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UFO
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At least I couldn't identify it, and it was flying along the road.
Travelling in a southerly direction on the M5 from Bristol to Exeter
this afternoon, a maroon thing with a dustbin fairing, probably a single
seat,
and an enormous bulbous seat-hump that came halfway up the rider's back.
That's all I could see as I was going the other way.
Any idea what it could have been?
I thought fairings that enclose the front wheel were illegal,
or is that just for racing? I'd better JFGI.
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What time and where (junction number would help)? I may just be able to get
a still pic of it, or a snippet of video...
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Can't remember exactly but I left Taunton services at 13:31 and headed north
at exactly 70mph so it could have been around junction 24 at about
quarter to two,
or maybe not.
Bikes resembling 1950's racers are rather scarce on the motorway in the
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So, did it look like this:
or this?
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It resembled the latter but with a streamlined tail as well as the
dustbin fairing.
Have you got that on the road yet? If so, is it stable in crosswinds?
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rain.
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No names, no pack-drill ;o)
Dustbin fairings are outlawed for racing, I suspect because they're so much
better aerodynamically that the racing-legal dolphin fairing? Fine for road
though.
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Sounds like a Malcolm Newell thing, the one he did after the Quasar.
Phaser? Quantum?
A Royce Creasey Voyager?
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