Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera VS Ducati 1098

[Slide Panda]

For more fun - A GT-R vs 1098S

Car vs Bike by autocar.co.uk - Part 2 - by Autocar.co.uk

[Monsterlover]

Or you can go back really and watch the really original one where Freddy Spencer races a 300ZX with 30 seconds head start and a Honda Sabre with 15 seconds head start at Laguna Seca.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OAMm0GMghN8

This is so absolutely bad ass!

Makes me want to throw my pants into a tree!

[speedknot]

Its video's like this that really appeal to us gear loving dreamers who wonder how odd matched machines would do against each other. 

[The Bacon Junkie]

This is so absolutely bad ass!

Makes me want to throw my pants into a tree!

Haven't seen that one used in awhile...  Bravo!!!   

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Makes me want to get a superbike so badly.  Look away from the superbike, look away.

Wonder how the fastest Monster would fair against the Lambo?

[hunduc]

i think there is something else to consider here - it seems to me that the cars were being driven by average (or maybe better than average) drivers, but the bikes were ridden by pros. do you think the duc would beat the lambo with let's say schumacher at the wheel?

[junior varsity]

sure, lets put rossi on the bike.

[hunduc]

good point, but i'm not sure you are right. rossi would beat this guy by how much on the track, 10-20seconds? the rider on the first video is a british superbike pro. and a formula 1 driver might beat an average schmo more than a minute... 

[junior varsity]

well, look at the second video - two track instructors/racers and freddie. they are all in the business of going fast, and the car driver is in the business of going fast on that track.

[DrDesmo]

Let's not forget that the driver of the Lambo is Tiff Needell - probably not as sharp as the stig  but a competent driver nonetheless...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiff_Needell#Racing_career

Cheers,
Adam

[swampduc]

Makes me want to get a superbike so badly.  Look away from the superbike, look away.

The only downside of getting a sbk is that the Monsters go up for sale soon thereafter. Do it 

[The Bacon Junkie]

The only downside of getting a sbk is that the Monsters go up for sale soon thereafter. Do it 

My Monster went up for sale first... 

BUT...

A shiny black 999 will soon be in my garage!   

[LA]

My Monster went up for sale first... 

BUT...

A shiny black 999 will soon be in my garage!   

I think that an S4RS can be ridden just a well/fast as a 999S - Maybe?  Mine's pretty bad ass when she takes the notion to be.

LA

[The Bacon Junkie]

You're probably right.. It's a 2005 999.  Base model. But the '05 base model had the S motor in it.  130+ hp I think.  Way more than I'll need.  I actually think I'll be slower at first than I was on my M750.  I rode the wheels off that thing and regularly stayed with and passed bigger displacement bikes in the tight stuff.  Of course, when things straightened out they went bye-bye. 

I think it all comes down to the rider once power gets close. 

The main reason I got rid of the Monster for the 999 is that the 999 is biposto. The 750 was mono.  The rear pegs had been cut off to install high mounts before I bought her.  I'm in need of the passenger seat, and the 999 fell into my lap at a price that was too good to pass up.