Apologies for the late report, but just spent the evening trying to fix the bike with Al (Zorded)
. So take a guess how Brighton went? Surprisingly very well all things considered!
The weather was excellent as usual, blue skies and nice and warm, like a proper summers day. There were loads of spectators, and i lost count of how many were admiring and taking pics of the Z1R, it really does get a lot of attention there, and people seem to love it as it`s different and stands out from the rest. Even the usual comment of 'that`s the bike from Mad Max!'
So for my first run i thought i`d see if there was any grip and give it plenty of revs, hmmm that was a bad move as i should know the answer by now, bugger all! It went sideways off the line spinning up and smoking the rear tyre, that cost me a fair bit and ended up as an 11.20
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The 2nd run was a pretty perfect start, no wheelspin and smooth gearchanges, except i had to short shift as i wasn`t revving past 8,500 - 9,000RPM, so i was in top before i knew it and unable to get flat out in any gear. It was still a respectable 10.77 @ 126mph, so no too shabby, but could have been a low 10.
The 3rd run was pretty much a repeat of the 2nd at 10.88 (i think) with it still not pulling the revs, kind of like the rev limiter was cutting in too early (it was set at 11,000RPM). Barry was having a few issues and struggling too, but i`m not sure what his best time was.
The best thing though was seeing a Hayabusa Turbo beat the track record with a 8.80 @ 163mph!
Plus some pretty quick cars too, including a kit car with 2 x Hayabusa engines! That`s just being greedy.
If you didn`t go or have never been then try and make it next year, there is nothing else like it, and you get to take the piss out of a fat bloke on an old Zed too!
Or can you just turn up 
