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Old 15-11-16, 09:48 AM   #30
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Default Re: Guy Martin vs David Coulthard (Speed F1 Special)

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Originally Posted by SV650rules View Post
On acceleration and braking, and also top speed things looked pretty comparable ... Bikes are limited by lean angle and a teensy weensy contact patch.
And the relatively high centre of gravity.

Given sufficiently wide tyres, a long enough wheelbase, and a low enough centre of gravity, a car will always out-brake, out-accelerate and out-corner a bike. The only advantage the bike has is its mass, and even that is limited by the other factors.
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