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I was tempted to do a direct access course, I'm 23 and have had a full driving license for 6 years...but thought better of it. I know if I went out and bought a nice 600 or something I would be bound to drop it, crash it, kill myself or whatever. If you get a good fun 125 that'll do you until you pass your full test I think it's the better, safer option. Have a look at something like a Cagiva Super City- a proper sized 125 supermoto style beast. Also don't forget that once you do your full test and can ride a 33bhp machine for two years that ANY bike (pretty much) can be properly restricted to 33bhp for about £100. Dave

Once you've done your CBT you'll be able to ride a bike not exceeding 125cc and producing 11kW (14.6bhp). Do it- motorbikes are awesome Mine's almost there now, just need mirrors to pass the SVA and should be in the road in Jan... Dave edit: but what Pinky's getting at I think is that once you're 21 you can take the direct access course which allows you to ride any size bike on completion of the course. FYO CBT is about £100 including bike hire and direct access is usually about £500 and is done over about 4 days.

Aerodynamic changes are limited to certain areas of the car, decided by the FIA. The body is also modified for strength and weight saving. Dave

Fraid not! All panels are repressed to the designs put forward by the rally team, based on the external dimensions of the road car, with a 1% tolerance. That doesn't happen on the standard car production line though. They definately do not start with the road car. Dave

The Ford World Rally Team don't choose what car to run, Ford tell them what they want to promote via rallying. Also, even the shell is not a standard car stripped. I think there's less than 1% of the road car components in a world rally car (if that!). There's no composites used in the engine itself, only non structural inlets etc. I think the sound is down to a highly strung, turbo charged engine with very little silencing. The drivers seem to be on the rev limiter half the time too! Dave

:P My bad, sorry Dan!

Usual suspects: Photo by Tessa Lunn Photo by Dan Campbell Photo by Chris Killops Another by Chris Killops And a final one by Dan Campbell for good luck Dave Edit: Sorry for the size and quality but they're all either scanned in real pics or compressed.

Oh Danny boy...will you never listen to me? Rowan's finally gone the Maxxis route... their slow reezay's are awesome. For the record El Gato's would be fine if they had a touch more pinch protection and were about 0.2" fatter at the rear. I reckon you'd get up that first time on the HiFi (in the same conditions) though. Nice harsh grind too. Your brake looks like it's slipping like a biatch on the Pure! Still lovin the 'yeah, first time...' quote! Take it easy fella Dave

The frames look like rebranded/repainted DDG's, Planet-X's etc... rather than custom, 'own designs'. Just an observation to be aware of. Interesting choice of names by the way!! Cock=penis in English if you didn't already know... Dave

In which case the colour enhancement is crap in places. Only a few balls, which the eye is drawn to which simply look wrong. Dave

There's no way all of those are real! I've watched the ad on TV a few times and there are quite a few that simply look wrong. The majority clearly are real and were filmed as described but methinks a lot were added electronically afterwards. Dave

Awesome riding as usual TRA. That ramp to wall is just huge! Glad to see your riding again, and hopefully still consuming mint chocolates as part of the rehabilitation process! Also that screw looks like a cross head jobbie from Halfords!! Although I guess it's titanium?! Dave

I'm reasonably local and concur (!) that Bournemouth's a bit pants but Poole's quite good. Locals are all very friendly too. Apart from that Dan Jones...he's just downright unsociable :lol: Dave

You can't extrude carbon fibre. It would have to be laid up from pre-preg sheet form onto a mould to make a tube. But of course it can be done. Here for example Dave

Lol, lovin the front page of the site! Did you get a fine or anything?! Dave

The problem is that I need to be able to update and overwrite them on a regular basis (like every half an hour) and that'll take ages with a CD-RW or similar. Cheers for the ideas though Dave

Beasty vid Rich!! very nicely put together covering all the bases. What's this about another play day at Doney's place? Take it easy Dave P.S. So glad you got my bail on the 'crete ring at Doney's on film :( ... twice!

Ok, so I'm going to have some files on my computer that I don't want anyone to have access to. I've got a copy of CryptoExpert which creates kind of virtual drives which are hidden and encrypted when not in use and password protected when I need them. However once I've entered the password anyone could come along (i.e. hacking) and steal the files. I don't know how effective Windows firewall is but I just wondered if anyone knows anything about this sort of thing...'cos I don't!! Dave

'm going to be riding Portland this weekend so if anyone fancies riding some of the nicest rocky natural in the South pop along!! Dave

Yar, some nice shots peeps! For the record I got an Adamant (loverly frame IMO) last Monday so if anyone fancies a custom painted Rex frame let me know! lol Dan-that pic of me 'on the front wheel' in Poole makes me look like a freak!! Where's Prawn?... proof if proof was required :D Laters guys Dave

yar, sounds good to me (Y) See you all there (Y) Dave

Very nice indeed. Some sweet riding in there as usual from you boys. Looks like your really enjoying the 24 thing Matt! Dave

Which Steven's this? I sure do remember riding in Aberdeen! Did you ever go to the trials club at the AECC? To be honest I'm just glad to still be riding at all and still enjoying it! dave

I've always wondered about that actually! The wierd thing is I've never been to a gym in my life, don't work out at all and eat cr@p!! My metabolism is just strange I guess, turning everything to muscle! Dave