What's more fun than racing SRs? Chasing sportbikes!

[themadscientist]

I have to work today so I was on the way in. I take a meandering one-lane coast road about halfway and then cross over the island to pick up a similar road on the east side. The first is very popular with the bikes, they rip up and down it pretty much every night and on weekends. Well it's sunday and as I languish behind someone actually obeying the speed limit two GSXRs go ripping by. I could go for some entertainment so I nail it, swing out into the oncoming past three cars and slip in behind the tail rider as we come up to a light.Now a short introduction to my local roads, they ****in suck! they are a mix of asphalt and crushed coral and have all sorts of suprizes in them, washboards, ruts, debris etc so you must be very dilligent when traversing them at speed. I ride bikes too so I know what I am up against but I also know the battlefeild. I have ridden and driven this patch of road for over a decade; I know every pothole. This means these guys can't use all that power; it's the same reason I could run liter bikes on my 600, they have to measure the throttle where I could wind out. I find myself in a different but similar situation. I have 800 more CCs now but I am dragging around the shell of a car so pretty much the same problem, acceleration. I hang back and time my approach to the light so I will just be hitting boost in second as the light goes green. The trail rider is slow to react though and I almost fell off the powerband but I kept rolling hoping he would be vacated by the time I passed through his current location, he had and I was still on power. He rolled on going into a corner and I did the same. The gate cracked open and his helmet sat up like "huh"? And he peeked in his mirror. he saw me and as the corner straightened out hit it. Get a late pass, I had aready hit it and I was dead on his tire at full boost when his bike started to go . Forget it Jr. I got you. I can just imagine what he was thinking. He couldn't really look back, he needed to watch the road but he could hear my wastegate over that pop Yoshi slip-on and the sound was'nt changing so he knew I was still glued to him at about 12 feet back. I laid back on purpose to give me an escape route in case he had to brake or correct and I don't want to be mean or scare him, just play. Next corner and he has to roll off a bit and I start pulsing the throttle ever so slightly to make the noise rise and fall, kind of taunt him that I can hang the corner at 130Kph too, faster if he was'nt in my way. I got back in as the corner opened up and he did pull away a little bit. He had a nice long straight ahead so he was more confident I assume and that is really what is supposed to happen anyway. We got to a point where the road opens up to two lanes for passing. Now this is a dangerous spot, people do different things here, no consistentcy so I don't immediately go for the open lane. Good thing too as the guy the bike passes strays into it. Ahead I see the lead bike almost get sandwiched as he tries to cross in front of a car to pass another and the car ahead moves into the spot making the biker grab brakes a few feet in front of the other car. At that point I decided it would be prudent not to egg the bikes on, I really don't want to see one of those Chips pileups on the way to work.Only 8psi on the turbo at the moment, less than half what I expect the final combo to be. Oh the anticipation!

[ca18datsun510]

i hate when im on my bike and people in cars ride my *** cause they think i want to race them for some reason.

im only going faster cause its a bike and they cruise at a higher speed, not cause im racing.

i have "accidently" lost spark plugs, etc. out of my pocket when im on my bike and people do this.

[roplusbee]

Outstanding. I wish I could see the look on his face when you were on his tail. You motivated me to share my experience from last night/this morning. That is, if I have your permission to do so in your thread.

[themadscientist]

These guys were out to race. I don't get too close to bikes like that because I ride bikes too and I know I don't like it when I'm on the bike. I have gotten off of my chainsaw at the light to ask people what the **** they want. I usually get two-cars of cusion after that. Now the bosozoku though, they get the balzac. those dumb ****s will block all lanes and go 5mph revving their engines. I will plow right into those punks.

[themadscientist]

Outstanding. I wish I could see the look on his face when you were on his tail. You motivated me to share my experience from last night/this morning. That is, if I have your permission to do so in your thread.

fine by me

[roplusbee]

I had a little fun on the Autostrada (highway) last night or this morning (however you want to look at it) after leaving a friends house (BBQ). Most of the Autostradas are pretty straight, but the ones near me a pretty curvey. A Black Porsche (couldn't really tell what it was, but I am assuming Boxter because of the center tailpipe) blows by flashing his lights as I merged into traffic from the onramp. I had a long way to go so I chased him down and eventually passed him. Side note, folks here in Naples, Italy tend to just jump out there and pass without looking to see if someone is already in the fast lane and will just go even if they are going 50KPH. The speed limit is 100-110KPH in most sections with slowers speeds in the corners and chicanes. I remember seeing 200KPH when I caught up to him. Not sure what the top speed was for that session, but I had to back off and break it down because I was almost at my exit. I love that surprised look on people's face when they see that I'm driving a Nissan 200SX and not a Ferrari or Porsche that the Italian's are used to seeing go fast.

BTW, people are always asking me what kind of car I drive. Truthfully, I have only seen one other S13 fastback out here and it is owned by an African guy. For some reason the locals don't like Africans too much and they think I am African until they talk to me to figure out I am American (then things are different and they become nicer/friendlier). I have seen a pair of S14s also. One belongs to a local (S14a) and the other an American (S14).

[themadscientist]

For some reason the locals don't like Africans too much and they think I am African until they talk to me to figure out I am American (then things are different and they become nicer/friendlier).(S14).

They probably think the african guy is the one sending them the e-mails about the money stuck in some obscure bank account in Nigeria.

We got some members up in france and germany, you guys should hook up.

[roplusbee]

Yeah. I really would like to hook that up before I get reassigned. I planned on trying the Nurburgring, but at my current restore-to-stock/upgrade pace, I don't think I will make it.

[themadscientist]

If you are ever in germany look out for my old crimepartner. You can't miss him, big bald dude in a yellow EVO VII.

[NUT-CSE]

I love stories of cars keeping up with bikes, especially wen its a CA!!!

Also what kind of setup do you have and any dyno numbers?

[themadscientist]

thathttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/262142