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Mort
8th May 2013, 15:18
http://youtu.be/x808pFXhpJ0
MD
8th May 2013, 18:25
Blighty and it was wet. How surprising. Why didn't they run this test on any of the 18 days the UK get each year without rain.

I love Top Gear but why oh why produce a car show in a country that is always being rained on. I lived there for a while and I owned a bike and ...well it was wet.
gunnyrob
8th May 2013, 22:06
Well well well, 200k for the rally cross, 150k for the atom, 16k for the bike....and you can ride it all civilised like to a bmwor meeting!
Road kill
18th May 2013, 08:54
A bit damp he reckons:laugh:
ducatilover
18th May 2013, 13:20
Not a huge surprise there. :bleh:
Dogboy900
18th May 2013, 20:51
Thats pretty cool!
That guy on the bike has balls to be giving it death in the wet BETWEEN the cars.
We have a couple of V8 and boy racer guys at work, they have no idea about bikes one of them was surprised he got smashed by his mate on new ish Ducati superbike :weird:
st00ji
25th May 2013, 07:26
to be fair he wasnt between them for long :P

liked his comments about traction control, hehe.
nudemetalz
25th May 2013, 11:24
to be fair he wasnt between them for long :P

liked his comments about traction control, hehe.

Traction control may have helped the Atom V8..... You see how sideways it was getting through the gears from the onboard footage :gob:

(And the Atom's V8 is made from Hayabusa engine components which is cool !!)
st00ji
25th May 2013, 11:37
yeah the atom is amazing, i would love a go in one.

would be keen to see lap times / dry test
ducatilover
25th May 2013, 11:53
yeah the atom is amazing, i would love a go in one.

would be keen to see lap times / dry test

:innocent: Atom V8 will run a 9.3 quarter apparently... so it'd rip the HP4 a new one
Dogboy900
25th May 2013, 17:37
I have seen an atom driving away from the Rimutakas as I was heading up. Would have been cool to follow it up and see how fast it was, from the grins on the faces of the two guys in it, it must be almost as much fun as going up there on a bike :)
Big Dave
25th May 2013, 18:43
Blighty and it was wet. How surprising. Why didn't they run this test on any of the 18 days the UK get each year without rain.

I love Top Gear but why oh why produce a car show in a country that is always being rained on. I lived there for a while and I owned a bike and ...well it was wet.

Lucky you moved somewhere dry......wait....
AllanB
25th May 2013, 19:13
A better question would be if they were giving them away which one would you take ............
98tls
25th May 2013, 19:18
A better question would be if they were giving them away which one would you take ............

Rather have the cash if thats possible...ta.
Edbear
25th May 2013, 19:33
Atom for me as long as I could drive it in my condition.
Madness
25th May 2013, 21:16
Atom for me as long as I could drive it in my condition.

Shitfaced?
MD
25th May 2013, 22:11
Lucky you moved somewhere dry......wait....

It never rains in Wellington. But boy don't they warn you, it snores, man it snores.

I'd challenge you on casting dispersions on Wellys weather BD. But, doh, it's just started raining! We have had a drought you know. Really, not a Tui bill board.

Back on topic. It would have been good to see the bike & cars racing in the dry though. Full credit to the rider for giving it heaps in the rain.
Big Dave
26th May 2013, 16:31
Funny thing is it's been wetter in Brisbane this season than NZ. La ninia is hitting land over this side.
onearmedbandit
26th May 2013, 17:36
Shitfaced?

That's fucking gold that is right there.