review:
been out and done 100+ miles on B roads today, went on to the motorway too to see what it was like. I'll start with the boring motorway: totally unobtrusive when cruising, only notice it being louder when you accelerate in gear and even more so when you drop a cog.
out on the back roads, feels smoother through the rev range (suggesting less mid range torque?), but still has the 5k kick. Still hits 40 in 1st and 65 in 2nd (on the clock).
Sound wise sounds good, nice burble on start up and idles a little louder than normal, sounds quite raspy at the moment, so maybe when it carbons up some more it'll seal any leaks at the joins / welds and stop that. It's bedding in still but as and when I notice changes / improvements I'll let you all know.