Motorcycles tend to get the best of their four wheeled counterparts in a straight line. It's not all that surprising, what with the weight advantage and all. Audi builds the excellent R8 supercar. Audi owns motorcycle maker Ducati. A drag race to 150 and back to 0 had to happen.
Autocar took an R8 V10 plus and a brand new Ducati Diavel to an abandoned airfield, as one does, and then drag raced them.
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As you'd expect, the Ducati gets the jump off the line. But things get more interesting as the speeds get faster.