<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Apr 14 2010, 06:38 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Last time I checked those bikes were not totally controlled by computers and the general opinion seems to be that the bike is 20-30%, the rest is that other part called human. I don't think we saw two superior bikes winning that race YMMV.
It sounds as if you are talking about MC Rally. These bikes are racing not starting with 60sec between each other, the faster bike take the start and that's it, there has to be a major class difference in riders if the one with the slower, better handling bike could win with a substantial speed difference. You might have noticed that it is not possible to ride through other bikes on the racing line, if it was I would want the better handling bike, but until they invent that phase shifter making that possible I'll go with the faster bike at any race day.
Personally I like the better handling bike but if you wanna win you pass the others on the straights and block them in the curves. That tactic is as old as racing is.
Check out the near the end of the stroker period with the 2-stroke v-twins still around. Lighteningly fast in the corners and often high up in qualifying. They hardly ever won reces.hit the podium.
No comment needed,that pretty much sums it up.
Thats just because you haven't seen races on really tight tracks or really huge top speed advantages. It's not the typical GP environment I talk about, and don't even try to push that into the 6mph envelope, I was obviously not including those constraints. It was a general observation so try club racing with two different classes out in one race. You can easily be slowed down m ore than two seconds a lap by a bad rider with a fast bike. But again it will all depend on the conditions.
From the way you express yourself you seem again to be in the Rally mode. I'm not talking about how much time a faster bike must gain on the stratight to be equally fast but how much time the better handling bike loose behind the fast one. It will be stuck behind most of the race going slower than possible held up by the other bike. Only two things are necessary for a faster bike: pass or hold off the slower bike on the straight. The rest of the track he block the other bike as long as possible.
Rider of the better handling bike have a much more difficult task. To pass into a turn and increase the lead enough to avoid re-pass on the straights. We've seen that fail often enough.
No comment needed,that pretty much sums it up.
We are talking about Moto GP,not some club race down at Bubba's RunWhat you Brung ,where Jr is running his tricked out GS 500 against Billy Bobs new R1.Someone tried to give you an out on the goofy 2 second comment 'A bike with an advantage in top speed can often beat a bike capable of 2 seconds a lap better time with equal rider material' You should have taken it.Instead you try to justify said goofy comment by saying ' You can easily be slowed down m ore than two seconds a lap by a bad rider with a fast bike.Again, we are talking Moto GP.
