Ducati Desmo V F430 Scuderia - Almeria

[gaz44]

No i havent,but i could still walk in any bike shop and buy one today.They are quite a common road bike.Which was my point...

You certainly could but the bike is still very extreme compared to most bikes.

In driving terms, they are both pretty extreme vehicles, imo.

 

[jamesp24]

That video is a BSB bike.

 

[superbenji88]

The Ducati is as close to race bike as you can get on the road.

But the F430 Scud is NOT as close to a race car you can get on the road.

 

[ForceIndia]

I still think Rossi on the bike would gap Schumacher to a larger degree than in the cars.

As I've said fella, Rossi will drive a car very regularly. During their F1 career, most drivers won't be allowed near a bike, so it's common sense to say that would be the case. Doesn't say anything about ability, speaks volumes about experience.

 

[gaz44]

As I've said fella, Rossi will drive a car very regularly. During their F1 career, most drivers won't be allowed near a bike, so it's common sense to say that would be the case. Doesn't say anything about ability, speaks volumes about experience.

With experience come ability...

So, if what I'm saying is common sense and is right, then a performance biker of sorts will be better overall.

Anyway, this is off topic!

I prefer the bike over the car.

 

[ForceIndia]

With experience come ability...

So, if what I'm saying is common sense and is right, then a performance biker of sorts will be better overall.

Anyway, this is off topic!

I prefer the bike over the car.

No. No matter how much Grosjean spends in an F1 car he'll always be average. Experience allows you to maximise your ability.

 

[Englebert]

I raced Max Biaggi on a track day. He was in an Audi R8, i was in the NSX. Kicked his ass!

Nice vid, but biased.

 

[gaz44]

No. No matter how much Grosjean spends in an F1 car he'll always be average. Experience allows you to maximise your ability.

That's compared to a good F1 driver. You can increase your ability, one of which ways is through experience. You have a limiting belief.

 

[andyroo]

Bikes beat cars until aero comes into play. Bikes loose out on cornering due to lack of downforce. Still great fun though!

And as for the GSXR1000 vs Westy... you can commute on the Gixxer, but in the Westy? I don't think so...

 

[jamesp24]

I raced Max Biaggi on a track day. He was in an Audi R8, i was in the NSX. Kicked his ass!

Nice vid, but biased.

Seriously ?

 

[gaz44]

Bikes beat cars until aero comes into play. Bikes loose out on cornering due to lack of downforce. Still great fun though!

And as for the GSXR1000 vs Westy... you can commute on the Gixxer, but in the Westy? I don't think so...

And the lack of 2 wheels!

 

[andyroo]

And the lack of 2 wheels!

No, not really. When a car corners, centrifugal force is pushing it across the road, so it needs more grip to not slide. Think how a car feel on a banked corner. A bike feels the same; it leans and is pushed INTO the road; it uses the force rather than fights it. Also, if you consider contact patch per tonne, a bike has a lot more.

 

[DannoTheGreat]

id take the bike all day long

 

[Rudi]

that was fookin sh1te

 

[Ian_182]

I wish i had the balls to ride a bike like that.Unfortunately i would be a headline very quickly...

 

[Tav]

So it's essentially a racing replica vs. a slightly lightened and honed road car?

The car is driven by some random rich bloke who might be useless behind the wheel?

I'd like to see how it got on against a car that was on slicks and road race replica...maybe a Radical.

 

[superbenji88]

I'd like to see how it got on against a car that was on slicks and road race replica...maybe a Radical.

Errr Hi. :approve:

you can commute on the Gixxer, but in the Westy? I don't think so...

You can commute on both as they are both road legal.

 

[Ian_182]

I agree on both,but only in the summer months.

Any showery weather in either would be a crap commute...