Quote: Originally posted by Toypop on 30 June 2005
The Atom aint so hot, in the real world with a reasonably experienced driver (Clarkson) and with real world driving (i.e. not driving such that the clutch will last five minutes) it was blown away off the line by a CBR600 on Top Gear. Your GSXR should see one off in a straight line no problem assuming you have a fairly recent model.
Getting my bike Saturday morning. Just a Bandit 6 but will be getting an SV650S in the spring and either a GSXR or a CBR when I ditch my car in 2 years time.
Even so between now and spring the lowly Bandit will make mince meat out of my 182 lol.
dont forget the atom featured on top gear had around 200hp i believe the atom in this test has miles more torque constantly avaliable from a supercharger and 300 BHP !! so no that 100 extra ponies + torque on a lightweight car is equivelent to around another 300bhp at lest.
anyways thats off topic back on topic .....................
saying that the clio was pipped by the GTI golf DSG is unfair as it was 0.03 difference as far as i recall and the 182 was faster to 60mph. the 182 would corners quicker than a golf GTI also. any slight wind difference would have turned the outcome on the 182s favour.
both are totally and uttlery equally matched but its important to remember that the clio was a 182 CUP so 20kgs lighter and had lighter still recaros so it was the ultimate clio in terms of power to weight.
16.74 to 100 mph in a car that costs 10995 new from internet and less than 13k list is awesome and blows away its supermini competion including the cooper S and i expect the clio would have been faster 0-100-0 than a CTR.
as far as the silly bandit comment goes they only do 120mph (182 - 140mph) they are ideal for beginners and a cheap bike good for touring there is no way a 182cup couldnt corner faster i know this as a work collegue has had a bandit for years and years and hes a motorbike instructor.
ive kept pace for a short while with some bike and on corners easily been faster (konis help) however its up to the rider if they want to die or get round a corner safely so potencial speed doesnt mean actual speed.
the atom has over 600bhp per tonne !!! more than most cars with 800bhp so it will be faster than a 600cc bike. just not a 175bhp insane GSXR which is so fast its actually dangerous.. even then the atom was faster to sixty it has huge power and lots of rubber to put the power down with.
the gsxr has 1060bhp per tonne so close to F1 cars if you tuned to 200hp it may have more power than an F1.