View Full Version : Video: TransAm vs. Thunderace
SVSRyder
Sun 6/29/03, 3:26PM
wow... this is sweet..on the fwy somewhere up to 140.. incredible.
now..if someone will tell me how to upload it here :S
I downloaded it from winamp so i cant remote host it :S
You downloaded a movie from Winamp? From their web server? Using their application? I'm confused...
Anyway, was the race from a roll-on? If so, pretty impressive...it takes a whole lot of horses to pull away from a Gixxer 1k...with it's top speed of about 179mph. It also takes alot of power to pull away from a Gixxer 750 with it's 172mph top speed. Sorry, had to throw that in there. :D
The real skill test would be at the race track or drag strip. ;)
SVSRyder
Sun 6/29/03, 4:06PM
ya..i downloaded it from Winamp
its a rolling start at an unknown freeway speed. the GSXR's go wheels up at the begginning..but the bird is right there with them..and actually PULLS ahead!
really awesome.
the GSXR riders later both pull next to him at 70 or so and give him a thumbs up... cool :)
Actually, I think I know what movie you're talking about. The bikers are to the right of the vehicle when the first rider pops a wheelie and they both take off. The rider who's racing (and doing the wheelie) is not on a Gixxer 1k. The second guy is on the 1k but does NOT race. He would have blown by them easily.
I have that vid on my hard drive somewhere.
SVSRyder
Sun 6/29/03, 4:16PM
no? not a 1000? looked like one to me..and the drivers states it in the vid :S
perhaps he biased my view of it being a 1000?
can ya try uploading it then? for osme reason i get an error page when i do
GsxrGregor
Sun 6/29/03, 4:36PM
I have that video - I'm pretty sure the guy who races the TransAm is on a Yamaha R1. Supposedly the TransAm has a twin-turbo kit installed on it. I don't know the HP, but it's probably north of 550 HP. :D
Tillers_Rule
Mon 6/30/03, 3:27PM
Yea, I wanna see to. You get me all exited then theres no video:(
stingray
Mon 6/30/03, 3:58PM
not an R1, it was the thunderace (YZF1000R, not YZF-R1). still not bad for an "old" bike
IIRC, the kid who owns the firebird had boltons he put on himself. i think the forced induction was put on later though (after vid was taken).
Sentinel
Mon 6/30/03, 4:00PM
Video!
Video!
Video!
Ok, how about a link?
Tillers_Rule
Mon 6/30/03, 4:24PM
Originally posted by Sentinel
Video!
Video!
Video!
Ok, how about a link?
Well give us SOMETHING:(
It's on KaZaa.. search for "twin turbo firebird sportbike" about 13,928KB.
SVSRyder, don't you have a webserver (http://www.suppliesforfree.com/) you can upload files to?
SVSRyder
Mon 6/30/03, 6:06PM
No man.. I dont have a website anymore :(
I tried to do what your IM said, but the file.. I presume.. is too large :mad:
anyways.. if there is another way.let me know bro
GsxrGregor
Mon 6/30/03, 8:15PM
Ok guys, I uploaded the video to my Yahoo! briefcase account. To view the video Click Here (http://briefcase.yahoo.com/gleite311) and when you get there, open the 'video' folder to download the file. It's about 14 MB, so it may take a little while. Enjoy!
cracked lid
Mon 6/30/03, 10:14PM
Thanks dude! ./
javawhz
Mon 6/30/03, 10:48PM
Yep, that is a really old video. Stingray is right, its a ThunderAce YZF1000R... still a cool bike :D
license2ill
Tue 7/1/03, 12:47AM
Ok, I watched the video a few times and I still don't want to believe that fine piece of American ingenuity beat a 1000cc bike like that, at any speed, anywhere.
Its still not clear to me, but do you think it 's actually a yzf600r Thundercat rather than the 1000 Thunderace?
Late
Nick
Rudeboy
Tue 7/1/03, 11:30AM
Well it isn't like the bike got crushed.. he was doing a wheelie too. Probably not the fastest way to travel.
I think that car had either a turbo or a supercharger because of the extra gauges. You rarely have those without some serious engine work. You need to be making about 700 hp to beat a bke like that, maybe 500 at the very very least... and that is a lot of car... not exactly stock.
Besides, the bike world still has that twin turbo hayabusa with dumps that is floating around. I don't think that anyone can touch that thing. You need to see that video if you haven't.
I think that there is a site that is called streetraceflix.com or raceflix.com I think that they recently changed it so that you have to pay to download and their server sucks anyway.
I'd upload it here.. but I think that it is atleast a 20mb file which is pretty huge.
Cool vid though.
GsxrGregor
Tue 7/1/03, 11:38AM
I have that video too.... the thing is crazy fast. I'll post it later if anyone's interested
Tillers_Rule
Tue 7/1/03, 4:52PM
OK I remember that video now. Not too exciting IMO:(
Originally posted by Tillers_Rule
OK I remember that video now. Not too exciting IMO:(
It would have been if the Gixxer 1k blew by both of 'em. :D
Damn crazy freeway-racing schmucks. lol
Rudeboy
Tue 7/1/03, 7:20PM
I figured it out.... clearly those dudes were FAT. That guys waist was like a 48.
Someone tell those guys if you are a super jumbo then you need a road king or a diet.. or both :hog:
Rudeboy
Tue 7/1/03, 9:01PM
That video is from detroit.... you can hear the radio. It's WDRQ detroit's number 1 hit music station ...lol
yeah.. detroit rock city....
Tillers_Rule
Wed 7/2/03, 10:18AM
Originally posted by Rudeboy
yeah.. detroit rock city....
Hmmm, if you say so................:monkey:
marveyhushman
Wed 7/2/03, 11:19AM
Originally posted by glsvs2002
Ok guys, I uploaded the video to my Yahoo! briefcase account.
Mind if I borrow your chocolate cheesecake recipe?
Oh and I enjoyed your paper on sepsis....
Sentinel
Wed 7/2/03, 1:18PM
Originally posted by glsvs2002
Ok guys, I uploaded the video to my Yahoo! briefcase account.
And don't forget to burn me a copy of Blazing Saddles on DVD! :D
redjako
Thu 7/17/03, 5:59PM
the car sounds mean as hell..
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