Pat & I went down to a Thumper Club meeting of sorts.....The Big Knock Rally near Guildford.
Diesel engined bikes, no I'm thinking of building one, but the engineering is interesting to say the least and it does produce some interesting characters....much the same as the Thumper Club.
The main topic seems to be fuel consumption, some of the Chinese engined Enfields are getting between 130/160 mpg with a top speed of 56mph......
The Dutch manufacturer of the Track T800 was there, (Smart Car Turbo Diesel) with CVT and shaft drive, looking like (and using some parts from) a KTM Adventure.
We used the location as a base to do the Round Britain Rally and covered the South Coast and London, then we moved on to Taunton to cover Somerset, Dorset (13 RBR's in all)....on the Suzuki Starfire, which itself got some interesting comments.
One, when a bridge was closed to traffic, we jumped off and I was pushing it across on the pedestrian access, when a man said, WAIT, I need to see your bike, after a few seconds of admiring glances he said...It's nice to see a proper bike, not some foreign rubbish...if only he knew.
Dave.
