Its amazing how much faster this car must be in the corners than the superbikes, it makes up so much ground everytime the bikes pull away on the straights. I'm not sure what time a zed posted but I think this is faster? it mentions that its the same time as the NSX and Corvette 10yrs back! Shows how much cars have improved.

Even in my Volvo the Supperbikes just got in the way all the time. There are 336 cornes and the bikes are like mobile shacanes. The get by on the bigger straits if they are near but after 3 or 4 corners they are so far behind they'll never catch you up. Unless you drive like a granny.

 

I'm Sure that a standard Zed posted 8.29 on its press release in 1989.

Fastest bike lap on the 'ring was set by Helmut Dahne on a Honda VFR750R (RC30;)) back in 1993 with a time of 7:49.71

 

It's strange how nobody else has gone quicker in 14 years. The 1 litre superbikes are formidable machines now, the 130mph AVERAGE lap has been broken at the IOM TT this year, but perhaps more impressive is the superstock record being broken to 128mph average. Superstock bikes are mildly modified roadbikes, mainly suspension being modified not engine. Somebody said the max you could spend on a superstock bike to get it fully race sorted was £13k as opposed to £100k+++ for a superbike.