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- Lifer
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Write up on the new mental box of frogs on Pistonheads now.
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Looks brilliant ,wish I could afford one.
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Love these things. I briefly followed one down a local lane once. Always wondered which way he went.
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Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
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The point is it’s a bike with 4 wheels. You don’t fall off it.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
It’s just a pure sports car, it’s for the exhilaration of driving something with incredible take off, poise, balance, steering feel and input on a dry day, nothing more. Just a tool for enjoyment, nothing more.
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MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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or turn it on it's head - it has all the upsides of a bike - speed, exhilaration, pure handling, agility, acceleration without the risk of being knocked off by some idiot driver not using their mirrors! plus you don't have to wear leather plus the sound of the vtec civic type r engine screaming sounds fantastic being so close to it.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
imagine if they put an S54 in it!
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I’d say is a modern day lotus 7 on mega steroids .very impractical but who cares
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Surely this is the pointNictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
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You forgotten to mention? It can stop and go around corners. Unlike a bike.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:44 am Although these are amazing I don't really see the point.
Its basically a bike with 4 wheels.
It has the benefits of a car like a bit more comfort and you don't need to put your feet down but the downsides of a bike where you get wet and cant filter through traffic.
The same as trikes, I don't see the point in them.
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I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
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Good article here. https://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycles ... tter-cars/Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Written for bikers, so may be a little bias.
It is acceleration were a bike's power to weight kills a car and makes up for their relative slowness in cornering and braking.
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I think this quote almost sums it up no matter whether you are on a bike or in a car.buzyg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:31 pmGood article here. https://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycles ... tter-cars/Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Written for bikers, so may be a little bias.
It is acceleration were a bike's power to weight kills a car and makes up for their relative slowness in cornering and braking.
"It will also depend on the skill and commitment of a rider versus a driver."
How much anybody is willing to push in a bend and hope the tyres hold.
Anybody who says bikes are slow in bends and hold up cars are not sitting behind a fast rider just the same as any bike sitting behind a car in bends are not sitting behind a fast driver.
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We may have to agree to disagree on this one. Having been stuck behind commited riders on a number of occasions, through the Twisties. For the commited car driver, there is a kind of daft sense of achievment, when a bike you have pulled away from through a series of bends, enevatably wizzes past when you catch the everyday traffic. Usually get a mutual thumbs up, around these parts Which is nice.Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:44 pmI think this quote almost sums it up no matter whether you are on a bike or in a car.buzyg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:31 pmGood article here. https://motorbikewriter.com/motorcycles ... tter-cars/Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:20 pm I see I am in the minority, maybe because I have a bike and can get most of what has been described from that but still make progress when there is traffic.
And Busy take a look at fast lap times around the ring on a bike, just over 7 minutes surely must mean they can go round corners.
Probably only supercars and things like the Atom that go slightly quicker.
Written for bikers, so may be a little bias.
It is acceleration were a bike's power to weight kills a car and makes up for their relative slowness in cornering and braking.
"It will also depend on the skill and commitment of a rider versus a driver."
How much anybody is willing to push in a bend and hope the tyres hold.
Anybody who says bikes are slow in bends and hold up cars are not sitting behind a fast rider just the same as any bike sitting behind a car in bends are not sitting behind a fast driver.
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My mate has a supercharged one....Think its Honda engined.
I have never driven it,but been a passenger and it was comically quick,i couldnt see much catching it on normal roads. Maybe a R500 caterham.
These kinda cars are at a different level.
I have never driven it,but been a passenger and it was comically quick,i couldnt see much catching it on normal roads. Maybe a R500 caterham.
These kinda cars are at a different level.