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Power to weight of a Ferrari

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01cbr said:
You can troll all you want with your BS......I have posted the facts.



Tuck in all you want on the most aerodynamic sport bikes on the market and you still have more drag than any Ferrari you pick off their showroom floor.
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The point of this thread is you have a performing bike for 5299. Also power to weight, not a drag coefficient debate. If I compared a zx6 to this ferrari. I would put my money on the ZX6.
 
ItIsWhatItIs said:
The point of this thread is you have a performing bike for 5299. Also power to weight, not a drag coefficient debate. If I compared a zx6 to this ferrari. I would put my money on the ZX6.
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If your on the hwy....the zx6 would get eaten alive
 
tricky said:
I've spent the past few weeks calculating coefficients of performance on airfoils for school. Worlds are colliding here for me and it's freaky.

Thanks for the read though, I never really considered the aerodynamics a bike
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I didn't consider motorcycle aerodynamics bad until reading an article about getting a busa to break 200mph.

Its not exactly that easy to find these numbers on motorcycles.
 
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I know, I can't match the quality work of the GIF king so that will have to do.
 
Sad state of affairs with cbr250

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/114/9135/Motorcycle-Article/2011-Honda-CBR250R-Comparison.aspx


357lbs:22.66 hp is 15.75lbs:1hp

Of course add the rider weight and the performance is not impressive.

my cbr125

280lbs:13hp is 21.5 lbs:1hp

Proof is in the pudding. I am able to sustain 100 kph. On the 400 in a draft situation I have achieved 150 kph. I am able to perform at these levels because it is a fairing bike. It's sad some cruiser riders have corrupted this thread with their baseless experience.
 
Oke LOL you are trolling... RIGHT?


Do you realize that your draft situation actually proves MY point? 66% increase in top speed while drafting proves your faired bike isn't that aerodynamic.
 
Cars have better aerodynamics and a lot more down force than bikes which allows them to carry higher cornering speeds. Lap times don't lie. Jan Magnusson's Corvette C6R ran a 1:19.291 at Laguna Seca in 2008 while Casey Stoner when he was still with Ducati's MotoGP bike ran a 1:20.700. Keep in mind that it's just a heavily modded production Corvette vs a full out race-spec prototype MotoGP bike and the bike still lost. Formula 1 cars will pretty much destroy MotoGP bikes in all aspects of racing (straight away, cornering speed, corner exit speed etc). If you compare modded production cars vs modded production bikes, any GT car in FIA endurance championship series will beat any world superbike.

But none of this matters to us anyways since none of us are professional racers/riders and can't take these vehicles to anywhere near their limits. But if you guys really want to compare the potential of bikes vs cars, there is no contest, car will own bikes in the hands of a professional driver. If you take the current "best driver" and "best rider" in the world which is arguable Sebastian Vettel in F1 and Jorge Lorenzo in MotoGP respectively and hand Vettel a stock Nissan GT-R, he will most likely beat Lorenzo on a whatever stock 1000cc bike (1199 Panigale, RSV4 Factory, BMW S1000RR, etc) on a track.

Anyways, the Korean Grand Prix today was pretty awesome! Vettel taking the win again! He is probably the only guy that has a chance of surpassing Michael Schumacher's records lol. Hope he wins this season and take his third straight F1 champion!
 
I didn't realize the 4 stroke beginner bikes were so heavy, that would explain why some are surprised when I tell them the specs on my RS.
My Aprilia RS 250 (70hp @ 305lbs) - 4.4 lbs. / per hp, my NSR 250 (45hp @ 275lbs) 6.1 lbs. /per hp. That RS is the most fun I've had on a bike in 24 years of riding.
My numbers are in some pretty good company.


Aprilia V4 Tuono (2.45lbs/hp):
- Lamborghini Murcielago (5.1lbs/hp)
- Bugatti Veyron (4.15lbs/hp)
- McLaren F1 (4lbs/hp)
- Supermarine Spitfire (3.46lbs/hp)
- Boeing AH-64 Apache (2.84lbs/hp)
- Lockheed F-117 Stealth fighter (loaded) (2.48lbs/hp)

Also in Australia their novice riders laws have a power to weight ratio restriction in place.
http://www.sa.gov.au/subject/Transp...ling/Motorcycles/Learner+approved+motorcycles
 
Certain things need to be factor in. There is a smaller turning radius for a bike

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