BMW S1000RR Tablecloth Trick Debunked? Mythbusters Tests Trick

kaishang · 10-30-2010, 06:19 PM

The BMW tablecloth commercial would be banned in Australia, definitely because of the wheelie and probably the tablecloth pulling would get it banned as well.

You know the painting with a Z4 commercial got banned in Australia.

It's a load of fun driving in Australia.

Robert · 10-31-2010, 02:59 PM

Never trust a word from the marketing department.

Tag · 10-31-2010, 07:39 PM

After reading this thread I've realized there are more n00bs in this forum than I thought. If you think it would make a rats ass of a difference if he used the BMW bike after he got the Buell up to 100mph before it pulled on the table cloth you're in a state of denial.

burningchicken · 11-01-2010, 10:46 AM

hes gonna need a quarter mile to get to 100mph? umm no.. No way thats a 9second qtr mile bike if it cant go over 100mph within that distance..

howiedds · 11-01-2010, 10:58 AM

fanboydom really makes people stupid... the physics teacher is correct

scollins · 11-01-2010, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by burningchicken

hes gonna need a quarter mile to get to 100mph? umm no.. No way thats a 9second qtr mile bike if it cant go over 100mph within that distance..

They laid out 600 feet of rope, by which time he was at 100MPH. You also have to consider he needs time to slow down and turn around. A quick Google search shows that a stock 1125R should do the 1/4 mile in 10.3 seconds at 135 MPH. That works out to an acceleration rate around 19 ft/s^2, which would get him to 100MPH just under 8 seconds and just under 600 feet.

So, an 1/8th of a mile to get up to speed, and another 1/8th to slow down without having to do a panic stop and turn around.

E90SLAM · 11-01-2010, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vase330

Do you also believe Chuck Norris taking on a whole army?

It doesn't matter how incompetent they might be, it would be hard, very hard to take on 5 armed army guys from [insert country here]. Most of this is just theater.

NOOOOO!!! Chuck Norris is REAL!!!!

and remember the SLS AMG commercial???

Deltari09 · 11-01-2010, 02:25 PM

BMW== Very Magical Works
Magic =/= Science
NOT FAKE!!!

(no, but yeah physics actually say you'd need a constant acceleration at a fast speed in order to induce inertia

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kaishang Colonel 57 Rep 2,197 Posts Drives: 2010 E90 330d Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London iTrader: (0)	The BMW tablecloth commercial would be banned in Australia, definitely because of the wheelie and probably the tablecloth pulling would get it banned as well. You know the painting with a Z4 commercial got banned in Australia. It's a load of fun driving in Australia.
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Robert Major General 438 Rep 6,967 Posts Drives: 135i -> is350 -> Tesla M3 perf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Socal iTrader: (1)	Never trust a word from the marketing department. __________________ - There's nothing in my pocket other than knives and lint
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Tag this is the way 20049 Rep 8,956 Posts Drives: N-1 starfighter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago iTrader: (3)	After reading this thread I've realized there are more n00bs in this forum than I thought. If you think it would make a rats ass of a difference if he used the BMW bike after he got the Buell up to 100mph before it pulled on the table cloth you're in a state of denial.
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burningchicken Lieutenant 27 Rep 438 Posts Drives: 2007 e90 335i Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: noVA, Virginia Tech iTrader: (5)	hes gonna need a quarter mile to get to 100mph? umm no.. No way thats a 9second qtr mile bike if it cant go over 100mph within that distance..
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Deltari09 Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 291 Posts Drives: 2011 3-Series Coupe Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hawaii, USA iTrader: (0)	Mythbusters Mean BMW== Very Magical Works Magic =/= Science NOT FAKE!!! (no, but yeah physics actually say you'd need a constant acceleration at a fast speed in order to induce inertia )
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