well after my two week holiday to the south of france i have made it back, via belgium as i had a bit of time to kill, and the bird behaved amazingly, she got a bit hot and bothered in milau but it was over 40 degrees and i was stuck in traffic, so she sat there rattling a bit. once she had cooled down and rested she was fine. my home made sat nav holder worked a treat, and her capability of comfort while loaded to high heaven with alot of weight was very impressive indeed,
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so as a treat i took her down the strip at santa pod to which she done well for a bog standard bike, it was a shame i was so tired from the trip and only getting a couple of hours kip between the end of trip and running at pod i feel i done the bird no justice, but again she has showed some promise for a stock bike, to be honest she was very consistant in time, the times were:
11.65@123.20
11.44@124.24
11.60@120.79
11.53@121.40
11.52@119.63
11.47@122.72
11.52@122.43
11.38@123.06
11.37@123.77
11.37@122.76
im thinking bracket racing maybe? especialy after the last 3 runs it was showing i was getting to grip with the clutch

Welcome back me old mate & glad all went well touring with the Blackbird.

1/4 mile times look good & very consistent.

Are you at the Pod this weekend for the Extreme Performance Bike weekend?

im thinking about it mate, i was thinking about entering but have decided against it, but i may well go and watch