Carrera S smoked me in the twisties

[BIG GUY]

You took the best route and that was to be safe! Given a little more time and some practice you will take him in that same corner! Ran a Z06 coming down from prescott last night and took him the whole way. There was a couple of times he was close to me, but that is because I didn't feel comfortable with the turn and slowed down a little and got on it hard on the straights.

 

[2hip]

ha ha ha ....i feel so much better now....the little cuttie in his car was worth all of that and more....

 

[b4thenite]

I wouldn't.
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[Noltez]

Power to weight, the bike will get off the line and hussling much faster than nearly any car. And bikes have a gyroscopic effect that limits how much acceleration they can attain in the turn - car's wheels are already upright. I too read a similar car vs. bike article a few years ago where they put GPS tracking units in each vehicle. The car can brake later and turn harder (g-force measurements) than the bike, but the bikes time-to-speed out of the turn was always higher than the Z06 it was riding against. And depending on the track (specifically the amount of straight before each turn) it's a tossup between a good sports car and a track-oriented bike. In short, the physics were working against you and for the Porsche.