How fast is fast!?

[barkstar]

has a superbike ever raced a formula one car? would be interesting to see

Sadly not. When F1 and WSB do Monza - and I'm assuming they use the same circuit layout - their lap times are 20 sec diff!!!! Top speed and acceleration are similar and the power to weight on the bike is better but the car can carry speed through the corners with all the downforce. It's reckoned - though no one has tried it - that you could drive an F1 car across a ceiling if you got enough speed up before you flipped it. So it's no contest and MotoGP bike would suffer just the same.
Potatoman 

[...joe]

5th gear tested a gallardo against a ducati and the ducati was only quicker round the track by a tiny amount, there was a video floating around on the net of it.

things like caterhams/westfields etc are quick quick quick!! well with the right engine they are! those bike engined versions are up there with bikes but can corner faster as well. it would be interesting to see a hayabusa vs a hayabusa engined westfield

[Adam_C]

well if you where to pitch this car up against a bike i know what i would bet on!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?AR=215770

its an Ariel Atom and as you can see by this vid they do 0 to 100 in about 7 seconds and thats standard. the atom has a supercharged Honda civic Type R engine and they weigh less than a fart so they are pretty damn rapid!

[KINGS>]

last year i had a tommi makinen evo 6 with fcom pro zorst filter etc it was running 320hp maybe more... off the lights it would play with bikes no bullsh!t this is a 4sec 0-60 car standard if was mega....  i think people 4get its about power/weight ratio a lambo or prancing horse maybe quite heavy, evo's sub's etc with decent power are very fast but built to a 3rd of the quality.

[barkstar]

last year i had a tommi makinen evo 6 with fcom pro zorst filter etc it was running 320hp maybe more... off the lights it would play with bikes no bullsh!t this is a 4sec 0-60 car standard if was mega

That is some motor but I had a Moto Guzzi LeMans 20 years ago that would do 0-60 in a tad over 4 secs. That said you wouldn't get me trying that on anything other than a perfect day and every day is a perfect day in an Evo! And that said you wouldn't get 60mpg from the Evo even if you pushed it ticking over! Horses for courses really. I love both.
Barkstar 

[mk2 sado]

hello every one,just pitched up from north east fife in scotland.mates have a R1 rear engined mini which is surprisingly fun-not same league as super cars but awsome all th same!!ripped the sh!t out of a few folks in it!also a calibra turbo engined corsa which is big time rapid but eats gearboxs!waiting on the 225TT golf mk2 gettin finished though!!!glad2be hear!.

[FBF]

well if you where to pitch this car up against a bike i know what i would bet on!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/popups/video.asp?AR=215770

its an Ariel Atom and as you can see by this vid they do 0 to 100 in about 7 seconds and thats standard. the atom has a supercharged Honda civic Type R engine and they weigh less than a fart so they are pretty damn rapid!

they have one of these at abbey motorsport!!  id love to have a go in it!  does look sh!t though

[Neaty]

hello every one,just pitched up from north east fife in scotland.mates have a R1 rear engined mini which is surprisingly fun-not same league as super cars but awsome all th same!!ripped the sh!t out of a few folks in it!also a calibra turbo engined corsa which is big time rapid but eats gearboxs!waiting on the 225TT golf mk2 gettin finished though!!!glad2be hear!.

welcome to the forum mate

is the tt engined golf urs then?

[DavidGTi]

Any car with 100bhp-per-tonne or more is where it feels fast.

[Agreeable Slick]

They had a motogp race a F1 car in a straight line, F1 pissed all over it. Problem with the bike is that all the power through the rear wheel, and nothing over the front makes it buck up, so they cannot fly off the line on full throttle, whereas the F1 just buries it and is shooting off. No contest really, as the F1 car is also a hell of a lot more aerodynamic.