[rsk173]

first post! and probably the last w/ this story.

 

[03zx12r]

I agree- the last comment.....................

 

[37079]

That is an awesome story! Can't wait for the bike vs. UFO competition. Would that be in a motorcycle or astrophysics magazine?????

 

[Fenton]

Let's do a Bike vs. Bike next. Say, ...um a Street Rod and Suzuki's M109.

 

[17416]

Haven't any of the other MO subscribers read of Airman Shaw (assumed name of T.E. Lawrence) and his story of the race between his Brough Superior and a fighter plane, in the early 20's? It has been reprinted numerous times, most recently in "Cycle World". Maybe the MO editorial staff could dig it up and print it here. Yes, I know there wouldn't be the usual color pictures..



Yes, the Brough won that race, too.



The Brough had no rear suspension, as was almost universal practice at the time, though it had some special girder fork arrangement at the front. Lawrence wrote that if he hit a bump in the road, it would "shake its head like a spirited horse", a habit of which he obviously approved.

 

[Buzglyd]

Never heard of an M109. Can ya fill me in?

 

[stlarson]

The only remaining question is which is faster, a motorcycle or an unladen swallow.

 

[51629]

I've heard of an ME109. They came as ME109e, ME109f, ME109g, and some previous models. The cannon in the nose worked real well. Maybe the M109 is sort of like it.

 

[35686]

I'd put my money on the bike. Unless of course the competition was Paris Hilton...she'd probably lay and swallow faster.

 

[Fenton]

You got me for a sec.

 

[bikervince]

African or European?

 

[bigsamm]

What a odd story....newsflash, motorcycles are fast. Really fast. Most motorcycles make cars feel lame and slow in comparison. Yay motorcycles.

 

[21726]

Off to one side slightly but still more or less on topic: wasn't Romania the only country whose emissions regs were so lax that H-D could claim the VR1000 was street-legal there? They should have used one of those. Or maybe that meant that the plane would have won...

 

[12er]

either one can carry a coconut

 

[seruzawa]

Yeah, but there would also be the ancillary "heats" so to speak... who'd get herpes, syphillis, aids, etc faster?

 

[Buzglyd]

I think it was Poland.



It would have DNF'd.

 

[schizuki]

Could not. It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

 

[schizuki]

"Let's do a Bike vs. Bike next. Say, ...um a Street Rod and Suzuki's M109."



How about a round-robin format with an Interceptor, a Concours, and an SV-650?

 

[schizuki]

This does open up some possibilities - M109 vs ME-109, Honda Hurricane vs Hawker Hurricane, Yamaha Venture vs Lockheed Ventura, Buell Lightning vs P-38 Lightning...

 

[33342]

Concours v. Concord M109? - Fz