It's called the Rocket

[frostie]

No ferrari, pagani or lambo is as fast : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWUcTqTajA

Enjoy it

[mailman]

227 mph. That's faster that Chip's Hyabusa

[SLRdude]

Originally Posted by mailman

227 mph. That's faster that Chip's Hyabusa

Yes it is. Top speed. Mine can only do 218.
But he'll never catch me unless the road is really long, as I can get to 60 in less than 2.5 seconds and to 155 in about 9.4. By the time the Brabus is doing 150, I'll be doing 200 and be almost a mile ahead.

[frostie]

Originally Posted by SLRdude

Yes it is. Top speed. Mine can only do 218.
But he'll never catch me unless the road is really long, as I can get to 60 in less than 2.5 seconds and to 155 in about 9.4. By the time the Brabus is doing 150, I'll be doing 200 and be almost a mile ahead.

The bugatti needs 2.5 seconds from 0-60 too

[SLRdude]

I'd race a Bugatti if I could find one, and I have a feeling that it might either spank me or give me a huge run for my money.

But at the end of the day, I paid 12k USD for my bike quite a few years ago, which is just a bit less than the 1.5 million USD they want for that bad boy... so I can't complain.

[frostie]

Originally Posted by SLRdude

I'd race a Bugatti if I could find one, and I have a feeling that it might either spank me or give me a huge run for my money.

But at the end of the day, I paid 12k USD for my bike quite a few years ago, which is just a bit less than the 1.5 million USD they want for that bad boy... so I can't complain.

Well you have to consider that if you want to get similar speeds and accelarations at a car the aerodynamics are much different at those speeds. It was easy to make the bugatti reach 300km but they needed 700hp more to make the car reach 407 km. The faster you go the more nature tries to slow you down and the bigger the surface the bigger the power you need. A bike against a car is not a good example. Actually i have seen a video of the bugatti against an R1 yamaha and the R1 lost pretty badly. It just couldn't keep up with the car

Putting so much power on a car and creating the braking,handling and acceleration needed is a work of art for sure. Motorbikes have 1/20 the weight that a bugatti has and 1/10 the size of the car so i guess things are much simpler there and that's why it's cheaper also

[SLRdude]

You are right for the most part.
Looks like you've been watching Top Gear. One of my favourite shows as well. It gets recorded every time it plays on BBC America.

[frostie]

Originally Posted by SLRdude

You are right for the most part.
Looks like you've been watching Top Gear. One of my favourite shows as well. It gets recorded every time it plays on BBC America.

I love that show. The guys are amazing