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I don't ride any more ( 68 with bits of metal in me )  but there was a bloke with a John Renalds rep Rizzla  rizla Gixer . He had more dobbins than me  and crept away on the strait but I got him after about 3 laps .

I remember those well. Friend of a friend had one. Nice bike.
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3 minutes ago, lux said:


The picture looks like it might be from a Ron Haslam day ..... ?

No not Donnington  but I have done that . My claim to fame was that I was faster than Ron into the first corner ( Red gate ? )  but slower every where else . Always nervous going down craner ! 

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I don't ride any more ( 68 with bits of metal in me )  but there was a bloke with a John Renalds rep Rizzla 
Gixer . He had more dobbins than me  and crept away on the strait but I got him after about 3 laps .

68 - got any black and white track day photos ? [emoji12]

I’m pretty sure I would have the bottle or stupidity of my youth to ride like I used to if I bought another bike. Probably a bloody good thing to.
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Just now, lux said:


68 - got any black and white track day photos ? emoji12.png

I’m pretty sure I would have the bottle or stupidity of my youth to ride like I used to if I bought another bike. Probably a bloody good thing to.

Fcuk off ?

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No not Donnington  but I have done that . My claim to fame was that I was faster than Ron into the first corner ( Red gate ? )  but slower every where else . Always nervous going down craner ! 

Is that as you slid past him into the kitty litter [emoji23]

Good times eh. Still safer than green laning on a bike. I tried that idea , inadvertently bought the most powerful 2 stroke going and scared myself stupid on it. Sold that pretty quick before I really hurt myself. Was fun jumping the wood chip piles though. At least they had a soft landing if it went wrong [emoji38]
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I had seen this before but for some reason watching it again has made me wonder how hard it would be to do a proper Q-car for scaring Porsche drivers at the traffic light Grand Prix?

I was thinking:

- start with a solid but sh!t-looking first or second generation Zafira
- fit the lump out of a Zafira turbo up front (As an alternative to the first two steps, buy an existing Zafira VXR and strip all the body kit off it, exchange for kit from a povvo spec one).
- bin the rear seats / box it off (maybe keep some headrests for appearance) and fit another VXR engine and running gear to drive the back wheels.

Net result = Zafira running nigh on 500bhp, which could be upped to 600bhp level if you took both engines to Countenay (although you’d probably have to put big exhausts on it to get that amount of power, which would risk losing the Q-car effect...)

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