I raced a motorcycle tonight

[mkhuffman]

I won but only because he stopped accelerating at 70 mph.

I am in the Outer Banks, NC, this week. I was traveling down 158 from Kitty Hawk to Nags Head after a trip to Walmart. At a stop light, we lined up. I saw he hit it hard when the light changed and so I floored it hoping to pass him. We stayed even, with me slightly behind because he started first, for a few seconds before he chickened out. Which was good because I was not watching my speed and was at 74 when I passed him. We also passed two traffic police stops before and after our short race, so the boys in blue were definitely looking for troublemakers like us tonight.

I wish I could have beaten him without him giving up, but really. A motorcycle isn't a fair competition, is it? I never had a chance to hit the five second restriction, which would have been the end of the race anyway I suppose...

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[toggleE]

Depending on the bike, the top speed would have been between 160-210. You aren’t keeping up if the bike kept going, even if you didn’t have the 5 second restriction.

Bike vs car is definitely unfair. It’s also stupid and unnecessary on public roads.

 

[mkhuffman]

Depending on the bike, the top speed would have been between 160-210. You aren’t keeping up if the bike kept going, even if you didn’t have the 5 second restriction.

Bike vs car is definitely unfair. It’s also stupid and unnecessary on public roads.

I was definitely being stupid and unnecessary tonight. In fact, a car that can do 0-60 in less than 4 seconds is stupid and unnecessary. Which is exactly why I wanted it.

Having fun in general is usually stupid and unnecessary in my personal experience.

 

[dmitry]

Good lesson from childhood

 

[rodhx]

At least the bike knew he was in a race, unlike the “opponents” in 99.5% of the car forum “I beat an X” posts. ?

 

[Tngo23]

LOL....We are stupid in one way or another and depends on why Mike did what he did....IMHO--------> He wanted to see if his GT is remotely close to beating the bike.....Reading what happened & described, that bike rider seems inexperienced and probably a smaller CC Bike.

Now I am a retired Cop and have always side on the caution side but also the Spirit of the Law and not always on the Letter of the Law.

Mike: lesson learned but just be careful & think before you react next time because your 5000 lbs behemoth GT could have crushed the Biker if something out of your control popped up.

My 2 cents my friend.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I always drop my bike to idle when I reach a light or stop. I do this specifically so I don't inadvertently encourage someone to try to race me. I have lost too many friends and family to motorcycle accidents on public streets. I'm not going to do that to my family.

I will race my dirt bike where I know there's essentially zero chance of someone else involuntarily becoming involved in the experience.

[edited to add]
The slowest accelerating bike I've ridden is a big 1700 CC Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager (full touring bagger), which will do 0-60 in about 5.5 seconds.

 

[RickMachE]

Keep in mind that if the bike crashed, they go looking for the car racing it...

 

[mkhuffman]

LOL....We are stupid in one way or another and depends on why Mike did what he did....IMHO--------> He wanted to see if his GT is remotely close to beating the bike.....Reading what happened & described, that bike rider seems inexperienced and probably a smaller CC Bike.

Now I am a retired Cop and have always side on the caution side but also the Spirit of the Law and not always on the Letter of the Law.

Mike: lesson learned but just be careful & think before you react next time because your 5000 lbs behemoth GT could have crushed the Biker if something out of your control popped up.

My 2 cents my friend.

There wasn't much thought to it. He started to pull away from me so I floored it to see if I could pass him. Good thing he gave up first.

 

[Tngo23]

There wasn't much thought to it. He started to pull away from me so I floored it to see if I could pass him. Good thing he gave up first.

Honestly
I may have done it too!
Lol

 

[concept machine]

believe it or not, I got baited by an under cover. to make a long story short, I floored it and got to 130mph (which didn't take long already at 70mph) before he turned on his lights. didn't give me a ticket... but I about shat myself when I seen lights come on. wasn't expecting that car to be a cop car.

 

[Mach1E]

believe it or not, I got baited by an under cover. to make a long story short, I floored it and got to 130mph (which didn't take long already at 70mph) before he turned on his lights. didn't give me a ticket... but I about shat myself when I seen lights come on. wasn't expecting that car to be a cop car.

So he won either way?

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

believe it or not, I got baited by an under cover. to make a long story short, I floored it and got to 130mph (which didn't take long already at 70mph) before he turned on his lights. didn't give me a ticket... but I about shat myself when I seen lights come on. wasn't expecting that car to be a cop car.

I don’t believe you got to 130 in any Mach E!

 

[Mach1E]

I don’t believe you got to 130 in any Mach E!

His sig doesn’t say he owns one

 

[concept machine]

His sig doesn’t say he owns one

LOL! no, I don't own one - yet.
This was in a Mustang tho

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