MOTARD VS SPORTS BIKE: Speed Triple & supermoto DR650 wheelie runoff

Which is faster? Take two comparable (extremely average) riders on a Speed Triple sports bike & a supermoto DR650, which is faster? Sports bike wheelies to 100mph, the DR650 to 40mph (with helium in the forks and weather balloons on the handlebars) but motard DR650 is later on brakes & faster in the twisties. Horses for courses, take your pic ;-) Also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddoht_E7jaY

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• supermoto
• dr650
• dr650se
• motard
• wheelies
• monos
• suzuki
• sports
• bike

[NAMTRIP]

Not another stupid wheelie video,with a stupid rap song,Please,

[secretgardenproject]

typical. the only whiners about youtube videos are armchair critics and never post any vids themselves.

[knobbmeister]

cool! you can see the dr650 has got it all over the triumph in the tight corners but no hope on the straights, nothing new there. what gear are the dr wheelies? usually you can only get them up in first ha ha

[secretgardenproject]

second gear, he can only pop it up in third over a crest. problem is the bike is dead standard, even the exhaust pipe so there's just no extra power with the higher revs

[leemartintaylor]

@secretgardenproject

Is the gearing standard? I have standard sprockets 15/41 and even with a flat slide carb, pipe & air box mod I can only get it to  pop up in 1st, only barely in 2nd if I lean waaaay back and grab the throttle. Is he clutching the wheelie up? The gearing is really tall. Hopefully going to 15/44 will help me.

[secretgardenproject]

if you mean the dr650, standard gearing and he's popping it up in second gear, or third gear if off a crest. on the triumph, clutching up in either third or fourth, with standard gearing. @leemartintaylor

[tubbybasset]

"extremely average riders" fuck, I wish I was as "average" a rider as you guys.

[rofererek]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooow

[Tarten46]

The videos you guys make kick ass. Absolutely love them.

[MuayThaiMMAjunkie]

Awesome video!!! Creep by Radiohead worked really well... I like how the DR650 rider is the "creep" and the Speed Triple is the normal one...

[ZombieEatYourBrains]

Great vid lads, made me laugh watching it, the angles were awesome (might have to adopt them in a camera vid in the future :D) and the dancing was err, pretty good too. Nice to see the Speed out with the Sumo, I used to work for Triumph and ride a sumo 125 myself :). Great upload, favourited for ingenuity haha :).