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Old 01-05-11, 06:55 PM   #1
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Default Best street races?

Before you say it i know, its silly immature and pointless and endangers others as well as yourself.
But i'm sure you have all been tempted into it at some point!

Last few days ive raced both a £126,000 ford gt and just now a 5.0L V10 BMW M5 and its great to feel that my £2000 sv650 can keep up with them, well until about 130mph, but luckly both times when we have reached that speed the cars have had to slow for one reason or another meaning i didn't get beat on top end!

What kind of cars have you guys played with and won... or not?
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Old 01-05-11, 07:03 PM   #2
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trounced a Lamborghini Gallardo on the Hawes road on A 2001 Hornet he was trying too!

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Old 01-05-11, 07:07 PM   #3
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One of the reasons i love bikes, just soo little money for the same performance as hugely expensive cars!And yet the insurance is still cheap :P
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Old 01-05-11, 07:08 PM   #4
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A Nissan GTR appeared from nowhere behind me today, right up my ****. I didn't even attempt the race, just waved it past lol
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Old 01-05-11, 07:12 PM   #5
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I havent done any exotic cars like you guys but a few boy racer guys have had it
I normally bottle it tbh when the speeds get silly.

Just remember when the lambo or M5's are thrashing their cars to try and keep up with you, you're getting 40mpg, they're getting 7mpg , makes it even sweeter.
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Old 01-05-11, 07:22 PM   #6
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I've had a boy racer up my ass one night, caught up with me when i was doing just shy of a ton, at night, didn't realise if it was cops or a racer, i slowed and turned off, he dropped a gear a to the sound of a hiss shot off aha

Had a mini off the lights once, didn't even realise he wanted to race till he wheel span off next to me and i just casually beat him without even trying haha

Sometimes i should slow and think about the speed im doing but sometimes you just cant face letting them think their silly car is better then my bike
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Old 01-05-11, 08:05 PM   #7
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I'm very wary of cars come up my chuff, especially at night, exactly the tactics some police use to get you to speed up.
A cop guy I know had some cops try it on him with a scooby but he recognised the car so didn't fall for it.
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Old 01-05-11, 08:30 PM   #8
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I had a Ferrari something (an older one, maybe 90's) overtake me a couple if weeks back while I was day dreaming and didn't notice the yuppies swish by me on the right side of a country A road. They waved to me as they went by....Cheeky gits. I soon overtook them and "waved" back.
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Old 01-05-11, 08:40 PM   #9
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I've done some silly stuff in/on both... But a car is much easier for your average joe to drive quicker on an empty twisty road than a bike.

95% of the bikes I come up against in my car I can corner and brake quicker than, in fact most of the time bikes will hold me up it's just the straights I don't stand a chance on. I'm probably quicker in a car than I ever will be on a bike though.
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Old 01-05-11, 08:42 PM   #10
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One of the reasons i love bikes, just soo little money for the same performance as hugely expensive cars!And yet the insurance is still cheap :P
BOOM! So true. I love pointing this out to people. When I'm so young and can go faster than their rich daddy for a fraction of the cost. And the rush is so much more severe on a bike than in a car.

I've played with Ferrari's and Maserati's and R8's and billions of boy racers. I only ever compete with acceleration (e.g. off the lights, up to speed limit), and then stay at that speed and let them overtake. Shows them that they've spent 20x as much for speed they can't use often.
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