CARLOS LAGO: Hey, Carlos Lago with Edmunds here.
And this is the Tesla Model S Plaid--
that's right, the brand-new EV with over 1,000 horsepower
that is the quickest new car you can buy.
It's so quick, in fact, that when
we decided we wanted to drag race it against something,
we couldn't find a worthy competitor
from a four-wheeled vehicle that was unmodified-- you know, just
to keep things fair.
So that's why, next to me, is a man dressed
in leather, on a vehicle that has two wheels.
That's Chris Moore.
He's a motorcycle drag racer and tuner.
You can check out all his stuff on his YouTube
channel and his Instagram.
He has great stuff, he's a good guy,
and he's going to give this thing a really good run
for its money.
CHRIS MOORE: All right, guys, here we are.
I don't know if you can tell how much the wind is blowing
or not, but we have got a crazy day here
at Willow Springs in California.
And we are going to be drag racing a Tesla Plaid--
yeah, that's right, guys, the fastest production
car in the world.
I'm on a 2022 bone-stock Hayabusa, zero modifications
whatsoever, straight off the showroom floor.
CARLOS LAGO: And that's one of the quickest new motorcycles
you can buy new.
We're going to see which of these two is quicker in a heads
up drag race, a professional motorcycle racer, drag
racer on a quick-- super-quick motorcycle,
or me-- you know, just some guy who does,
you know, YouTube car videos in a four-wheel EV sedan.
CHRIS MOORE: Keep in mind, the Tesla Plaid
set the record with a 9.24 elapsed
time in the quarter mile at like, 150 miles an hour.
So for those of you who are watching, well,
this is not a normal car, guys.
This thing is unbelievable.
CARLOS LAGO: It's going to be a good one.
Before we get to the drag race though,
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Unlike EVs, and in fact, most cars in general,
doing a drag race run or an acceleration run in the Model S
Plaid isn't as simple as just showing
up and hitting the accelerator.
Once settled, you actually have to activate drag race
mode on the screen here.
And there's a little display that
says it's going to condition the vehicle for peak performance.
And now, we wait.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CHRIS MOORE: We wait.
CARLOS LAGO: Let's get racing.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CHRIS MOORE: Ah!
The Tesla was gone!
The wind is blowing super bad.
Once the front end started to raise,
I was starting to wheelie.
Once I started to wheelie, I couldn't-- couldn't stay
in the throttle because the front end was trying to wash
out in front of me.
Due to the high winds here at Willow Springs,
we got to rerun that one.
Let's see what happens.
We'll try it one more time?
CARLOS LAGO: Sure.
CHRIS MOORE: We may not get any better, you know what I mean?
Because I kept the front end down
pretty damn good that time.
And it was still wanting to do it, you know what I mean?
CARLOS LAGO: OK.
CHRIS MOORE: All right, let's try it one more time.
CARLOS LAGO: OK.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh, here we go, baby!
Come on, Busa!
Let's go, Busa!
Let's go!
CARLOS LAGO: This thing is so fast.
CHRIS MOORE: Ah!
That thing is fast.
Oh my god.
CARLOS LAGO: How'd that feel?
CHRIS MOORE: [INAUDIBLE] run.
CARLOS LAGO: You know, I never thought
I'd say a nine-second quarter mile would
feel a little underwhelming.
But this is like, there's no drama.
CHRIS MOORE: It was a lot of drama for me.
The bike was coming up the whole time.
I'm in and out of the throttle.
The wind is blowing me.
I'm going sideways.
You're over there, just on cruise control.
CARLOS LAGO: Well, you know, the thing is--
the yoke, whatever.
But the steering's kind of light,
so that's not great for high speed, straight.
Like, it's a little--
it moves around more.
I want more resistance.
I want more steering resistance.
CHRIS MOORE: Make me feel a little better,
and tell me you didn't have it on autopilot the whole way.
CARLOS LAGO: No autopilot whatsoever.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh my god!
CARLOS LAGO: But it's drama-free.
CHRIS MOORE: That thing is unbelievable.
I just knew, when I went to second gear,
I was going to reel you back in.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, well, we could do a roll race.
CHRIS MOORE: Let's try it.
CARLOS LAGO: Let's try a roll race.
CHRIS MOORE: I think that'll be fun.
CARLOS LAGO: So the acceleration is quick,
it's incredibly quick.
It's-- quickest accelerating car you can buy from the factory.
But there's-- there's no drama to it, absolutely.
Like, there's-- the drama comes from the time.
The sensation is violent, it's aggressive.
But if you've been on a roller coaster that accelerates
quickly, it feels very similar.
And it pulls continually until you cross the finish line.
This is a rapid vehicle.
What I don't like is how light the steering is
while you're moving at speed.
This-- this steering could use more resistance while
you're going straight, so you're--
so it's not wandering as much.
And it's not wandering aggressively.
I don't have to put any steering input into it.
But I do have to do a little more control than I'd care to.
All right, so roll race, 40 miles an hour?
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, that sounds fine.
CARLOS LAGO: All right, you gonna go at the start line,
or you going to jump it a little bit?
CHRIS MOORE: Nah--
CARLOS LAGO: So--
CHRIS MOORE: --only fair starts with a Tesla.
CARLOS LAGO: Never give your secrets away, right?
CHRIS MOORE: Ah!
He's talking-- I can't believe you're
talking junk to a motorcycle rider, in a battery mobile!
CARLOS LAGO: Let's get racing.
Let's get racing.
CHRIS MOORE: If you spill your coffee, I'll be mad.
CARLOS LAGO: I'll be drinking my Whole Foods water.
[LAUGHS] Roll race, here we go, 40 miles an hour.
Oh, he jumped.
He jumped.
Oh, am I going to reel him in?
CHRIS MOORE: It's on this time, baby.
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, I was pulling on him.
[LAUGHS]
CHRIS MOORE: Bye-bye, Plaid!
Uh-huh.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Now that we took your all wheel drive starting advantage away,
it's not so easy, right?
CARLOS LAGO: Well, when you take away the all wheel drive start,
you maybe jumped the start a little bit.
CHRIS MOORE: No!
CARLOS LAGO: Well-- (SLOW-MO) oh, he jumped.
He jumped.
A little bit.
CHRIS MOORE: No, you chase, it's a race.
CARLOS LAGO: Hey-- hey, you win.
But what if we do it again?
CHRIS MOORE: One more time.
CARLOS LAGO: One more time.
CHRIS MOORE: One more time.
CARLOS LAGO: One more time.
[LAUGHS] Oh, boy!
CHRIS MOORE: Ah!
He's gonna [INAUDIBLE]
Oh my god, I cannot believe it!
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, man!
CHRIS MOORE: He drove back around a Hayabusa--
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, man!
CHRIS MOORE: --in a Tesla.
CARLOS LAGO: My brake's getting a little soft.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh my god!
That thing is unbelievable.
CARLOS LAGO: That was so cool!
So cool.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh my god, I cannot believe--
I had you there for a while.
When I went to third, you just started driving back around me.
CARLOS LAGO: It's-- I think-- you know, the drag is just--
the drag starts to hit you.
CHRIS MOORE: It's definitely unbelievable.
You have the drag, especially with the wind.
You have the supposedly most aerodynamic car in the world.
I can't believe it.
It's unbelievable.
CARLOS LAGO: Not the most brakes in the world.
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah?
CARLOS LAGO: The pedal's getting a little long.
CHRIS MOORE: I'm smelling a little--
it's a little stinky, yo.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, do you see any smoke yet?
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, you definitely
got a little heat in 'em.
You can tell.
CARLOS LAGO: I came into one a little higher than I--
CHRIS MOORE: I saw you moving around.
That was a good race.
CARLOS LAGO: That was cool.
That was really cool.
CHRIS MOORE: I cannot believe it.
I'm very surprised.
Suzuki, we got to step our game up.
CARLOS LAGO: You got anything quicker?
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, let me try the other bike.
I want to do it and see what it does.
2021 ZX-14R, give me a rematch.
CARLOS LAGO: That sounds like a prescription.
CHRIS MOORE: I don't even know what to say to you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CARLOS LAGO: Ooh, I think he got the launch wrong on that one.
CHRIS MOORE: Come on--
CARLOS LAGO: I see him in my sideview mirror.
And I see more of him in my sideview mirror.
CHRIS MOORE: --he got us again!
I cannot believe this!
That thing is unbelievable.
CARLOS LAGO: Getting a little windy out here.
CHRIS MOORE: We got the gap sauce from him that time.
We got to do it again to get a better start.
CARLOS LAGO: So the--
the bike may have gotten faster, but the wind's gotten worse.
CHRIS MOORE: The wind has gotten worse.
I think I want to try that one again, though.
I got a bad start.
The clutch is way different on this one from the Hayabusa.
It's way softer.
I didn't get off the clutch fast enough.
I think I can put up a better fight for you.
CARLOS LAGO: You know, it's funny,
this thing's so quiet at launch, I heard your clutch.
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, you can hear it, right?
CARLOS LAGO: Inside this, while I'm doing a nine-second pass.
CHRIS MOORE: That thing's unbelievable.
Give me a rematch.
CARLOS LAGO: Let's do it.
Woo-hoo-hoo, doggy!
I saw his wheel come up.
Oh, I don't see him in my sideview mirror.
He's hanging with me.
CHRIS MOORE: Ah!
CARLOS LAGO: Whew!
Oh, there he is.
CHRIS MOORE: [INAUDIBLE] me again!
That was pretty close to a perfect launch on this thing.
Oh my god, that car is unbelievable.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
CARLOS LAGO: It's so nice.
I saw your--
CHRIS MOORE: I'm happy with that one.
Man, that thing is unbelievable.
I got a good launch and everything.
I feel like I rode it almost as good as you could possibly
ride it.
CARLOS LAGO: I saw your wheel come up a little bit,
and then just went, whoosh--
CHRIS MOORE: As soon as it came up a little bit,
I had to wiggle the throttle.
The wind is blowing me, I'm fighting the wind.
And I watch you driving away.
CARLOS LAGO: You're--
CHRIS MOORE: Stop drinking that latte.
I see you over there.
CARLOS LAGO: You're working so much harder than I am.
CHRIS MOORE: I'm sweating like crazy, and it's not even hot.
CARLOS LAGO: I'm just waiting for the launch control
to engage and do its little graphic.
There's all the display here, that I'm just like, oh,
that's cool.
Oh yeah, let me check on him in the sideview.
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah.
Make me feel better and turn the heated seats on,
so you sweat some.
CARLOS LAGO: You know, it doesn't have seat massage,
unfortunately.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
CHRIS MOORE: Wah, wah.
CARLOS LAGO: He's tucked-- oh, man!
Oh, wow, that thing's quick.
Oh, boy!
CHRIS MOORE: The ZX-14 pulls hard up top.
Definitely held him off with style that time.
The front end came up just a little bit.
I didn't have to crack hardly [AUDIO OUT]
Just short shifted just a smidge on the 1-2 shift.
I could feel the bike roll over just a little bit,
but it wasn't enough for me to have to let off the throttle.
Let's hear what he's got to say now.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
What do you think?
CARLOS LAGO: We might be seeing some performance degradation
here, because that was about five or eight mile an hour
slower than the first couple of roll races.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh, my--
so you mean you got to charge that thing up in-between races?
CARLOS LAGO: The range looks fine.
But hey, you know, couple of runs, then it's done.
But hey--
CHRIS MOORE: You want to try it again?
You gave me a fair redo on the first roll-on.
Let's try it again.
CARLOS LAGO: Let's do it again.
Let's do it again.
CHRIS MOORE: All right, one more time.
CARLOS LAGO: All right.
So the first roll race that we did against the Busa,
I saw about 150, 151 through the finish line.
That race we just did against the ZX-14,
I saw somewhere in the mid-140 range.
So we might be seeing some performance degradation.
It could be because of the wind.
Either way, ZX-14 gets to claim the roll.
CHRIS MOORE: Round two roll-on, 40 miles per hour.
Let's see-- ZX-14 [INAUDIBLE]
CARLOS LAGO: [LAUGHS] Oh, man!
Oh, man!
Photo finish!
Photo finish.
CHRIS MOORE: That was close.
Wow, wow, wow.
CARLOS LAGO: I love that so much.
CHRIS MOORE: I cannot believe how close that--
that car is unbelievable.
I don't know who won.
That was like, a photo finish.
CARLOS LAGO: I was saying photo finish
over and over and over again.
CHRIS MOORE: You might have snuck it by me.
I don't know.
It was real close.
CARLOS LAGO: I love that, when it's just neck and neck.
CHRIS MOORE: The top end charge of that car is unbelievable.
CARLOS LAGO: It's so cool watching you shift, shift,
shift, and I'm just like, oh, that's neat.
CHRIS MOORE: Oh!
CARLOS LAGO: He's got work--
CHRIS MOORE: I feel good you're at least keeping an eye on me
over there.
CARLOS LAGO: I'm admiring your skill.
CHRIS MOORE: As the wind's blowing me around,
I'm trying to fight the wheelie.
CARLOS LAGO: And me, I'm just like, yeah, sipping my latte.
CHRIS MOORE: Thanks for keeping an eye on me.
CARLOS LAGO: You got it.
Good stuff.
So before we showed up, what did you think was going to happen?
CHRIS MOORE: So I knew the Hayabusa was just redesigned.
I knew it was supposed to be a better bike.
But honestly, I thought it was going to do
a little better than it did.
The ZX-14 turned to be the standout today.
I'm-- honestly, I'm really surprised.
Both bikes put up a close race.
The ZX-14 was a little stronger.
CARLOS LAGO: Thank you for riding up
two motorcycles simultaneously.
I know you're an experienced rider.
That must be really tricky.
CHRIS MOORE: It definitely was a lot of challenge,
to be honest with you.
These bikes, stock height, no lowering help,
no nothing on these things, it's a challenge to ride, especially
with the wind blowing.
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, I meant driving them here to the track
simultaneously.
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, that was a trick.
You got me on that one.
CARLOS LAGO: He's a pro.
He's a pro.
No, but we've got to thank the people who
brought the bikes out.
CHRIS MOORE: For sure.
Armand and Ron, thank you so much.
Moore Mafia Maniacs, we like to call 'em.
I put a post on the internet.
These guys supplied me with two brand-spanking-new bikes.
I can't thank those guys enough.
CARLOS LAGO: And just to lose to a Tesla, too--
what a-- what a--
CHRIS MOORE: I think you made the wind blow.
You had to have-- dude, you knew I
was going to beat you off the starting line.
We was goin'--
I'm not going to lie, I did the best I could.
That thing is just fast.
CARLOS LAGO: It's fast, but the wind
is much more of an issue on the bike than it is in the car,
obviously.
Because your wheel-- the whole bike is moving left and right.
CHRIS MOORE: I saw you over there, just cruising along--
CARLOS LAGO: One-handed.
CHRIS MOORE: --going, man, come on!
I was over there fighting for my life.
CARLOS LAGO: You were working a lot harder.
What was the hardest part, managing the wind,
managing the wheel spin?
CHRIS MOORE: The wind was definitely--
I'm not going to say the deciding factor.
But any time the front end came up,
the front-- it started to roll.
And as it starts to roll, of course, no matter
how good of a rider you are, you can't control that.
You're just kind of at the wind's mercy.
And I had to back out of the throttle
to keep the bike down--
to keep the bike going straight, in other words.
CARLOS LAGO: That must be frustrating,
especially when the Model S is just--
CHRIS MOORE: Yeah, and the fact that I'm not
scared to ride a wheelie.
If I have to hang it knee-high the whole way right beside you,
I can do that.
But I can't do that if the bike is starting to twist.
I'm not going to put myself in danger,
or those guys' bikes in danger.
CARLOS LAGO: That's totally responsible.
I'd be totally willing to do that
to a Tesla that is not owned by us.
The cool part though, was not the drag race,
but I thought the roll races, when
we were kind of just dead-nuts even, when
we take the launch out of the equation,
you can just see the power to weight of both these vehicles.
That was so cool.
CHRIS MOORE: Absolutely incredible.
I was able to just roll the throttle on.
And as I rolled it on, we could literally stay neck and neck.
I was able to keep the front end down just enough.
I could feel it on the ZX-14, especially.
It was just barely hovering the tire.
And I was able to keep that front end planted
to make it a side by side race.
I still think I might have beat you.
We're gonna--
CARLOS LAGO: [COUGHS]
CHRIS MOORE: --have to roll the footage back.
I gotta see it.
CARLOS LAGO: It's pretty evenly matched.
But that's what's so awesome about this pairing,
because you have the quickest two completely stock
vehicles that you can get.
CHRIS MOORE: Absolutely.
Win, lose, or draw, I'm not ashamed, I'm amazed.
I cannot believe how fast the Tesla is.
CARLOS LAGO: That's-- it's been a great day.
Been a great day, great drag races.
Thank you guys for watching this video.
Like, comment, and subscribe.
If you enjoyed this, check out Chris's YouTube channel
as well.
Lot of good stuff.
See you next time.
Maybe with more drag races against bikes.
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