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....just raced a bike.
Put a new manifold on yesterday and managed to destroy my lamda sensor in the process.
Car was **** (as expected) without one in so a trip to the local motorfactors this morning and £45 later I had a replacement.
put it on, yada yada, Air-fuel gauge looking alot more healthy now and away we go for a play on the dry roads.
Since putting the strut brace on this has been the first time that the roads round here have been dry and grit free so I was dying to do some research driving.
came onto roundabout, flew round it, tyres scrabbling for grip coming off it in 2nd. into 3rd (with a reassuring pop of the exhaust
)...nearly took the back end of a mondeo cos it came up so fast lmao
Went round it, down a long long 60 road over hill and then stopped at a big roundabout.
Few cars going round so I pick my moment to go, as i set off as fast as I can onto it I catch a glimpse of something behind me ; a bike.
I fly round the roundabout, pulling about 65, 70 coming off it(just into 3rd gear) and see the bike a distance behind, oh well
Afew slow moving cars coming off this exit so i pull out to overtake
, pull in and notice the bike behind me
wahey i think...
long sweeping left hander up a hill now, im right at the top end of 3rd, just about to go into 4th. Bike is close behind me but hard hard over on the corner. Into 4th (again another pop
) and round another car, the bike follows.
Onto the straight now, bike dropped afew car lengths back. Im at the top end of 4th doing about 110, ish. Into 5th... look in my mirror. ooooh, bike is coming lmao
Neeeeeeeeooooooommmmmmm as he storms past me. Me almost shaking with adrenalin lmao
He slows, I slow. and put my arm out of the window, thumb raised. He raises his hand, waves, onto the back wheel, onto the motorway.
me
all round. almost love my car after that 
Dont know what BIke it was (and Im quite good on bike usually aswell)
Put a new manifold on yesterday and managed to destroy my lamda sensor in the process.
Car was **** (as expected) without one in so a trip to the local motorfactors this morning and £45 later I had a replacement.
put it on, yada yada, Air-fuel gauge looking alot more healthy now and away we go for a play on the dry roads.
Since putting the strut brace on this has been the first time that the roads round here have been dry and grit free so I was dying to do some research driving.
came onto roundabout, flew round it, tyres scrabbling for grip coming off it in 2nd. into 3rd (with a reassuring pop of the exhaust
Went round it, down a long long 60 road over hill and then stopped at a big roundabout.
Few cars going round so I pick my moment to go, as i set off as fast as I can onto it I catch a glimpse of something behind me ; a bike.
I fly round the roundabout, pulling about 65, 70 coming off it(just into 3rd gear) and see the bike a distance behind, oh well
Afew slow moving cars coming off this exit so i pull out to overtake
, pull in and notice the bike behind me
long sweeping left hander up a hill now, im right at the top end of 3rd, just about to go into 4th. Bike is close behind me but hard hard over on the corner. Into 4th (again another pop
Onto the straight now, bike dropped afew car lengths back. Im at the top end of 4th doing about 110, ish. Into 5th... look in my mirror. ooooh, bike is coming lmao
Neeeeeeeeooooooommmmmmm as he storms past me. Me almost shaking with adrenalin lmao
He slows, I slow. and put my arm out of the window, thumb raised. He raises his hand, waves, onto the back wheel, onto the motorway.
me
Dont know what BIke it was (and Im quite good on bike usually aswell)