AdamR28

Red Bull, no no no no no no no. Coffee isn't great either IMO, anything that fools your body isn't good for it. It also dehydrates you. I have the same problem BTW, tend to try and get something eaten before riding, then keep topping myself up during. Even very small amounts of 'fast' carbohydrate work for me as long as I stay properly hydrated - the body needs water to metabolise fat into energy, which it can do quickly enough to keep you going providing you give it plenty of hydration.

Haha. True. Mind you that braking system was designed for a servo, therefore without it they were horrible! Westy is a'blettin' though.

I think you confused fantastic for horrible there Over-servoed brakes, I hate them...

Not long to go now...

Just press the pedal harder

Went for a ride at a new spot yesterday, and Ben bashed together a vid. He's doing some pretty stupid stuff at the moment!

What a lanky b*****d.

Could try some Mintex 1144s, they have almost OE levels of cold bite, and after a few prods of the brake they warm up a touch and are better than OE.

Hopefully not like that though

+55. I built a few hundred of them...

That'll be fine, use a heat gun / hairdryer if you need a bit of flex.

The rim stickers will fit all rims, I'll get someone to measure them tomorrow.

Isn't Poole, like, fecking miles from Bristol? Bargain £20!

Hmm. Who the f**k does this one belong to then. Confused... Ah well, £150's not bad...

Did you tell him he needs to go 185 miles North to pick up the undertray if he needs it?

No recall for disc version.

Sport Lite, definitely.

Question - how much would people realistically expect to pay for 1) Arcade forks and 2) Skye forks? I have a feeling the RRP would be very different to people's expectations... They are very expensive to produce, which is one of the reasons they are only sold as a kit or bike, to help 'merge' the cost with the other components and make it worth Inspired's time to sell them. If people feel strongly about it and would be prepared to pay nearly £300 for some alloy forks then get in touch with Inspired and they might make them available separately, you never know.

Looks great as it is IMO.

- Weight: 816g

The rough idea is what gets you into trouble though (I know, I've done it!). You think you know enough to make an informed choice, but there are other factors you don't enough know about. They have tried to get the car as low as possible to lower CoG thinking it improves handling - which it does - but it's totally upset the suspension design so overall it's a negative effect

Indeed. I feel like sending either Derek or Garry a message with some suggestions but I'd feel cheeky... Ah, yeah Aintree is probably the fastest over-the-line of the season. John must have added some ponies over the winter!

To be fair it's not the power, it's the ride height and the spring rates. They are lowering the back end too much, giving too much roll couple, meaning they need really hard springs (currently on 300lbs/in with almost vertical shocks!) and stiff ARB to counter body roll, which is giving them no grip. Followed the car round at a track day last year and it looked an absolute nightmare to drive! Small world - met John at a few sprints last year (and Derek and Garry) Which track was the 143mph at, Aintree?

Nick - yeah, sequential is awesome, it was the paddles and autoblip that made the biggest difference though. Being able to have both hands on the wheel at all times and both feet constantly on the pedals was amazing. Yeah - but it is cheaper than the Quaife and customer service is better... Aye, a Westfield. LOTS of carbon (including the bellhousing!). This one competes against the car you mention. Those guys are having serious handling issues at the moment I hear!

Strap bike upside down with bars at front of cage, rear wheel strapped to rear of cage, job done On the subject of crazy cars, had a short play on track yesterday in a 480kg S2000 (255bhp) engined beast with a Sadev box and Geartronics setup with paddles. Such a strange feeling keeping your right foot flat on upshifts and not having any break in acceleration, and your left foot on the brake (autoblip downshifts) - was like a real life computer game, haha. So easy to drive quickly as well, was within a couple of seconds of the owner after having only driven 3 laps (one of which was a warm up - more a testament to the car than my driving I'm sure!). Definitely goes in the 'I want one of those' category, highly recommend having a drive of a similar gearbox setup if you get the chance, its just weird (but awesome)... PS. My 1.4 tdci Fiesta never got anywhere near the book figures, best I ever had was 66mpg, more realistically low-mid 50s. Then the cambelt shat itself a little over half way into the service interval, completely destroying the engine.