Caterham v. Hyper1100S

Started by Rob Hilding, June 27, 2009, 06:52:53 AM

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Rob Hilding

Desmosedici - it's the new Paso (except the bodywork doesn't fit as well)

Slide Panda

Weeeee!  So want to drive a Caterham... never even seen one in person though.

Given the same pilot skill, in all but the tightest switchy back stuff, where the bike can falttern the curves that car can't, you've got to give it to the Caterham, so quick and so much grip, and so much more to brake with.  Like they said, the braking is where something like the Caterham will gobble up the bike. 

Either way... looked like fun.
-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes.  Good luck.
- '00 M900S with all the farkles
- '08 KTM 690 StupidMoto
- '07 Triumph 675 Track bike.

Greg

Saw a lot of Caterhams on my last trip to the UK  ;D

Must take quite a bit of commitment to scrape the pegs on a Hypermotard
2012 M1100 Evo with Termis

z0mb1e_DUC

I see one here in the Northeast every so often.  The main importer for the US is in Massachusetts.  There's also a couple of shops here about that specialize in them.
'09 m696 Dark

He Man

woudl be nice to see an SBK go against that! that car moves though

TAftonomos

More contact patches (car) = more grip to turn, accel, and brake.  Sure moto GP bikes haul ass, but they arn't pulling 5+ g's in the corners or under braking like an F1 car, which is why they arn't as fast.

Man that guy on the hyper can ride!  [thumbsup]

Statler

for those who didn't see them last year, here's the follow-up:

Car vs Bike - Part 2
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

psycledelic

That had to be an edit.  Who jumps a car a foot off of the ground and says, "Oh my word."  Cool video.
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Rob Hilding

Quote from: psycledelic on June 28, 2009, 03:54:27 AM
That had to be an edit.  Who jumps a car a foot off of the ground and says, "Oh my word."  Cool video.

A Brit - stiff upper lip and all that ;D ;D
Desmosedici - it's the new Paso (except the bodywork doesn't fit as well)

Monsterlover

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