A street car that can outbrake and outrun a Motard on a twisty - Ducati.ms

sloduck · May 20th, 2008, 11:05 am

Enjoy. Sorry if this is a repost.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallp...AR=232739&CT=V

GEE-BEE · May 20th, 2008, 12:31 pm

Put a race exhaust and a set of cam's and the hyper would be gone !

I did like his rear brake light setup thou on the Hyper

acesanugal · May 20th, 2008, 12:47 pm

I wonder what takes more balls - the guy strapped in to a car with a roll cage, or the guy hanging on to an engine with controls? That also looked obviously staged.

tweek · May 20th, 2008, 12:48 pm

Being beaten by a Caterham in a fair fight is like being beaten by an F1 car. Nothing to be ashamed of and sort of a special case. It's not like you're going to be chased by either one going through a twisty canyon. But if that does happen - enjoy it!

Now if that had been a Dodge Neon or something we'd have to go slash our wrists.

yota · May 20th, 2008, 2:03 pm

man, if that bike would have slid out he would have been under that car in a heartbeat. took some balls for sure.

freezer16801 · May 20th, 2008, 2:04 pm

awesome video. At first I couldn't think of a car that could beat a hyper or most other sport bikes on twisty roads. I loved watching them mix it up.

**BillyD** · May 21st, 2008, 12:42 am

At the end of the day, four contact patches will always trump two when it comes to cornering. Plus the consequences of getting it wrong on a bike are potentially much more dire than in a cage.

Having said that, one of these vehicles is sexy and intriguing while the other looks like a catfish out of water. Guess which is which...

GHEZZI · May 26th, 2008, 7:47 am

Hit the bottom of the Peachester range the other day in sunny South East QLD, there was a standard looking 2.0 litre Ford Focus up ahead and I thought I would pass him by turn 3 or 4. But he saw me coming and started to push. By turn 6 I was skimming my toes accross the bitumen in each and every corner, only making ground between corners but there wasn't enough room to make a pass.

The Ford only crossed the centre line twice (totally), while I remained within the lane. At all times the car was straight, smooth and precisely driven. There was never a hint of either under or over steer.

When we crested the range and I passed the car, the driver and I simaltaineously smiled, pointed and gave each other the thumbs up, as if to say, "Fuck, you done good bloke!"

So there is a lot to be said for any car driven well. I can ride but I can't drive

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