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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	(Drag) Racing the unthinkable 09/22/15 at 04:25:28 Vespa... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5xK3bqBm7o Same stint from another angle www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_qaaKz2sWM Doing laps at a Vespa Weekend... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2V-A91evMg And now, for something completely different... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFjakgypqSs
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Reply #1 - 09/22/15 at 21:55:38

I switched to old yabb style to view these vids on this old 266mhz system.... but....

There are 3 and 1/2 straight runs on the last video... i do not see how a 125 vespa could outdo the 1000 (or is that just graphics?), or the 650...much less the 250's I see. And is that a ninja 300? no way that could happen.... unless all those drivers are novices.

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Reply #2 - 09/23/15 at 03:57:49

I can see how the Vespa could be faster on that track....the curves are tighter than the Dragon, the straights are short, and most likely the bikes can't get out of first gear or even up into their power curve. I would bet those are 15-20 mph curves and 40 mph straight sections.

I used to race a 125cc bike in motocross, and the light weight and nimbleness made it faster than the bigger bikes in curves, bumps and jumps....they could only beat me when you had a place where horsepower ruled....like long uphill straights where they could accelerate past me and throw rooster tails of dirt in my face. (This was before folks could do double and triple jumps as we only had 4" of shock and 5" of fork travel).

A 125cc 2 stroke can be modified to make a lot of HP compared to it's weight - stock my 125cc bike in 1974 was 21 HP at 12,500 rpm. I am sure they can get a modern scooter up near 30 HP in racing form. What does a scooter weigh.....150 pounds? The motorcycles are going to be up over 300 pounds...some of them over 400 pounds.

If you were to change the track to something with long straights and sweeping curves....the scooter would not have a chance.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #3 - 09/23/15 at 07:08:27 Must be Rossi on the scooter... ...
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dustystranger Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 53	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #4 - 09/24/15 at 20:23:51 If horsepower ruled the day, an Abrams tank would the big winner at Le Mans!
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #5 - 09/24/15 at 20:50:10 Yup! Aim! FIRE!... another contender out of the way!
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #6 - 09/25/15 at 12:35:01 You guys are funny!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #7 - 09/25/15 at 18:09:16 I need links, that says Unsupported plugin.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #8 - 09/28/15 at 08:58:17 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/25/15 at 18:09:16: I need links, that says Unsupported plugin. I fixed the first post for you.....copied in the links.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #9 - 09/28/15 at 17:33:21 Well, look a you, thanks,,
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: (Drag) Racing the unthinkable Reply #10 - 09/28/15 at 18:37:07 That 125scooter was scootin! The real serious guys extended the seat, I think.. Summa those guys were wheelying a good ways.
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