rk97
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I'm sure I'm not the only one of us who loved fast cars before I discovered fast bikes.
Every time I see this type of comparison though, it makes me smile a big shit-eating grin.
http://www.motortrend.com/av/roadtests/coupes/1011_ferrari_458_italia_ducati_1198s_comparison_video/index.html
at $22k, the 1198S isn't exactly cheap, but you could total 12 of them before eclipsing the Ferrari's sticker price.
All that cash to be 2 seconds slower around a race track, and a second slower in the quarter mile? that's a lot of money for "style points."
But what this really makes me wonder is which vehicle I would be faster on/in.
On a (8 yr old) 600, I can get withing 15 seconds or so of AMA poll times at some tracks. Rapp laid down a 1:17, so I'd like to think I could have hope of turning a 1:30 on the same bike. Surely some of the "A" guys could.
So my question is, how fast would people like us be in the Ferrari? Does the car really making going fast easier? I suspect that it does, but it's a $260k question...
What's even more interesting is what would happen if I tossed my wife the keys to both vehicles. She's got her "M" endorsement, but no track experience (on a bike, or in a car).
would her familiarity with a car make her so much faster in the turns that her car laps are faster? or would her overall lack of cornering experience magnify the bike's straight-line acceleration advantage, making the bike the faster vehicle?
Anyone had the chance to test something like that?
Every time I see this type of comparison though, it makes me smile a big shit-eating grin.
http://www.motortrend.com/av/roadtests/coupes/1011_ferrari_458_italia_ducati_1198s_comparison_video/index.html
at $22k, the 1198S isn't exactly cheap, but you could total 12 of them before eclipsing the Ferrari's sticker price.
All that cash to be 2 seconds slower around a race track, and a second slower in the quarter mile? that's a lot of money for "style points."
But what this really makes me wonder is which vehicle I would be faster on/in.
On a (8 yr old) 600, I can get withing 15 seconds or so of AMA poll times at some tracks. Rapp laid down a 1:17, so I'd like to think I could have hope of turning a 1:30 on the same bike. Surely some of the "A" guys could.
So my question is, how fast would people like us be in the Ferrari? Does the car really making going fast easier? I suspect that it does, but it's a $260k question...
What's even more interesting is what would happen if I tossed my wife the keys to both vehicles. She's got her "M" endorsement, but no track experience (on a bike, or in a car).
would her familiarity with a car make her so much faster in the turns that her car laps are faster? or would her overall lack of cornering experience magnify the bike's straight-line acceleration advantage, making the bike the faster vehicle?
Anyone had the chance to test something like that?