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Posted by 95GTConvtACE (Member # 6399) on
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Ok, I am cruising around on my bike on a Saturday night. Then out of the blue a weird looking car zooms by. I was on my way home, but I had to race it. I pulled up next to it at a light but wasn't quite ready. It took off, and it was gone. Now I am an ok driver but not experienced at drag racing bikes. I have not been beaten by any car as of yet until tonight. The bike was suppose to win, but I lost the race. My bike is 10.5 sec with an experienced drag racer. 2007 cbr 600. Now look at the car I lost to. The video also shows it racing a cbr 600, how ironic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA
The car is somewhere in the North Sacramento area. There is one on ebay if interested. Tell me what you think. By the way it is a 4 cylinder Honda motor.
[ May 11, 2008, 03:10 AM: Message edited by: 95GTConvtACE ]
Posted by 92_chp (Member # 5574) on
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OMG!!! love the car never in my life have i seen one...
Posted by solbrothers (Member # 7524) on
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on top gear an ariel atom beat a 600rr on the track. go to youtube. good episode
Posted by z pyro (Member # 3745) on
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Originally posted by solbrothers:
on top gear an ariel atom beat a 600rr on the track. go to youtube. good episode
the bike looked like it was half-assing it though...
I saw an atom twice in one day up in citrus heights, guy was cruising around with his kid. if I had the $$ I would definitely get one
and you can get it in the states with either the supercharged honda type-r engine or a gm ecotec. a company called wrightspeed modified one with an electric motor, it beat the shit out of a porsche and a ferrari on a 1/4 strip. there's a vid of that on youtube as well
Posted by silverstang2k1 (Member # 660) on
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I think the guy lives in Folsom, I've seem him around several times. There is also another car out here that a guy calls it his tubular rod. He has a toyota 4 banger in it. I looks kind of like a Rat Rod but with tubes instead of panels.
Posted by 89bluenotch (Member # 7454) on
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ive seen a couple videos of that guy ripping around the track on that thing. the best part is when he pins it and it looks like his face is going to come off his skull......BADASS car
Posted by 95GTConvtACE (Member # 6399) on
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Atleast I don't feel bad for losing to the damn thing. The car is quick.
Posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT* (Member # 5909) on
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95GT, were you on antelope road by the home depot? if so i saw you guys at the lite....he TOOK of and pulled the two bikes he was messin with...and he had a passenger....
Posted by 95GTConvtACE (Member # 6399) on
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Originally posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT*:
95GT, were you on antelope road by the home depot? if so i saw you guys at the lite....he TOOK of and pulled the two bikes he was messin with...and he had a passenger....
After reviewing the pic no. It was the same car though. I must have caught him on the way back home going the other direction. I raced him at the Don Julio and Antelope intersection. Definitely that same car though. I remember that license plate. I am glad I didn't catch him at that light, I would have crashed around that big bend trying to beat him.lol.
[ May 15, 2008, 12:51 AM: Message edited by: 95GTConvtACE ]
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