This weekend XF14AEF finally had its "sporting career" started. Among the excellent company of Jags, Triumphs, 4-wheeled Morgans, Austin Healeys, Lotus, etc, I entered it in an "English Classic Cars" event, with my trike getting the usual "waiver" to enter it despite being only a few months old, not 30+ years
It went well, but for my sloppy driving (to my defense I must say that I entered the track to do the mandatory 3 laps without any prior knowledge of its layout), and also for the lack of the SUPLEX kit. The car is still with the Spax units, definitely softer and allowing much more front body roll and understeer than what I was used to. Couple of Blockleys should help too, and maybe some fine-tuning of the front is needed.
As is, my M3W is an understeering beast in tight corners. I could actually see the front wheel sliding to the outside as the front wanted to go its own way. And, maybe because I was with my son and navigator, therefore with the weight of 2 persons at the back, I never managed to make the rear end step out mid corner to compensate.
Anyway, it was great fun. Here the video of the start and the final (3rd) lap. First part filmed from the outside (low resolution and very shaky camera work), second part is the onboard footage I got with my gopro.
For the record ... we won in this "Bapteme du Feu" of my beloved trike! with ZERO penalty points.
