I’ve been 17 years old and revving my throttle on my 125 (jokingly of course) at the lights to a guy in a GTR at the lights and he saw it as I intended, wound down his window and said “too much power for me lad” then proceeded to smoke me at the lights; I still gave it full beans from the get go though just for the giggles, it’s all about having fun guys 🤣👍
I was about to say that your bike sounds like a 250 or something small, then I saw that you had a 125. It's quite brave to try to keep up with an Ariel Atom on a 125 :)
I think you're right about it being basically a moped of a bike but they are in town and that does help the bike if he's willing to take advantage of the smaller size
Michael Figgins You ride whatever you are allowed to and can. Not everyone can have a s1000rr :) But I agree, it's not fun to ride or watch this bike. This Videos purpose is to show the Ariel atom tho.
You displayed good driving habits and most of all plenty of common sense. I don't think I would have kept up as well as you even though I've been riding motorcycles the better part of 56 years. Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your riding time with us. For what it's worth, I'm leaving a thumbs up, a tap on the bell, and a subscription, I hope to see more of your riding. Keep the shiny side up.
These good driving manners would be considered street racing in Germany today and the car would be impounded over this video because he filmed the plate and you could see they were doing twice the speedlimit at one point, it won't matter that it was perfectly safe. Owner would have a small chance to dodge the law if someone takes the wrap for him or a decent lawyer convinces a judge who doesn't own a car that doing twice the speedlimit is not that dangerous.
His riding style and acceleration management is extremely smooth and steady - he rode that bike like his job was a professional film cameraman, and you can see this isn't image-stabilised, it's just him. Great riding.
There are so many haters in here, there was no chance you could beat him with a 125cc but your bike is fucking fine, i have a scooter myself so... and your vídeos are great, like them.
Ooooo.... so thin skinned. the dummy posted the video and told us he was on a 125... shut up and get out of the way. No issues with scooters OR hardleymadeitsons - just get the he11 out of the way, please.
Husaberg R respect that thought bro. I’m 23 and working towards a Kawasaki Ninja which my parents hate me for because they think it’s a death trap but I just tell them I have a passion for bikes and they can’t stop me
By coincidence, I was just comparing 0-60 and quarter mile times on my bike, a K1600GT (2.6 and 10.9), and the Arial Atom. It beats me by 1/10 of a second in both. My bike's tuned, so maybe on a good day... Edit: Obviously, the Atom would slay me in the twists.
I would imagine it would be hard to keep up with much of anything on a 125. I wish I had read the description before I wasted the time watching this. I was expecting something exciting like a R6 chasing down the Atom, not some light spirited tailing by a scooter. I'd like to run across one of these while cruising around on my FZ-09.
I've seen a Top Gear episode where an Ariel Atom was pitted against a performance motorcycle with professional drivers on/in each, and it wasn't even close. The Atom smoked the motorcycle on their test track.
Don't know if you've watched the video but the bike keeps up with him? Obviously if a vehicle in front pulls away first then it will have a temporary head start. Very strange interpretation of a video.
Dude you need to learn how to anticipate when he was going to floor it. Driving around like that, you should almost be on the throttle before they are. If not, you don't have a chance even if you where evenly matched.
I thought there must have been something wrong with the bike's acceleration as i would've been on that Atoms tail every time, and I'm 72. Then I find out it was a 125cc 🙄. An Aprilia rs125 would've made a better fist of it.
If you really listen. You hear all the air hitting the biker. Plus not really able to get low in the corners. That thing is two feet off the ground w ground effects in ever aspect of the road.
I don't see any evidence of the title,The motorcyclist is a reasonably good rider,Has respect for other road users,But to "keep up" needs to be more aggressive, Edit undertaking and on a zebra crossing,Going over double lines all foolhardy around town and at the end sounds his horn instead of braking
I've driven one, the 320 brake supercharged version, at the time i owned a Zx12rA1 and you're right, they are bloody quick, but not big bike quick in a straight line, the only car that's put a massive grin on my face, and I've driven quite a few supercars, the atom is on another level. I think the one in this video is the full fat 500bhp V8 can't imagine what that's like!
Atom would pull away from the lights quicker , bit after that the R1 is gone and the atom driver is wondering why he didn't just spend £2k on an R1 lol
He could have filtered right past and leave that Atom with the rest of the traffic. An Electric scooter would probably beat the Atom in traffic as well.
That bike puts out a whopping 15 hp (rounding up). Lance Armstrong probably could have kept up better, even without the roids.
😂😂😂
The title of this video should be "Bike pretends to keep up with an Ariel Atom"
jt354~ The Ariel makes about 1500 hp. This Atom looks like it doesn't belong on regular roads but on a formula 1 race course.
@@rogertycholiz2218 1500hp.......
@@rogertycholiz2218 the v8 version (track only) makes 500 hp max. 1500 hp is a bit exagerated lol
thats like Prius trying to keep up with an f16
Priuses are fast electric cars. You own one, thats why you know how it is ;)
f16 too
cool vid tho
Burrrrrrn
It’s more like a lawn tractor trying to keep up with the millennium falcon
But the tractor has an LS swap with twin turbos
I’ve been 17 years old and revving my throttle on my 125 (jokingly of course) at the lights to a guy in a GTR at the lights and he saw it as I intended, wound down his window and said “too much power for me lad” then proceeded to smoke me at the lights; I still gave it full beans from the get go though just for the giggles, it’s all about having fun guys 🤣👍
good job, thats how you stay young
Fun is good , it can work out being expensive sometimes though .
Stay safe.
Love this, good lad!
I was about to say that your bike sounds like a 250 or something small, then I saw that you had a 125. It's quite brave to try to keep up with an Ariel Atom on a 125 :)
Thats what I was thinking a 250 or 300. Haha
Christ on a bike! my Rav4 would've dropped him (as would my old Pug 306D Estate)
I think you're right about it being basically a moped of a bike but they are in town and that does help the bike if he's willing to take advantage of the smaller size
😂😂😂😂
He would have been brave trying to drag race a child on a electric scooter!
WIthout the traffic lights, you had ZERO chance on that bike. :D
Since when is a 125 considered a bike?
Lambregts Imports Depends where you live. In Sweden most of the time :)
In us or so Never i believe..
yeah seriously. should have named the video "moped tries to reach destination safely"
Michael Figgins You ride whatever you are allowed to and can. Not everyone can have a s1000rr :)
But I agree, it's not fun to ride or watch this bike.
This Videos purpose is to show the Ariel atom tho.
Lambregts Imports haha exactly
Superior No1 Idiot commenter doesn't know the difference between km/h and mp/h.
How fast do you think a 125 is ?
Sweden is the right place for the Ariel Atom especially in winter :)
😄😄
Door and a roof just keeps the cold in
You displayed good driving habits and most of all plenty of common sense. I don't think I would have kept up as well as you even though I've been riding motorcycles the better part of 56 years. Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your riding time with us. For what it's worth, I'm leaving a thumbs up, a tap on the bell, and a subscription, I hope to see more of your riding. Keep the shiny side up.
These good driving manners would be considered street racing in Germany today and the car would be impounded over this video because he filmed the plate and you could see they were doing twice the speedlimit at one point, it won't matter that it was perfectly safe. Owner would have a small chance to dodge the law if someone takes the wrap for him or a decent lawyer convinces a judge who doesn't own a car that doing twice the speedlimit is not that dangerous.
His riding style and acceleration management is extremely smooth and steady - he rode that bike like his job was a professional film cameraman, and you can see this isn't image-stabilised, it's just him.
Great riding.
Two best things to come out of the west of England
The Ariel atom
Cider
And best kept well apart ;)
Actually the only two good things.
Jethro
So cider is from Wales??
@@havingalook.
It said the "West of England" Wales is not the west of England. Wales is Wales, the clue is in the name!
Can't blame the driver, whoever gave the license to that driver
There are so many haters in here, there was no chance you could beat him with a 125cc but your bike is fucking fine, i have a scooter myself so... and your vídeos are great, like them.
Chema Contreras thanks dude! :) go get a motorcycle when you can. It's so fun!
Alpha M Will do, its a must
Ooooo.... so thin skinned. the dummy posted the video and told us he was on a 125... shut up and get out of the way. No issues with scooters OR hardleymadeitsons - just get the he11 out of the way, please.
The Ariel accelerates like a rocket
HermanTheGerman I know.. its stupidly fast :)
Light weight + Downforce + ~600 HP = ZOOM ZOOM
365 hp.
Lol! NO CHANCE. R125's are slow as feck.
VtwinVlogster i know :(
125? is that like a lawnmower engine?
ZyanHD no, it has a hairdryer motor :)
Husaberg R respect that thought bro. I’m 23 and working towards a Kawasaki Ninja which my parents hate me for because they think it’s a death trap but I just tell them I have a passion for bikes and they can’t stop me
Retitle: a lawnmower following an Ariel Atom
By coincidence, I was just comparing 0-60 and quarter mile times on my bike, a K1600GT (2.6 and 10.9), and the Arial Atom. It beats me by 1/10 of a second in both. My bike's tuned, so maybe on a good day...
Edit: Obviously, the Atom would slay me in the twists.
There's 5min I'm never getting back 😂 clickbait title
He eventually overtook the Ariel then woke up and had his cornflakes
Dangerous moving faster than traffic flow and passing on right into a turn lane, hey? Lesson learned without the rash... Rubber side down 🙂 be safe 👍👍
I would imagine it would be hard to keep up with much of anything on a 125. I wish I had read the description before I wasted the time watching this. I was expecting something exciting like a R6 chasing down the Atom, not some light spirited tailing by a scooter. I'd like to run across one of these while cruising around on my FZ-09.
You can't ride real bikes until you're 24 in Sweden. 125cc is max if you're 16/17.
K10 wow, that's a drag. Fortunately I'm 25 so I guess that law wouldn't make a difference to me.
That's so alpha bro.
Zach Moore 😆 i like how u'v described the video 😁 "light spirited tailing" 👌 haha..
👍 Cool bananas! Even from a standing start there's no chance. Even the Atom's power to weight ration is sky high, comparatively.
Cool Beans! 😃
I've seen a Top Gear episode where an Ariel Atom was pitted against a performance motorcycle with professional drivers on/in each, and it wasn't even close. The Atom smoked the motorcycle on their test track.
You can blast past on your Yamaha when the Atom gets caught in traffic!
I would love to see one in my town. :-)
I searched for Ariel Atom in traffic. Video provided that. Thanks.
You've got to consider what type of bike he's on, it's not like it's an H2, V4R, or BMW S1000 RR
Keep up “around town ffs “
Don't know if you've watched the video but the bike keeps up with him? Obviously if a vehicle in front pulls away first then it will have a temporary head start. Very strange interpretation of a video.
seems like he kept up admirably! except for one five second bit
With a small motorbike you’re best taking on a horse and cart first. My litre plus bikes would burnt his ass ….. 😂
Yes. He may want to try an R-1 next time.
Take it to a track if you want to race people.
I think a solid white line and speed limits, work the same in Stockholm as in the UK.
Lets put it this way. Bikes are slow. They can't even keep up with my MINI SE
That's another 5 odd mins I will never get back .MAN that thing you were trying to follow was fast from take off heehee.
I stand a better chance catching a cheetah on foot.
video quality was superb now if people could just film UFO in same quality we wouldnt be left with so many questions
since UFOs are man-made and men know how cameras work they won't be filmed in HD and tested at night.
I got half way through and gave up. Did it get more exciting?
the bike was a 125cc motor (.125 litre) maybe 10BHP Maybe 60 mph
Meat Shield Nope, almost. It has 15hp. Makes up to 140 km/h, around 87 mp/h :)
@@FnM_sthlm 140 its what the bike shows. :D
110 are real (without hill or something)
Piss Melke Depens on how fat you are ;)
Dude you need to learn how to anticipate when he was going to floor it. Driving around like that, you should almost be on the throttle before they are. If not, you don't have a chance even if you where evenly matched.
I thought there must have been something wrong with the bike's acceleration as i would've been on that Atoms tail every time, and I'm 72. Then I find out it was a 125cc 🙄. An Aprilia rs125 would've made a better fist of it.
I’ve crossed 100mph on an Aprilia rs125. The derestricted, 33bhp version. They’re actually almost too light for that speed. But I loved that bike.
125 ? "scooter tries to keep up with Ariel Atom in Stockholm" lol
Exactly why I stopped riding on the freeway!
A 250cc bike can't keep up with an Ariel Atom for sure, unless you're joking 😜 🤣.
The r125 even has problems to go over small hils and things that he can keep up ahahaha
The bike is basically a lawn mower on two wheels.
Atom sounds soooo good
If you really listen. You hear all the air hitting the biker. Plus not really able to get low in the corners. That thing is two feet off the ground w ground effects in ever aspect of the road.
the car has more power in its key fob....
Wow, I've never seen this much station wagon lovers together!
It ain't what you got....It's how you drive/ride it!! Get stuck in and have some fun!!
Why didnt the biker cut in front of the AA ??
The ending revealed the diverted utter frustration.
The sound of this bike remember me my motorized lawnmower 😅
Man the Atom was off like a dirty shirt 👍😎✌️
Dude probably thought you wanted to rob him. Lol.
I don't see any evidence of the title,The motorcyclist is a reasonably good rider,Has respect for other road users,But to "keep up" needs to be more aggressive, Edit undertaking and on a zebra crossing,Going over double lines all foolhardy around town and at the end sounds his horn instead of braking
Guy rides like my granma rides her moped
That pass into oncoming at 3:35 was absolutely unnecessary.
to be fair that bike can hardly even keep up with a toyota aygo
Yeah 125cc has no chance, even a 400cc don’t, you’ll need 800+cc to have a chance.
"tries to keep up with"
Calm city driving
in this case, keeping up would look like stalking to the Ariel driver....LOL
R125 is not a bike . My thumbnail is a motorcycle . You welcome
that’s that same feeling in dreams when you think you’re fast and you realize you’re dreaming and actually not moving…
Yamaha R1 would struggle to keep up depending on the model of Ariel Atom.
Lol no it wouldn't... what is wrong with you?
I've driven one, the 320 brake supercharged version, at the time i owned a Zx12rA1 and you're right, they are bloody quick, but not big bike quick in a straight line, the only car that's put a massive grin on my face, and I've driven quite a few supercars, the atom is on another level. I think the one in this video is the full fat 500bhp V8 can't imagine what that's like!
Atom would pull away from the lights quicker , bit after that the R1 is gone and the atom driver is wondering why he didn't just spend £2k on an R1 lol
Are you on scooter? )))
As one clever man said: “Light is right”. I love this can.
Bike sounds like my blender.
300-400cc bike trying to keep up with an Aerial Atom 3S lol 365hp and 1500 lbs.... the Atom never once broke half throttle
The most beautiful car in the world man !!!
This video proves once and for all that car sales are faster than bikes.
Left it for dead whenever it chose...
Not many cars can do bike BHP/Ton but that one can
German here: "WTF"? Grandma and grandpa doing a sightseeing tour?"
i dont get why people hate on 125´s
This should be called motorcycle barely tries to keep up with atom in congested traffic.
maybe "pretends"
Better have an inline 4 against that Ariel. A big one at that.
Big time, Atom has the same power to Weight as a Veyron lol
Honestly, motorcycling is bloody dangerous, I'm glad I've never done it.
come on man. this bike couldn't even keep up with a tram never mind this atom
LOL!!!!! A 125!!! LOL!!!!
Driven it and own a Lambo. The Atom is insanity. All the rumours are true.
L😆L Ariel atom crashed at the end, yeah good thing you couldn't keep up,
That bike is a lawn mower, that Atom is freakin quick!
That bike couldn't keep up with my Nanna with her walker.
Gotta keep your eyes on the road bruv. One quick glance over your shoulder and
What do you expect? That's not a bike, it's a scooter.
Oh and generally your not supposed to pass on the right so that was your fault.
125 = BIKE HAHAHAHA
It's like a more powerful ebike.
A modified moped tries to keep up with an Ariel Atom.
This is a 125 cc bike. Keeping up with regular trafic is hard enough
Not sure where this was filmed. Street legal apparently means something different overseas (vs US).
Clean city!!
stocholm is verry nice
tyvärr har det blivit så ja, yes its true but stocholm is a nice city. but i like norrland much more their i live
@@perforsberg1998 I bet you hate it now
@@7Frosty7. Sthlm is a pretty shitty city nowadays.
@@kent-oveprestberg3578 and why is that?
Your like stalking him now mate 🤯
Of course this bike is trying to keep up, it sounds like sowing machine.
Guys, be fair. He wrote bike, not motorbike. 😉
P. S. : Just kidding, have your fun on two wheels and upgrade when possible. Ride safe!
I don't understand, how a racecar like a Ariel atom can be licensed for public traffic! 😬
It's way to dangerous and to loud.
Bikes up to 250cc don't have throttles, they have a volume control.
Funny thing really that Ariel owes it's heritage to motorcycles.
I think the Ariel atom is made in my home county of Somerset
He could have filtered right past and leave that Atom with the rest of the traffic. An Electric scooter would probably beat the Atom in traffic as well.
How dumb. Would have had a better chance on a moped. I wouldn't say this was a testament to the ferocity of the "ATOM".
The driver if the Atom didn't want a follower