Tyrers Bus and Coach

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RE: Tyrers Bus and Coach

(16/07/2016 19:38)St Helens Rider Wrote:  Had LJ03 MYY (I think) on a private hire on my works do last night. Considering this vehicle (and the rest of the batch) have probably had a hard life in London, it was a pretty powerful beast - very impressed with its turn of speed. I say I think it was that vehicle as I only seen the reg briefly and was ever so slightly(!) half cut at the time.

My understanding is that London buses are governed down to give a top speed of 40mph as most of their lives in The Smoke is mainly stop-start. A reconditioned engine and reconfigured gearbox is a relatively cheap and easy thing to do to give them a much higher top end. I'm sure someone on this site can confirm or correct my view.