Thought I'd take advantage of the nice weather forecast yesterday to take the Locost out for a blat to the coast (160-170m round trip), what a blast it's like discovering driving all over again :) Wore my lid more for the cold protection than stone chips (although glad I did, could've lost a tooth or two with the smile I had on me yock :) was cold, but no colder than a bike.
The new carb and dizzy have given another couple of horsepower but the main difference is in the smoothness, no flat spots anymore. It accelerates fast enough to blur my sight but hits a brick wall at about 95mph, it'd probably overcome the aerodynamics downhill to get to 100, but that's about all it's geared for. I'm getting into this "drifting" thing too, only when it's wet though ;) I got into a bit of a race with an Avensis of all things and the driver thought he'd won 'cos he overtook me at about 90, when we got to the next roundabout though he took the inside lane and I took the outside and (accidently at first) drifted it past him ! :)
The main problem is being accosted by schoolkids asking me to "wheelspin it" and the couple of times I have they've been looking at the front wheels axpecting them to spin, eeeeeeh, the youth of today...
It might be a bit underpowered, but it weighs less than 620kgs wet with a full tank and you don't need to slow down much for corners ;) Worth every drop of blood and sweat spilled in the 3 1/2 years it took to build.
Chuffed :))))
Drive it like you built it ! :)