car/bike comparison
10-13-2008, 10:14 PM
#1
Senior Member
Back Marker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Berkeley, Ca
Posts: 205
car/bike comparison
This is kinda a silly question, but what the hell. If a Ducatti is to bikes, what Ferrari is to cars, and GSXR are to bikes what a Supra is to cars, where do our beloved SH fall? Now I know that super bikes = super cars, and the Bird is pretty damn quick but not fast compare to the others. Are we like the 89-93 5.0 mustang of bikes. Quick, torque, fun as hell but not really fast. Just a random thought on my way home today.
10-14-2008, 12:14 AM
#5
Senior Member
MotoGP
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Way Out West
Posts: 2,547
Buick GNs ran mid to high 13s in the quarter. About the same as a 1973 Yamaha TX500 twin or a mid '80s XL600. Whoopie!
Good VTRs will run high 10s or 11 flat. If you find a guy with ANY car which can do that, you can bet your *** that he spent more on engine mods than you did on your bike.
Good VTRs will run high 10s or 11 flat. If you find a guy with ANY car which can do that, you can bet your *** that he spent more on engine mods than you did on your bike.
10-14-2008, 04:42 AM
#6
Post Whore Junior
MotoGP
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Triad, NC
Posts: 4,825
+1 on the Grand National... I wanted to come up up with a more favorable car to use as the SH's "car world equivilent", but unfortunately, I think that is it.
Dont get me wrong.. the GN was sweet... but it was still a Monte Carlo boxy body, with that 80's motif interior, and a V6... A turbo'ed V6, but still a V6.
Dont get me wrong.. the GN was sweet... but it was still a Monte Carlo boxy body, with that 80's motif interior, and a V6... A turbo'ed V6, but still a V6.
Last edited by Cleveland; 10-14-2008 at 04:44 AM.
10-14-2008, 04:51 AM
#7
Hmm?
SuperBike
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: San Gabriel Valley
Posts: 2,069
Buick GNs ran mid to high 13s in the quarter. About the same as a 1973 Yamaha TX500 twin or a mid '80s XL600. Whoopie!
Good VTRs will run high 10s or 11 flat. If you find a guy with ANY car which can do that, you can bet your *** that he spent more on engine mods than you did on your bike.
Good VTRs will run high 10s or 11 flat. If you find a guy with ANY car which can do that, you can bet your *** that he spent more on engine mods than you did on your bike.
10-14-2008, 05:01 AM
#8
ole dirty bastard
SuperSport
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: my house
Posts: 975
This is kinda a silly question, but what the hell. If a Ducatti is to bikes, what Ferrari is to cars, and GSXR are to bikes what a Supra is to cars, where do our beloved SH fall? Now I know that super bikes = super cars, and the Bird is pretty damn quick but not fast compare to the others. Are we like the 89-93 5.0 mustang of bikes. Quick, torque, fun as hell but not really fast. Just a random thought on my way home today.
after hearing about all the cam chain failures,i would think more along the lines of PINTO!
serious though,i think 5.0 mustang sums it up.
torque and fun to ride.
10-14-2008, 05:09 AM
#10
Senior Member
SuperBike
SuperBike
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Los Angeles ish
Posts: 1,031
I'd throw the Austin Healey on the list (I'm biased 
) Kinda rare. Torquey motor. Competitive in it's day, damn sexy. Oh, and a blast to drive on twisty mountain roads.
) Kinda rare. Torquey motor. Competitive in it's day, damn sexy. Oh, and a blast to drive on twisty mountain roads.
Last edited by Gregw; 10-14-2008 at 05:28 AM.
10-14-2008, 06:18 AM
#12
hardened stihl
Back Marker
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: VT
Posts: 166
I like the daytona turbo one. Maybe Omni GLHS, dodge conquest tsi....any of those sleeper dodges from the 80's with honkin turbos under the hood that no one saw coming.
The problem with that analogy is with dual aftermarket pipes the superhawks bark may be louder than its bite. Maybe the latest model GTO. Big displacement, not too discrete but handles pretty well too.
The problem with that analogy is with dual aftermarket pipes the superhawks bark may be louder than its bite. Maybe the latest model GTO. Big displacement, not too discrete but handles pretty well too.
10-14-2008, 06:37 AM
#14
Senior Member
Back Marker
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: New Hampshachusetts
Posts: 230
my vote is for the 5.0 fox body mustang. i agree the mustang name is more widely known than the SH but the 'stang was kind of slow for what it was out of the box..needed some work to really make it scream. Like someone already said though...a blast to drive. 5.0's might not be the prettiest girls at the bar, but its the one you want to take home and beat on a few times....wait...i think my loose sex metaphor just turned into a domestic abuse comment. oh well.
10-14-2008, 07:11 AM
#16
Post Whore Junior
MotoGP
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Triad, NC
Posts: 4,825
10-14-2008, 08:26 AM
#20
Senior Member
Superstock
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 499
10-14-2008, 08:48 AM
#23
hardened stihl
Back Marker
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: VT
Posts: 166
Buick GNs ARE well known. You all know about them. Just cause they look like grandmas daily driver doesn't mean that there arn't a lot of people out there that can recognize the boxy black beauty and the sound of a big turbo on a six.
Heres a good one: Pontiac boneville SUPERCHARGED...thats the ticket boys
Heres a good one: Pontiac boneville SUPERCHARGED...thats the ticket boys
10-14-2008, 09:49 AM
#24
Member
Squid
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: CO.
Posts: 48
Anyone that has been alive for longer than 20 years knows that the GN or GNX had the hidden turbo on top of a 3.8L V6. still more glitter than the SH by comparison.
I would have to agree with Central Coaster on the TA, it had the rumble of it's V8 and would out corner any Mustang or GN.
I'm gonna go with the firechicken...
I would have to agree with Central Coaster on the TA, it had the rumble of it's V8 and would out corner any Mustang or GN.
I'm gonna go with the firechicken...
10-14-2008, 01:40 PM
#25
Post Whore Junior
MotoGP
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Triad, NC
Posts: 4,825
I didnt mean it that way (in a serious way, that is).. I meant they want a "go fast" looking car but cant afford a 'vette or anything more... So they buy a v6 camaro.. or mustang..
My remark about it being a status symbol was tongue in cheek..
My remark about it being a status symbol was tongue in cheek..
10-14-2008, 01:49 PM
#27
Member
Squid
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 48
No way on the GN's that would be giving the Hawk too much credit. The GN/GNX in its day were the fastest production car on the planet. In my area's dragstrip (Englishtown raceway) GN's in near stock format would tear up Corvette's.
The Hawk is older technology more brutish not slow by any means but not superfast... how about a Ford Taurus SHO?
The Hawk is older technology more brutish not slow by any means but not superfast... how about a Ford Taurus SHO?
