... lot. The R1 lacks outright power (my seat of the pants dyno says 135 bhp, which we'll test later), but the Ohlins-inspired suspension and handling is just so right, and it delivers the lot from just above tickover til the limiter chimes in ... it's alive in my hands, and yet it seems to want to go where I send it. It's trying to help me, not kill me. I'm not this good, I ...

... a manual gearbox. As I suspect you know, the chance that a car will just "pop" itself into first gear or reverse whilst the car is stationary and drive off with the engine running at tickover is beyond remote. As for prosecutions, I believe someone in this country was fined in the last month or two for leaving his engine running whilst the car was defrosting, and he ...

... dynamo rather than directly from the engine? What an unusual way of driving the dynamo. I presume the engine would have had its own dynamo or alternator for powering the spark so I wonder why they didn't use that for the lighting as well. I had a Honda like that, when the battery was fucked the lights used to die on tickover, it had a flywheel magneto for the spark.

...have no intentions of parking I tell her my passenger will be here forthwith. your wheels are not going round therefore you are parked, OK I say I'll move, Engage low range 1st gear a tickover and off I trot at tot's crawling pace for 5 car lengths, then into reverse for 10 car lengths, then forward again, GF arrives and gets in without vehicle stopping, TW tried to place ...

..., I have no intentions of parking I tell her my passenger will be here forthwith. your wheels are not going round therefore you are parked, OK I say I'll move, Engage low range 1st gear a tickover and off I trot at tot's crawling pace for 5 car lengths, then into reverse for 10 car lengths, then forward again, GF arrives and gets in without vehicle stopping, TW tried to place ...

... I have no intentions of parking I tell her my passenger will be here forthwith. your wheels are not going round therefore you are parked, OK I say I'll move, Engage low range 1st gear a tickover and off I trot at tot's crawling pace for 5 car lengths, then into reverse for 10 car lengths, then forward again, GF arrives and gets in without vehicle stopping, TW tried to place ticket ...

... have no intentions of parking I tell her my passenger will be here forthwith. your wheels are not going round therefore you are parked, OK I say I'll move, Engage low range 1st gear a tickover and off I trot at tot's crawling pace for 5 car lengths, then into reverse for 10 car lengths, then forward again, GF arrives and gets in without vehicle stopping, TW tried to place ticket...

... I have no intentions of parking I tell her my passenger will be here forthwith. your wheels are not going round therefore you are parked, OK I say I'll move, Engage low range 1st gear a tickover and off I trot at tot's crawling pace for 5 car lengths, then into reverse for 10 car lengths, then forward again, GF arrives and gets in without vehicle stopping, TW tried to place ticket under...

... long time, it will be optimised to run at a constant speed at the most efficient fuel setting. temperatures and pressures will not vary greatly like in a car where the revs are up and down from tickover to full speed all the time. it will probably never need to idle it will either be in use or not depending on battery state. An industrial engine I accept, but 1.9 litre sounds too ...

... time, it will be optimised to run at a constant speed at the most efficient fuel setting. temperatures and pressures will not vary greatly like in a car where the revs are up and down from tickover to full speed all the time. it will probably never need to idle it will either be in use or not depending on battery state. reefer trailers and containers are a good point to start comparisons...