BjoernB:

Had a argument yesterday on the Nordschleife times car vs bike and could not find a table with times of bikes - street-cars vs street bikes - which one is faster around the 20 km track ?


I personally believe that the tire technology on street cars has advanced massively over the last decade. Furthermore, NBR laptimes have become a marketing instrument so car manufacturers have invested a fair amount of time and effort to optimize their cars on this particular track. Cars and bikes might have performed similiarly until ten or twenty years, although they make up their time in very different ways, but that speed difference has increased in favour of four wheels ever since.

To be fast in the car, you have to know the track and the car´s handling. On the bike, you make up a significant amount of time on the straights, no matter how experienced you are.