(Suposevily that the car is a rear wheel drive)
2006-11-25 04:48:22 · 6 answers · asked by george m 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
That would be obvious, the car doesn't need to be balanced since it sits on 4 wheels, while a motorcycle has to be balanced all the time.
And its a misconception that motorcycles can out corner a car, at the same level of performance, 4 wheels have twice the traction of 2 and you can put a lot more rubber on the road with a 4 wheeled vehicle :)
2006-11-25 05:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The above posters (except grumpydude) are way off on their explanations.
First, while a car DOES have four wheels, cornering requires traction. The only place a car has traction is on the contact patch, the part of the tire that actually touches the road.
Tires are made so that the tread is pretty flat, to increase traction.
If you want ultimate traction, slick tires will offer that.
Centrifugal forces absolutely affect traction while cornering. Reason?? Duh, a car in motion will stay in motion...in the direction it was going. So if you're making a hard left, your car is still moving to the right...you're fighting centrifugal force. You have no way to change a car's center of gravity so unless you SLOW DOWN, you're going to slide into a wall.
On a motorcycle it's different. Leaning into a corner lowers your center of gravity, and provided you don't exceed the tire's contact patch, you will be able to corner MUCH faster.
Duh, obviously the above posters don't read Motor Cyclist magazine. Several years ago they had a race between a Formula I race car and a GSXR 1000. While the car won the race, it couldn't come CLOSE to the bike in the corners, and had to make up the time it lost on the straightaways.
2006-11-25 05:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by vamedic4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you have a BIG advantage with the motorcycle. You lean into the curve with a bike so you can take it much faster. With a car you have centrifugal force so it throws you and you don't have the control you have with a motorcycle. OH, with a car, I don't think it matters if you have rear wheel or front wheel drive.
2006-11-25 04:55:46 · answer #3 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A cycle always does it on two wheels. A car does it on 4 wheels most of the time
2006-11-25 06:58:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A car can corner faster than a bike. Balance has nothing to do with cornering,centrifugal forces are the problem.
2006-11-25 05:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by solara 437 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with solara cars have four wheels they can corner faster
2006-11-26 01:28:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋