The reality is that all 1000 cc sportbikes like ducati 1198, honda CBR fireblade, kawasaki zx10, aprillia RSV4, susuki GSXR1000, Yamaha R1 are all equally fast. All these bikes achieve laptimes within 1000/s of a second a lap difference. Check WSBK superstock racing results. all superstock bikes are pretty much as they come out of the box. The bike here must have been going 4-6 seconds a lap quicker.
M3 is, in my opinion, the best and the perfect car... And the RR is one of the fastest bikes ever. But you can't compare them. In normal conditions the sports bike will allways be faster then a car, that is a fact (except in the case of some rare too expensive supersport or a racing car). You can't say one is better then another...
POST MORE Awsome video, wanted that comparison long time thanks, one big time question in my head gone ( i knew bike was gonna win im a biker) but the fine tuning on the rides was hot
Great video, and a fun test. However, such an apples to oranges comparison. No way to say absolutely a car will always win, or a motorcycle will always. The M3 will probably beat many motorcycles, obviously not the 1000RR. But can the 1000RR beat a Ferrari FXX? Impossible comparison.
That said, if we look to the top rung of each motorsport, Formula 1 vs. MotoGP, cars win easily. Lap record at Silverstone for MotoGP is 2:02.020, lap record for Formula 1 is 1:30.874.
Yeah, around a track? Yeah. In a straightline, the fastest standing mile road legal vehicle is a turbo busa. And what makes you think a 1000rr wont beat a Ferrari FXX??? I could come up and design a track that wwould make the s1000rr smoke the FXX.
Bike will usually beat the car, with an expert rider on board. However, Top Gear recently put the same BMW S1000rr against the 500hp Ariel Atom, and the car won. Granted, it is a go cart with 500hp with it was the first time that a bike went against a car like that and lost, at least from the videos that I have seen over the year. The rider in this video had balls to race the car in the rain like that.
I find this race result very hard to believe. That the bike would win in a straight line or on a course with few curves goes wtihout saying but usually once you throw some serious curves in the mix not to mention moisture the car will come out on top.
With a good driver and a good rider, the bike will always win (in the dry at least). However, if you took the average internet posters and put them in control, the race might have a different outcome. The bike requires far more skill to use its potential in the corners. Its rare for bikes and cars to share a track with amateurs behind the controls, but look at Nurburgring for an example. A pro (Sabine) in a stock Ford Transit VAN passed some bikes during a Top Gear challenge.
On a tight, twisty track the car would win as a good car with a good driver can corner quicker than a bike, but on a track which had plenty of room to allow the bike to make up the lost time on straights or long bends then the bike would win.
I should also point out, I am a biker but I am not so biased towards bikes that I would say they will always win.
@cwsqbm Thats not really a really fair example, as the bikes you mentioned may have been just enjoying themselves and not on full race mode like Sabine was.
@cwsqbm With a good driver and a good rider, the bike will always win thats what you said so the 198hp bike can catch a 1000hp ams nissan gt-r really?
@tinleo333 Have you considered the fact a bike is much lighter than a car and therefore doesn't need 1000 hp. The bike will out accelerate almost any car.
The bike guy was a total stud to put away the M3 on a wet track! The S1000's ABS and TC systems probably helped a great deal. Dry track, sure, bike every time. But I am really surprised he could finish the job against an M3 on wet pavement. Definitely an eye opener.
@rg500delta Totally agree a bike on a wet track should lose against a big phat tyred M3!!!
Unless he had control tyres on and was a BSB rider! which he aint! The M5 would get murdered also by that bike period. See Top Gear against the mental Atom V8 not alot innnit!
Greatest bike in the world right now, probably the most versatile best all-rounder, also the M3 probably represents the same for 4 wheels, versatile, probably one of the best sports cars available and for the price of both, there is nothing that can compare to their refinement, agility and performance...
Awsome!
jose31006 1 day ago
What are the alloys on that M3 if anyone could help please???
Cyprus16M 2 weeks ago
It will never be the other way around...
hautepower 4 weeks ago
spectacular!!!!
netic0la 2 months ago
The reality is that all 1000 cc sportbikes like ducati 1198, honda CBR fireblade, kawasaki zx10, aprillia RSV4, susuki GSXR1000, Yamaha R1 are all equally fast. All these bikes achieve laptimes within 1000/s of a second a lap difference. Check WSBK superstock racing results. all superstock bikes are pretty much as they come out of the box. The bike here must have been going 4-6 seconds a lap quicker.
MultiFireblade1000 2 months ago
Trying to grab from BMW Films: The Hire a bit? lol
vianegativa85 3 months ago
Of course car is faster, has a better center of gravity and much more grip.
But you cant pick a normal car against the one of the fastest bike on the worl.
Try put a Veyron SS, a Gumpert, or even a Viper ACR in that race and see what happens ;)
CaioSDMF 3 months ago
@CaioSDMF and now try to look at the costs and put a Moto GP bike in,the hypercars will still loose
golf1diesel 2 months ago
@CaioSDMF...have a quick search and you will find a Veron getting beaten by a bike.
74BONGz 19 hours ago
M3 is, in my opinion, the best and the perfect car... And the RR is one of the fastest bikes ever. But you can't compare them. In normal conditions the sports bike will allways be faster then a car, that is a fact (except in the case of some rare too expensive supersport or a racing car). You can't say one is better then another...
MrIceColdM 5 months ago
typical race :-) bike win ;)
stradot 5 months ago
POST MORE Awsome video, wanted that comparison long time thanks, one big time question in my head gone ( i knew bike was gonna win im a biker) but the fine tuning on the rides was hot
SEANSEEB1 6 months ago
I dont care which one wins: the car or the bike cauze both are bmws. But to be more specific i would go for the m3 cauze i love cars more than bike
bavarianist 6 months ago
Great video, and a fun test. However, such an apples to oranges comparison. No way to say absolutely a car will always win, or a motorcycle will always. The M3 will probably beat many motorcycles, obviously not the 1000RR. But can the 1000RR beat a Ferrari FXX? Impossible comparison.
That said, if we look to the top rung of each motorsport, Formula 1 vs. MotoGP, cars win easily. Lap record at Silverstone for MotoGP is 2:02.020, lap record for Formula 1 is 1:30.874.
Almost 32 seconds! :)
ricardomejia 7 months ago
@ricardomejia
Yeah, around a track? Yeah. In a straightline, the fastest standing mile road legal vehicle is a turbo busa. And what makes you think a 1000rr wont beat a Ferrari FXX??? I could come up and design a track that wwould make the s1000rr smoke the FXX.
TurboNosHayabusa1 4 months ago
M3 isn't even in the same class to race with a bike.
rubix777 8 months ago
hahaha ihr englisch am ende ist hammer!! :D
MoinMoinSir 8 months ago
Best car porn ever!
grprt66895 9 months ago
love the M3, see mine (do not LOL):
/watch?v=Hw-fRyw90GA
jpzhouutube 9 months ago
cars faster than bikes ? who's the idiot who thinks that lol !!!
lordrach2 10 months ago
BMW M3 is nice
ammi300 10 months ago
BMW M3 look dangerous!
ammi300 10 months ago 3
What rims are the m3 running on?
seowgila 10 months ago
No surprised. Most bikes would beat the M3. They all accelerate faster.
venonat80 10 months ago
The best of two worlds..
BeemerSteamer 10 months ago 5
the challengement of titans ;)
weaamx 10 months ago
maybe if It's Rossi, the lap would be 5, not 15. LOL. just kidding :)
kahtsin 10 months ago 7
I'd take both. They are equally awesome.
Austinm858 10 months ago
bike winning on wet track = staged.
sealobo 10 months ago 3
A win for BMW either way...clever!
randomdude10010 10 months ago
S1000RR all the way baby!
Rhunyen 10 months ago
Bike will usually beat the car, with an expert rider on board. However, Top Gear recently put the same BMW S1000rr against the 500hp Ariel Atom, and the car won. Granted, it is a go cart with 500hp with it was the first time that a bike went against a car like that and lost, at least from the videos that I have seen over the year. The rider in this video had balls to race the car in the rain like that.
SquireSCA 10 months ago
Love it, £53k+ vs £13k+ on a track. Bikes: better in everyway :P
09bikerman1 10 months ago
i would never got here if its not for reddit.
fraggershell 10 months ago
Bikes win... AGAIN! :)
*victory dance*
MisterMateo 10 months ago
Bike, over 1000bhp/tonne (assuming it was that weight without rider? Still a lot though!), not surprized it won, I liked both car AND bike though!
cl998 10 months ago
love the way the rr spits fire from the exhaust at 0:55
ididnotgetabetterid 10 months ago
We need an Ariel Atom SC. lol.
Lambo6fo 10 months ago
I find this race result very hard to believe. That the bike would win in a straight line or on a course with few curves goes wtihout saying but usually once you throw some serious curves in the mix not to mention moisture the car will come out on top.
Obelix6 10 months ago
Geee... Why do I feel like I should order an Akrapovic exhaust for my M3 right now?
MerliSYD 10 months ago
With a good driver and a good rider, the bike will always win (in the dry at least). However, if you took the average internet posters and put them in control, the race might have a different outcome. The bike requires far more skill to use its potential in the corners. Its rare for bikes and cars to share a track with amateurs behind the controls, but look at Nurburgring for an example. A pro (Sabine) in a stock Ford Transit VAN passed some bikes during a Top Gear challenge.
cwsqbm 10 months ago 63
@cwsqbm Not always true.
On a tight, twisty track the car would win as a good car with a good driver can corner quicker than a bike, but on a track which had plenty of room to allow the bike to make up the lost time on straights or long bends then the bike would win.
I should also point out, I am a biker but I am not so biased towards bikes that I would say they will always win.
mackemforever 10 months ago
@cwsqbm Thats not really a really fair example, as the bikes you mentioned may have been just enjoying themselves and not on full race mode like Sabine was.
Gen49671 10 months ago
@cwsqbm With a good driver and a good rider, the bike will always win thats what you said so the 198hp bike can catch a 1000hp ams nissan gt-r really?
keep dreaming bike fan
tinleo333 10 months ago
@tinleo333 you ever ridden a bike? most likely not..so go sort your life out
VR46YAMAHA 9 months ago
@tinleo333 Have you considered the fact a bike is much lighter than a car and therefore doesn't need 1000 hp. The bike will out accelerate almost any car.
EXOTECHF1 6 months ago
Imagine it was sunny day,dry track, M3 wouldn't even start:)
simec2404 10 months ago 4
@Johnnyboy15nl No contest, the new M5 will destroy. I've heard the X6 M can keep up with the E60 M5 on a track.
BigCivic 10 months ago
Track-Grobnik, Rijeka CROATIA.
w2243t 10 months ago 7
track Grobnik Croatia
filipemasa 10 months ago
This was shooted in Grobnik Croatia!!
bronz1983 10 months ago
The bike guy was a total stud to put away the M3 on a wet track! The S1000's ABS and TC systems probably helped a great deal. Dry track, sure, bike every time. But I am really surprised he could finish the job against an M3 on wet pavement. Definitely an eye opener.
rg500delta 10 months ago
@rg500delta Totally agree a bike on a wet track should lose against a big phat tyred M3!!!
Unless he had control tyres on and was a BSB rider! which he aint! The M5 would get murdered also by that bike period. See Top Gear against the mental Atom V8 not alot innnit!
AlpinestarsR6 10 months ago
Whatever way you look at it...2 beautiful machines, id be happy to own either :D
fahim113 10 months ago 138
awesome vide
theimacduderox 10 months ago
Dare I say even with the disadvantage for the bike of a wet track, how did the M3 ever think he was going to win? Good on ya for trying anyway ;-)
hannesmostert 10 months ago
If the M3 was faster then i'll sell my S1000RR :)
rakanvaio 10 months ago
I am a car guy, but there's no way any car short of a mclaren or bugatti, even the M3, could lap the RR
Ioannisthegreat7 10 months ago
SWEEEEEEETTTT
AlexDeese 10 months ago
Dumb. Bikes accelerate so much faster than cars, and can stop on a dime. Why even try to compare.
Spin2Win2 10 months ago
Great display of speed
redriverraid 10 months ago
How much power did the M3 and RR produce at the wheel?
Povidius 10 months ago
@Povidius A stock M3 makes around 334whp according to Eurotuner, RR between 175-183 depending on the dyno and weather, etc.
britishbikes12 5 months ago
That they should give me 1/20th of their total budget and I'll be in a full-time racing category! Pleeeeasseee! Beemer looks great!
StegRacing 10 months ago
M3 driver sucks, period. Definitely in wet conditions, I mean, common...!
SPEEDKILLAR 10 months ago
Amazing!
ulef19 10 months ago
In more try condition bike would have catch up much faster.
CMK227CR 10 months ago
This is so stupid... AWESOME, But stupid.... I LOVE IT!!!! lol!!
KINZERS13GTR 10 months ago
absolutely fantastic set up, but the RR was destined to win haha, either way both vehicles are primo
carsontl 10 months ago
Both fitted with nice Akrapovic Exhaust. I love them!
paparelidis 10 months ago
I think it's pretty obvious that the bike wins, but who am I? This video is just awesome!
MrBartvos 10 months ago
My Two Favorite Machines Head To Head, Sadly We All Know The M3 Doesn't Stand A Chance.
CuzImHawt 10 months ago
Nice to see the bike win for 1 time :)
Maybe try a circuit with more left/right corners next time :)
stefan3382 10 months ago
My Two Favorite Machines Head To Head, Sadly The Car Didn't Stand A Chance..
CuzImHawt 10 months ago
The bike is always faster than the car - power to weight is ridiculous on motorbikes.
Awesome Video, Awesome Bike, RAD ///M3!!!
EYE50MM 10 months ago
Thats a young guy with a very expensive car! :) and no, next time it wont be the other way around, are you kidding me?! Bike is way faster..
TimoBac 10 months ago
Greatest bike in the world right now, probably the most versatile best all-rounder, also the M3 probably represents the same for 4 wheels, versatile, probably one of the best sports cars available and for the price of both, there is nothing that can compare to their refinement, agility and performance...
ckboy023 10 months ago
Just under one half the horsepower but only a tenth of the weight...You do the math to spoil the ending.
sibrayJP 10 months ago
1000RR will murder the M3
Ubergood 10 months ago
fake...
edudalpino 10 months ago
wrong way on Grobnik, huh? :-)
ViperM3 10 months ago
in other news: the grass is green
rombick 10 months ago
surprised the s1k didnt blow the motor
bigbad1000do7a 10 months ago
Love it!
riderbcn 10 months ago
S1000rr for sure!
stylishdivas2010 10 months ago
Gooood race !!! I was chearing for M3,but i knew that RR would win :/ Good one guys :)
Maxcited 10 months ago
i wanted the m3 to win but of course the bike is going to win it has a power to wight ratio of 1000+ hp the twice more the the buggati veyron
TFO65 10 months ago
Where is my old comment?
john94si 10 months ago
Wet track hmmm
subaruski 10 months ago
Would have loved to see more on track footage! Still a great video.
TooAbsurd 10 months ago
I still want both in my garage.
mygamah 10 months ago
bike won. no kidding captain obvious.
Sebaflex 10 months ago
Why not Rico and Mico since Rico goes for RR... Mico for M3 then ? :D~
EsPpY 10 months ago
Grauenhaftes Englisch-Bonsu 10p
DolceFFM 10 months ago
I love my RR..when can they try this on a dry track.
john94si 10 months ago
Alien vs Predator..Obviously,the Alien would to win!! B-)
apachertr160 10 months ago
FIRST
zubu1212 10 months ago
fvckin awesome
darknessahead520 10 months ago