SL63 leaves biker on country road!
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Shared this with my sons tonight, one who has been driving for 2 years and the other 3 months. What was gratifying was that having seen "what it's like" in a real time video, they both accepted that there was no reset button, and these antics really are on the edge between life and death. They both decided it was not for them. Telling their dad what he wanted to hear possibly..... But gratifying to see that, despite being avid petrol heads, it was not something they sought to replicate....let's hope so.....
Was it entertaining thought ? Damn right it was ....
Was it entertaining thought ? Damn right it was ....
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They belong on a track IMHO...
Rashman
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The Sl63 is impressive.
Especially when you consider it has a harder job of cutting through the air.
Especially when you consider it has a harder job of cutting through the air.
Giantvanman
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It's all fun and harmless until something goes wrong and with driving and riding like that, it is only a matter of time.
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A pal of mine is a lifelong biker, Turbo GSXR, Hayabusa, R1 etc. and a very quick/skilled rider.
Recently he visited and saw my car for the first time.
I said, yes but it's not bike quick is it?
He explained that, when at or close to full chat, AMG's gave him a real problem.
Make of that what you will...
Recently he visited and saw my car for the first time.
I said, yes but it's not bike quick is it?
He explained that, when at or close to full chat, AMG's gave him a real problem.
Make of that what you will...
I'm not sure it is.
Speaking as someone who used to be quite a prolific spirited driver, it's the adrenalin-fuelled excitement and competition that pushes you on.
However, as GVM states, it's all fun until something goes wrong.
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Jonh I have to disagree with you I'm a spirited driver and I wouldn't do such a stupid thing if something wrong happened there and I killed someone I couldn't live with myself for the rest of my life ,that thought alone would put me off of the race.JohnEBoy said:
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V12
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The SL has a much lower drag co efficient than the bike...that's the only reason it keeps up at higher speeds when it's all down to aero.
At lower speeds it's about power to weight ratio and bikes always win.
Ignore the speedo and observe the surroundings... Doesn't look like they're going that fast.
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I've known this for years - just comes as a heck of a shock to the biker community. You should see just how much quicker your AMG will be in a corner.
Giantvanman
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Very true. A gentle curve than a car can ignore and corner flat on will have a bike tilted onto the pegs (as per second video). Always known, bike for acceleration, car for cornering.
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A car will tend to out-brake a bike on the road as well. Out of a corner, in traffic, or up hills a bike tends to be quicker than a car.
Jonh I have to disagree with you I'm a spirited driver and I wouldn't do such a stupid thing if something wrong happened there and I killed someone I couldn't live with myself for the rest of my life ,that thought alone would put me off of the race.
I think you are misunderstanding the point of my post.
I'm not saying the racing in the clips is anything but extremely dangerous for anyone in the vicinity.
My point was that Chalpkin suggested it was the red mist that causes what we see in the video clips but from my own experience - I don't get angry at all. It is purely the excitement and adrenalin from driving against other cars.
However, again, that's not to say I condone or even do what is done in the clips on UK public roads.
At least not for that length of time and not at those speeds.
Sp!ke
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I think it means he isnt as quick as you think he is on a bike.
A 63 does a 12.5s quarter mile. That isn't quick in bike terms.
I believe its possible to do a 9 second quarter mile on a meagre 600cc bike now.
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It's the full chat bit that's important here, not the standing start acceleration, where superbikes are way quicker (he says, having owned a few).
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On top speed with a really long run-up then yes, a pretty heavily modified 63 may have an edge when compared to a stock bike.Shorten the run-up or modify the bike and the tables are turned again.It is all a bit nonsensical though as in the real world there is nowhere you can really achieve these top speeds aside from being on a closed airstrip.In the real world, 0 to 100mph is what really counts.
In response to the video though, it makes me cringe knowing the potential outcome although I also doubt the speeds are as high as the speedo indicates.
I suspect a sprocket change is behind this with real speeds perhaps 150mph or lower.
In response to the video though, it makes me cringe knowing the potential outcome although I also doubt the speeds are as high as the speedo indicates.
I suspect a sprocket change is behind this with real speeds perhaps 150mph or lower.
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Funnily enough we had this sort of discussion on the Subaru forum recently.
in 2010 Visor Down attended Autocar's 0 -100 - 0 supercar test with some bikes. The Suzuki GSXR-1000 and the Yamaha Thunderace bested everything in a 0-100-0 test (well not quite, an Ariel Atom split them, but that is hardly a road car) and on acceleration to 100 outside of the Atom the closest car was some 2.8s slower (Lamborghini Murcielago). These weren't even state of the art bikes, in fact the Yamaha was 10 years old.
in 2010 Visor Down attended Autocar's 0 -100 - 0 supercar test with some bikes. The Suzuki GSXR-1000 and the Yamaha Thunderace bested everything in a 0-100-0 test (well not quite, an Ariel Atom split them, but that is hardly a road car) and on acceleration to 100 outside of the Atom the closest car was some 2.8s slower (Lamborghini Murcielago). These weren't even state of the art bikes, in fact the Yamaha was 10 years old.
