06-02-2008, 01:55 PM
yeah, that was a pretty bad ass video, especially the jump 
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He said the only place he made it up was on braking, it didn't look like he had twice the traction/grip, to me, in the corners. Assuming a similar tire compound (which, I'm sure, they were different), wouldn't their cornering speeds be similar? I'm also guessing the bike could have been braking later and harder, but maybe the rider just didn't want to die? :lol: I think we can all agree it's a WHOLE lot easier to drive a car at 9/10ths on a country road type situation than it to drive a bike at 9/10ths. And locking up a front tire on a car is not QUITE as big of a deal as on a bike.
I honestly don't know how to compare bikes and cars in such a discussion, but I do know more tire doesn't mean more traction when comparing car to car. So yeah, a bike has a smaller contact patch, but there's more weight on that patch, so grip could be the same. :?: Bikes are still a mystery to me.
hock: Apoc Wrote:Twice the traction (or more when you look at contact patch) will always win if power/weight are comparable.
He said the only place he made it up was on braking, it didn't look like he had twice the traction/grip, to me, in the corners. Assuming a similar tire compound (which, I'm sure, they were different), wouldn't their cornering speeds be similar? I'm also guessing the bike could have been braking later and harder, but maybe the rider just didn't want to die? :lol: I think we can all agree it's a WHOLE lot easier to drive a car at 9/10ths on a country road type situation than it to drive a bike at 9/10ths. And locking up a front tire on a car is not QUITE as big of a deal as on a bike.
I honestly don't know how to compare bikes and cars in such a discussion, but I do know more tire doesn't mean more traction when comparing car to car. So yeah, a bike has a smaller contact patch, but there's more weight on that patch, so grip could be the same. :?: Bikes are still a mystery to me.
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