Why?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

Vauxhall Astra VXR will out-pace a standrad SV on the straights, only just though.

Someone who isn't me ended up in a similar situation with someone who is definately not my mate.

The astra was getting left behind until the SV had been indicating 120 for a number of seconds. The SV did get a cracking start though.

Maybe it would be different from a rolling start, the astra is after all wrong-wheel-drive.

[fastdruid]

Someone I er know struggled to pass a Ford Puma on a motorway riding an SVS. flat flat out and crawling past. They're not the fastest of bikes but that's not the point of them.

Hell mine now only does about 125. It does manage that pretty damn quickly though

Druid

Originally Posted by etuna

At what point?

Assuming the straight is long enough...

Top end, the SV doesn't pull as hard in the higher gears (runs out of oomph) and has a lower top speed (Curvy - 125.1mph and Pointy - 124.3mph).

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Someone who isn't me ended up in a similar situation with someone who is definately not my mate.

I have a had a few of those experiences in life myself.

Originally Posted by DanAbnormal

........so I tanked it but was still in 1st. Ran out of rpm's and bounced it off the limiter.

At this point I'd be doing 100mph. You're right. You do need a 'blade.

No doubt in my mind a standard sv will get p****d all over by a VXR from standing start not straight away but rolling start yes, i followed a astra once thinking it was a plain 1.6 or 1.8 and a 33bhp will easily get past that rolling, so after a RA i twisted the throttle and went for him only for him to boot it and leave me behind how ashamed was i both overtook a car then he got stuck behind 3 cars and i left him behind

Blade!