Top Gear racing against a CBR - SV650.org

26-04-10, 08:52 PM

I was just watching an old episode of Top Gear on Dave and Clarkson was racing against a CBR600RR in an Atom. Now the Atom is fast but surely the bike should kick its backend? The guy who was riding the bike never took a good line around the track (maybe he wasn't allowed?) but it looked like he could have leant some more?

I found a YouTube of it. It starts at 4:39

TheRamJam · 26-04-10, 09:04 PM

Pretty cool
I seen one driving down the Motorway towards Edinburgh. The bloke never had a helmet on the windblast must be a bit sore and I hope he had ear plugs in

fizzwheel · 26-04-10, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by larssonn

Now the Atom is fast but surely the bike should kick its backend?

I'm not so sure, if that was the Atom 3 with a blower on it, its pushing out 300bhp, they dont weigh very much and have maybe more grip than a bike does. So better traction through the corners and possibly out of it...

mister c · 27-04-10, 09:56 AM

Saw my 1st Atom on the way home last night, what a mint looking machine.

27-04-10, 12:12 PM

A guy owns one in Milton keynes.

27-04-10, 12:14 PM

saw one a track day it was phenominal and it wasn't even the supercharged one, it made the ferrari's and lambo's look like they were stood still.

For the money thay are awsome.

andrewsmith · 27-04-10, 02:14 PM

the atoms are rapid seen a guy last summer go busa hunting

G · 27-04-10, 02:27 PM

Atoms can accelerate as quick as a bike depending on the spec and have 4 massive tyres holding onto the tarmac around corners, they also have twice the stopping power.

The 600rr would not stand a chance unless in a straight line, a 1000rr would destroy on straights but seriously struggle in corners.

Bikes will destroy most stuff on the road, but some cars will destroy bikes end of.

It is also much easier for a normal person to drive a car fast than it is for a normal person to ride a bike fast.

27-04-10, 02:47 PM

Non embedded link?

G · 27-04-10, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Stig_Of_The_Dump

Non embedded link?

+1 I hate these embedded links.

They dont work at work or on my phone

They seem to be becoming more common too.

26-04-10, 09:04 PM	#2
TheRamJam Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North East Glasgow, UK Posts: 1,138	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR Pretty cool I seen one driving down the Motorway towards Edinburgh. The bloke never had a helmet on the windblast must be a bit sore and I hope he had ear plugs in __________________ Previous: Suzuki SV650S K9 - Sold Suzuki GSXR1000 K8 - Wrote Aff Honda Fireblade RR-9 - Sold Yamaha MT 10 - Sold Current Bike: Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory

27-04-10, 09:56 AM	#4
mister c Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Crewe, Cheshire Posts: 2,326	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR Saw my 1st Atom on the way home last night, what a mint looking machine. __________________ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/colin.hughes.1213?ref=tn_tnmn Yoo Toob https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjG...eMWUx4Ud2dK-yA

27-04-10, 12:12 PM	#5
SUPERSTARDJ01 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR A guy owns one in Milton keynes.

27-04-10, 12:14 PM	#6
Benn The Pig Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR saw one a track day it was phenominal and it wasn't even the supercharged one, it made the ferrari's and lambo's look like they were stood still. For the money thay are awsome.

27-04-10, 02:14 PM	#7
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR the atoms are rapid seen a guy last summer go busa hunting __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

27-04-10, 02:27 PM	#8
G Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,770	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR Atoms can accelerate as quick as a bike depending on the spec and have 4 massive tyres holding onto the tarmac around corners, they also have twice the stopping power. The 600rr would not stand a chance unless in a straight line, a 1000rr would destroy on straights but seriously struggle in corners. Bikes will destroy most stuff on the road, but some cars will destroy bikes end of. It is also much easier for a normal person to drive a car fast than it is for a normal person to ride a bike fast. __________________ 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2

27-04-10, 02:47 PM	#9
Stig Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Top Gear racing against a CBR Non embedded link?

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