Watch: Man critical after BMW smashes into lane divider in Cape Town

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SauRoNZA

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So @SauRoNZA the bike was a bmw s1000RR? Who said that? And what was the other car then?

Not exactly sure the origin but I thought it has been confirmed in the media.

Could be fake news but there were videos out of that McLaren with two S1000’s that I did see myself but not sure that was on the same night, otherwise would assume that was the other car.

I guess if you dissect the videos it would be possible to confirm the squint eyes of the S1000 to confirm, I never really thought too hard about it as it was the right class of bike for the noise.
 

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In that pic, his one leg looks like it could just be buffed out. I wonder why they had to amputate that one too.
Well apart from the massive hole in the thigh that leg looks pretty deformed.
The amputation is going to be pretty high.

The other one with the shredded shins
might actually be longer as it looks ok from the knee up.
 

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Well apart from the massive hole in the thigh that leg looks pretty deformed.
The amputation is going to be pretty high.

The other one with the shredded shins
might actually be longer as it looks ok from the knee up.
You mean bubba will have to sit on his knees and slide a trolley jack under that short stompie before he gives him duas?
 

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I know plenty thank you very much.

I just have somewhat higher standards as to what I automatically will and won’t believe.

YouTube POV generally isn’t one of them.

But let’s just leave it at that. I never said any of it was impossible, my objection is mostly just that it’s so “easy” which it generally isn’t.

Cool, but you brought in MotoGP bikes as if you think they are fast... you obviously do not know they are not the fastest bikes as a few stock standard bikes you can buy off the showroom floor are faster that the fastest MotoGP bike. The SWC circuit uses stock standard bikes that even gets de-tuned if they are deemed too fast, and they are only 1 - 2 seconds behind the fastest MotoGP bike times around a lap. They are both very limited to what they can do to the bikes, almost no performance improving mods (none for SWC unless your bike is way behind the rest, then you get to choose ONE mod from a approved list), and some of the racing bikes (both MotoGP and SWC bikes) gets de-tuned as they are seen as too fast! MotoGP and SWC do not want the riders to have a edge over the others due to some bikes having more speed/power than others

Go read up on MotoGP and SWC rules and regulations and you will see they can't hardly do anything to the bikes

So it's moer easy to be honest if you are not limited to what you can do to a bike

You pay someone, a few days later you have a moer of a fast bike/car, easy as that.
 
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Again, bullshit.

Speedo is no indicator of true speed.

The Gixxer 1000 in 2005 was the first bike to break 300km/h stock standard.

That’s 13 years ago.

To say it’s “easy” is not even close to the truth.

The bike in the videos is a BMW S1000RR and it can reach 300km/h but as was illustrated it wasn’t on the limiter and it was clearly still accelerating so it wasn’t near that speed.

Even if highly modified it’s not going to get much further beyond that 300km/h barrier.

The guy doing the maths off the photos is the most likely to be even remotely accurate and brings me back to the bike doing 250-270km/h if I remember my first post on this correctly.
Stock 2016+ S1000RR does 325 (or thereabouts )
 

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Go read up on MotoGP and SWC rules and regulations and you will see they can't hardly do anything to the bikes
You mean WSBK? Yeah the rules are limiting, but MotoGP?!? o_O Dude every single machine is an entirely purpose built prototype racer, the only "rule" is essentially the engine capacity and that it must be 4-stroke, everything else is custom as hell, no two MotoGP bikes are remotely the same underneath.
 

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Cool, but you brought in MotoGP bikes as if you think they are fast... you obviously do not know they are not the fastest bikes as a few stock standard bikes you can buy off the showroom floor are faster that the fastest MotoGP bike. The SWC circuit uses stock standard bikes that even gets de-tuned if they are deemed too fast, and they are only 1 - 2 seconds behind the fastest MotoGP bike times around a lap. They are both very limited to what they can do to the bikes, almost no performance improving mods (none for SWC unless your bike is way behind the rest, then you get to choose ONE mod from a approved list), and some of the racing bikes (both MotoGP and SWC bikes) gets de-tuned as they are seen as too fast! MotoGP and SWC do not want the riders to have a edge over the others due to some bikes having more speed/power than others

Go read up on MotoGP and SWC rules and regulations and you will see they can't hardly do anything to the bikes

So it's moer easy to be honest if you are not limited to what you can do to a bike

You pay someone, a few days later you have a moer of a fast bike/car, easy as that.

What are you talking about?

A MotoGP bike is a purpose built racing machine. Obviously there are rules and regulations, but it is built from the ground up to race. A WSBK is a road-legal bike tuned for racing.

Phillip Island is the fastest track WSBK visits. The fastest ever top speed in race trim recorded there was Max Biaggi's Aprilia; 324.6 km/h down the main straight. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2018/Did+you+know+AUSWorldSBK+in+Numbers

MotoGP visits the same track. Last year, Danilo Petrucci's Ducati was clocked at 341.8 km/h on the same straight during the race.
https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/20...ia-motogp-results-and-coverage-15-fast-facts/

The MotoGP bikes are the ones that are more heavily restricted, notably by the tyres they use. They've reduced the grip to slow them in the corners. WSBK may have closed the gap - they're still on average 2 seconds a lap slower - but that is because MotoGP bikes have been reigned in.

The two are not comparable.
 

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You mean WSBK? Yeah the rules are limiting, but MotoGP?!? o_O Dude every single machine is an entirely purpose built prototype racer, the only "rule" is essentially the engine capacity and that it must be 4-stroke, everything else is custom as hell, no two MotoGP bikes are remotely the same underneath.


SWC in my case means Superbike World Championship

Go read the rules then if you don't believe me, I did not make them. The rules do change almost yearly, mostly adding more limits to as what they can and cannot do.

MotoGP are allowed to build the engine out of Titanium or other lightweight materials, and most of the frame as well, plus they are allowed to use carbon fibre parts for mostly anything to get the weight down. They do have a minimum weight as well so can't go to light either. Plus if your bike is too fast it will be limited by the ECU. And you are restricted to what cc engine you can use

in the SWC they they can use titanium bolts and nuts only, can't even put on a aftermarket exhaust, and most bikes get's de-tuned if they are to fast. Have to use steel frame, not even allowed to use carbon fibre rims...
 
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