Sportscar or sportsbike

What do you prefer ? Sports car or Sports bike ? I prefer Sports car to Sport bike . It gives a great feeling to be racing in sports car .

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Car. I like the illusion (delusion?) of being protected from the idiots around me.

Definitely car. Although, I also enjoy canoeing.

Sport bikes hurt my neck after a while.

Luke wrote: Definitely car. Although, I also enjoy canoeing.

bwahahahaha...I fell into the canoe trailer before I realized it pulled up to the banks of the GRM river

Having both! I've been fortunate enough to own everything from a Cobra replica to a C5 and on the other end from an RGV 250 to a Hayabusa.

They are really two very different things. If I want to got out and have fun without throwing on a bunch of gear, take my wife comfortably, or have the convenience of a fold up top and a trunk, the Corvette gets the call.

However, there is no beating a Hayabusa for an all out raw feeling of power. It's amazing how wide twisty roads get when you're on something two feet wide and it's amazing how hard this thing accelerates well into the triple digits. Even a true roadster does not match the open feeling of a bike.

I've tracked both and I'm a better driver than rider but I enjoy the bikes on the track more than the cars.

In reply to 914Driver:

hi frend thanks for posting,

how does it affect your neck ...can you be a bit detailed?????

In the twisties, sport bikes feel so much more satisfying when you get it right, but more painful when you get it wrong. You are so much more involved on a bike then in a car.

Luke wrote: Definitely car. Although, I also enjoy canoeing.

What if all you can afford is a canoe......?

I like a sport canoe

I'm a biker through and through. The auto world on top of the bike world is my passion. But there is something about gunning around a corner leaned over staring through it with all that first pulling you and going from corner to corner that is unfathomably addicting. You could have a 9 second car and a 9 second bike, give me the bike.

For the purposes of handling, aerodynamics, speed, acceleration, trackdays, there are some cars that simply cannot be beat. I won't argue that. I think for me it's the experience I get out of sportbikes that I truly enjoy more than anything. But they are also an inexpensive shortcut into a performance world that normally would cost a lot of money. For some people they're a gateway drug to acceleration and speed.

At the same time I think it ruined me as far as spoiling me. I wanted to tune up my 924 in speed and acceleration once I get done with it, and plan on doing a little but am not horribly worred because I find myself always saying "It won't be as fast as... insert one of my sportbikes or as fast as..." so at the same time, unless it's 0-60 in 3.3 seconds or faster it's "not bad..." I think this is where some guys get addicted to speed and want to go faster and faster and faster. Thankfully I'm too picky about the usable amount of power on the street and am not stupid enough to get myself something too fast, like a 999.

Who knows, once I get into track days, maybe I'll change my tune in saying that with a car.

I like cars. I like bikes. But when it comes to a sports version, I prefer a car. Several reasons.

1. I live in Maine. Therefore, at least half the year, I can't ride.

2. I'm a much better driver than a rider. Pretty much the only thing I could do well on a sport bike is go really fast in a straight line, and probably get myself killed in the process.

3. If I'm going to the track and/or pushing the limits at all, I'd rather have a steel cage around me than a few thin bits of leather or other armor.

4. My CB750C will easily reach its 85mph top speed (that's as high as the speedometer goes, it can't possibly go any faster, right? ) and I don't really want to go that much faster on 2 wheels. See #3 - I'll take the bike out for a cruise, but I won't really push it, other than the occasional burst of acceleration before I chicken out.

I test rode a bike when I was 18 and decided then and there that I would kill myself on one. I will stick to the cars. Though I do love watching the bikes run. Nothing sounds like a 4cyl bike engine turning 14K. That sound alone would be so addicting I would never want to let off the throttle. Love it.

Edited for spelling...Duh.

I think they are apples to oranges, but I think it takes more skill to be really fast on a bike than in a car. In a car, you have a feeling of safety that allows you to push it. On a bike, you have to have major huevos to really push it. I get more a sense of satisfaction from stringing a series of bends together on a bike, brake, lean, counterweight, nail it, repeat. But I am much faster in a car.

If you have $15K, you can buy the world's fastest production motorcycle...or a used Kia. Cost no object however, I would go for the sports car.

I love my Miata. It has only just enough horsepower to keep it lively and fun (but that's all it needs!), but the handling is sharp, it is much safer than the bike, and I enjoy driving it at speed at the track more than riding the motorcycle on the roads.

The Buell will absolutely crush the little roadster in every way on the roads and maybe the track, but I don't ride or drive fast on the roads and I don't plan on tracking the bike.

Make a mistake in a car and you're spinning on asphalt. Make a mistake on a bike and you might find yourself being flung 6 feet in the air and landing directly on your head at 140 mph. Umm, who was the forum member here who put up the YouTube of himself going into a tank slapper after turn 9 at Summit Point Main? Ouch.

Super-Edit: If I could get a Viper RT-10 tomorrow, I will sell both my bike and my Miata.

If i won the lottery my garage would be filled with sportscars. My reasoning is that ill never have the talent to drive most sports cars to their full potential anyways, so even though the bikes faster, the time i overdrive it, id rather have some sheetmetal between me and whatever i hit.

I would, however, have a nice Harley. Use it as a cruiser/weekend rider.

Sporty bike over sporty car all day long. My reason is mainly $$ but also for sheer excitement. A $1000 fzr600 will thrill in ways a much more expensive car would have a hard time matching. Head shake at 80 will have more impact on your average pair of boxers than a twisty blast in car that you know has good grip.

I decided long ago that I was not mature enough for a sports bike and with the Dragon less than 45 min from my home, I would be testing its(and mine) limits on a frequent basis. Cars protect you; your hope for survival in bad bike wreck is being thrown clear!!!

Sports cars don't fall over.

One of the best parts of driving is exceeding the car's limits & still being in control... this doesn't work too well on a bike.

In reply to paul:ya you are right paul..driving is less risky then riding in a speed..

driving is less risky then riding and to me, less satisfying. Ever come out of a turn hard in your RWD car and spin the tires and get a little oversteer? It is pretty fun and can give you a scare. Now on a bike, it is a lot of fun and gives you a bigger scare, but as long as you are not going 11/10ths at the time you will still be in control.