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Originally Posted by sinbad
It's the power more than that (which is why a 110bhp bike can still do 170mph but a 110bhp car could not), a car might be a more slippery shape than a bike+rider is but with a much larger frontal area the car will generate considerably more drag than a bike.
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its both. Thrust to drag ratio determines top speed, and sports cars with slippery shapes and ridiculously powerful engines win easily here. Whereas traffic light gp acceleration is more dependent on power to weight, so the bikes win here. And of course as LP points out, the comfort factor is also very important.