Yes, Simon, I'd really love to have a Supersport with a stick. This may mean a trip to Malvern. I don't know all the politics of Morgan, in the US, there is no "distributor" there are a handful of dealers. I'd love to see these cars get homulogated rather than brought in as motorcycles or replica-cars. Maybe Morgan doesn't see the financial sense in this-- the US is a huge car market and Texas in particular is a big money market for high line cars. Lots to learn on my end. The Super 3 performed like a champ. When we got it back into Austin at 9.45pm from the Ozark run, the folks at Petrol Lounge spent time going over it- desiccants, clean up detail, checked all fasteners, fluids, etc. I was pretty impressed that this little "go cart" withstood a beastly voyage of some considerable miles.
I do have the side panniers, the Moto II (which is hard wired to charge from the electrical system) and thanks to Chris Naylor, a fastidious tech at Petrol Lounge, a nice fitting mohair tonneau.
But it is still a bugs in the teeth experience, which I can deal with; the Texas heat is a whole other story. Ever see Paris Texas?
Here's Craig and me there-- I'm a huge fan of Harry Dean Stanton:
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William Hart, on Flickr
I only look little b/c Craig is pretty tall!