than the bike. But who cares bikes are more fun!!!
 
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