fast biker vs ring taxi. nurburgring nordschleife

ducati v4 following the apex bmw m3 ring taxi, make no mistake the ring taxi is extremely fast but is no match for the awesome ducati v4

[@1982daverogers]

552 dislikes, clearly I have missed something. A true gentleman lap, safe, smooth and fast. 552 12 year olds I'm guessing.

[@Stu-SB]

Good pace and positive lines, nothing stupid when caught up in traffic..patience and smooth overtaking...type of rider I want sit behind and learn the ring from...

[@droceretik]

Pay attention you people that say that fast cars will ALWAYS beat fast bikes around the ring. Fast road bikes ridden by good riders will be competitive with fast road cars driven by good drivers as this video clearly demonstrates. The consequences for crashing are higher so not many riders have the commitment, skills and consistency to push their bikes to the limit and this guy on the Dacati was not on the limit, more like 8 or 9 tenths. Maybe the BMW wasn't on the limit as well. Those sub-7 minute full circuit car lap times are with sharply honed factory cars with a team of factory mechanics. Most showroom supercars and superbikes driven and ridden by skilled owners would be proud to beat 8 minutes BTG. Motorcycles haven't raced at the Ring officially for nearly 25 years. Motorcycle manufacturers are never involved with attempting record ring times. Nearly all bike laps are on tourist days with mixed traffic. Kawasaki had a promotional lap of 7.50 by Tim Rothig which was foolishly claimed as a record by whom? I don't know. Helmut Dahne still has the production bike record at about 7.49 for the full circuit. It was with a Honda RC30 750 V4! This is way, way behind the performance of current bikes such as BMW 1000RR, Yamaha R1 etc. Brendan, on a rebuilt, crashed Yamaha R1, has a video which shows about 7.10 for a BTG. Nurburgring is just too dangerous for bikes but professional riders of the caliber of John McGuinness, Bruce Anstey and Michael Dunlop on current production superbikes, would push 6.50 for the full circuit IMO. For example, Mark Higgins, former British Rally Champion, in a 600 hp Prodrive Subaru WRX, lapped 35 seconds slower than the fastest producton bike. That was in a highly modded and lightened race car with nearly 3 times the power of the stock car. Two years earlier, in a lightly modded production WRX, he lapped over 2 minutes slower than the production bike times. Mark Higgins was born on and lives on the Isle Of Man and knows the circuit like the back of his hand.

[@patrisk_official]

That moment, when ur chasing a BMW M3 ring taxi with your bike while riding in "street mode" 😎👍

[@jimclarke1108]

Judging by the revs the bike was just cruising )) safe riding

[@kennytaylor9840]

Tidy, consistent , as safe as it could be, and well beyond me 👍

[@BikesofRye]

Non-bikers - come back when you know what it feels like to be in a bend at 100mph, hanging off the seat, wheels floating over the bumps at 10krpm

[@tuntitommosille]

That Apex Schirmer BMW M3 is a beast and those guys drive around the Nordschleife for a living, so even keeping up with them is an impressive feat, let alone overtaking them while making it look effortless.

[@Roman_K.]

Rip Sabine Schmitz

[@GunturWibowo2010]

he's just cruising guys, he can do faster than this

[@TheJanvicgwaps]

Ehh why so slow..

[@imamogluu]

Thats a well shaked brake fluid :)

[@bvcxzgt5451]

You can just see the effortless calm and patience of the bike rider. Look at his reflection. He doesn't even have to lean at these speeds... until the BMW is behind him, then off he goes. Beautiful to watch.

[@mikkelmortenrasmussen3821]

Professionel driving.

[@robb3652]

Superb rider. Always in the power band. Well aware of lines and what kills me, use of TURN SIGNALS.

[@Kostak3]

3:26

[@r.blacky341]

Keep right!! is this a english driver?? give him memory that he must drive on the right side on the German streets!?

[@TheJmebe]

Lovely riding. Surprised how fast the M3 managed to go too.

[@arthurpewtey]

Very impressive. Not often, in this day and age, I can sit through a video of that length without a break or a quick "fast forward". Thank you for posting.