AdamR28

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.

What does the Rover of dreams do? That sounds pretty good to me considering the car is much simpler and should be cheaper to insure too

Because they rule?

Indeed! Should have something in time for Tarty Days, yep...

Haha. Cya there

Aye, its weird driving into the car park! Waiting to hear back from vehicle insurance for the van and 'regular' insurance for the contents...

Cheers guys. The bikes are totally standard. To be honest I've given up hope of getting anything back, it was clocked on an ANPR camera in Merseyside about an hour after being taken. The police reckon it's been put on a ferry before dawn so nobody was looking out for it, so has gone abroad never to be seen again.

Think we have a Caddy driver!