a legend in his own mind

just a quick update from the loveless shed. the 'false' triumph is almost road legal, nige at nrp exhausts has made us a new baffle to subdue the rather 'fierce' exhaust down from an ear-bleeding one hundred and twenty decibels, [i thank you, i'm here all week] to a much more muted, one hundred d.b on the old noise meter, i'm rocking a massive yellow and black reg plate, [which i reckon is knocking 15mph off the top end] and i'm seriously trying to behave, [except when a knob on a cbr 600 passed me and dangerous at sixty in a thirty limit and i saw red and stuck it up him on my favourite left-hander on 'our' test road, i wonder if he told his mates he'd been dicked by a bloke on a 'inckley wearing an open faced arai, levis and cat boot's?] anyhoo, i've sold the red 900ss ducati, why? well, although it was a great bike, i reckon i needed to spunk around 1500 to 2000 english pounds to bring it up to my obsessive-compulsive standard, i got a good offer for it and dangerous has decided he's going all hipster on me and can't live without a ducati scrambler, so, i've bought his yellow duc off him because, er, well i like it and it's a lovely bike and er, it's yellow. ah yes, 'the peaky blinder' ducati trackbike project you say? well, it's currently up at nelly's, [cornerspeed], for a re-flash on the ecu and a dyno run, i'm keeping my finger's crossed for 57-58 bhp at the back wheel and around 155 - 160kg which will give us a good power to weight ratio and should make for a very entertaining daytime mot / trackbike. having a ride up tomorrow to find out, stay classy...........