DSM1290 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Crazy fast '57. http://www.powernationtv.com/post/can-this-57-chevy-bel-air-smoke-this-motorcycle/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GMoney Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Crazy fast '57. http://www.powernationtv.com/post/can-this-57-chevy-bel-air-smoke-this-motorcycle/ Crazy fast? That's a slow bike not a fast car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Crazy fast? That's a slow bike not a fast car. This. That ain't much of a bike. still, the Bel Air is pimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Mmmmm...'57 Cheby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedAce Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 It's a sv650...... Honda civic of bikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 It's a sv650...... Honda civic of bikes Still a high 11 second 1/4 mile bike. Still got smoked by a ~3,300 lb car. I dunno, maybe I see it differently. (Yes, I had to Google those specs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got-Boost? Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 It's a sv650...... Honda civic of bikes True,....a complete dog! It MIGHT run mid 12's but from a roll it would look much worse like the video shows..lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKilbourne Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 That '57 still runs hard. I saw this awhile back and I have a vague recollection of there being other vids olf the car....hmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 That '57 still runs hard. I saw this awhile back and I have a vague recollection of there being other vids olf the car....hmmmm. +1 It's not like it was close. The Chevy disappeared into a different fucking time zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSM1290 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 +1 It's not like it was close. The Chevy disappeared into a different fucking time zone. Exactly, running away from a "12sec" bike like it jumped on the brakes is pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 sv 650 is an 11 sec bike at a track, prepped, with Rickey Gadson riding. In any old Joe Schmoe's hands it is a 13-14 second bike. And that's from a standing start. Roll on power is not the sv's strong suit - it's a torque down low v-twin mill, not a high rev-ing street legal road racer. The chevy got the jump so he was already out ahead, the sv rider was slow to roll on the power (if you jump fast on a v-twin like that it tends to point the front wheel skyward), and the rest is exactly what it looks like when an 11 second car pulls away from a 14 second vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 ...an 11 second car... So what you're saying is the car is pretty fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwg2189 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 High-11 seconds on a bike is stupid slow. Furthermore, the rider clearly doesn't know how to race (shifting 4 times in like 7 seconds? Not tucking your body? Nope.). I'm sure that even in a perfect world, this Bel-Air would still beat this bike, but any 600cc supersport would walk this thing for breakfast without even trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 So what you're saying is the car is pretty fast? are 11 second street cars all that fast these days? I remember when an 11 second street car would put you near the upper echelon of street racing, and I came from an area where we had guys like Rufus "Brooklyn Heavy" Boyd and Tab Talmadge. Now everybody with an LSx swap is knocking on the 11's, often in cars with no more safety equipment than lap belts. Street cars? real street race cars? that's a single digit proposition. If drag week is to be believed the party doesn't even start till you are in the 8's. Bikes? now a moderately fast street bike is capable of 9 second 1/4 mile times. and that is assuming you can setup and handle riding one of those machines at their acceleration limit. If you ever see what goes into drag racing a motorcycle, there is a hell of a lot of prep just to keep you from looping the thing. 11's? I'd say the car is pretty quick, but not "fast". But it's all semantics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I retract my statement before. Clearly the Chevy is slow as balls. Let's get him in here to race everyone posting in this thread. Who can take him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 He can race our supermodel girlfriends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I retract my statement before. Clearly the Chevy is slow as balls. Let's get him in here to race everyone posting in this thread. Who can take him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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