On Monday, June 10, 2013 8:40:05 AM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
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With someone more skilled than I am driving it, my motorcycle will blow

the doors off that Ford truck in 0-60 and in the quarter mile and again,

with the right driver, leave that 911 Turbo you had behind, too.



But...not me with driving.



Only in a straight line. A car has more grip in the corners, and has the advantage on the track. You have to turn sooner or later.



Wait, are you saying that a car will out corner a motorcycle?

Yes!

Not true,

the reason being, you are right in thinking because of the amount of

tire contact a car has does give it a greater friction coefficient, you

also have mass to deal with, and simply physics will tell you that a

given mass wants to stay in a straight line, and that mass is MUCH

greater with a car. It's a centrifugal force thing! So, all in all, they

are closer to equal than anything. Motorcycle has less contact patch,

but also less mass.

There must be some reason that nearly every track record is held by a 4 wheeled vehicle. Much greater traction coupled with aerodynamic down force the bike doesn't have. Nah, you're probably right, they're equal.