Can anyone explain the appeal of a Sidecar?
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Many moons back (before we all grew up) - the test for a quick 'bike was to race up Cheddar Gorge. For a long time (even tho' I had a Zed thou' streetfighter and a mate had a CCM Supermoto) the best time was set by a Beamish Suzuki with a trials chair - the rider and passenger must have had massive faith in each other!
aeropilot said:
You need to actually ride(drive) a proper original WW2 Zundapp KS750 outfit before you say that....especially off-road where you can use the locking diff and low range gearbox (I admit I've not driven one, only had a pax ride, but it was an amazing bit of kit)
German engineering masterclass of the time.
A genuine KS750 outfit is on my lottery win Top 10 bike garage list![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
Using and abusing 70 year machines German engineering masterclass of the time.
A genuine KS750 outfit is on my lottery win Top 10 bike garage list
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZfibDVmQOs&fea...
aeropilot said:
Fantastic, that looks like a great holiday.srob said:
that number 11 wasnt scared of the throttle! wow!!could a 2 wheeler even keep pace with that ?
srob said:
That No11 is sodding barmy ![rofl](/inc/images/rofl.gif)
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awesome ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
my neighbor races F1 Sidecar, this is a round at Cadwell of the lead outfit...good views of the guys in front
http://youtu.be/aPBOkioCoeI
always wanted to have a go myself, but im not flexible enough these days...I managed a go around the paddock at Cadwell![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
did anyone on here buy the road legal F1 outfit that was for sale recently in classifieds? ...my missus put the dampers on that one after I told her I would always need a passenger for a Sunday run out![wink](/inc/images/wink.gif)
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my neighbor races F1 Sidecar, this is a round at Cadwell of the lead outfit...good views of the guys in front
http://youtu.be/aPBOkioCoeI
always wanted to have a go myself, but im not flexible enough these days...I managed a go around the paddock at Cadwell
![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
did anyone on here buy the road legal F1 outfit that was for sale recently in classifieds? ...my missus put the dampers on that one after I told her I would always need a passenger for a Sunday run out
![wink](/inc/images/wink.gif)
SystemParanoia said:
that number 11 wasnt scared of the throttle! wow!!
could a 2 wheeler even keep pace with that ?
He's a bit of a star. I took a mate to watch some old bike racing at Snetterton earlier this year, and the Westons (who own/run that bike - there's a whole family of them racing on this outfit and a yellow one the same at various times, so it's hard to tell who's on which one) were lifting the sidecar wheel and wheelying it out of the final chicane could a 2 wheeler even keep pace with that ?
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I'd love to have a go at 'proper' big wheeler sidecar racing. I've a few mates that race modern F2 stuff and even they consider this lot mentaillists, which is a bit of the old pot/kettle, black syndrome
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http://youtu.be/3EnSmkO6fOQ
pair of guys ripping round france in their 1200 bandit outfit.
it seems to be a normal, passenger sidecar, but this guy is hanging out of it like hes trying to win the motoGP lol
http://youtu.be/u0hlGF3aP4c
and here are the same pair sticking to the rear of a Ducatti monster round the twisties.
pair of guys ripping round france in their 1200 bandit outfit.
it seems to be a normal, passenger sidecar, but this guy is hanging out of it like hes trying to win the motoGP lol
http://youtu.be/u0hlGF3aP4c
and here are the same pair sticking to the rear of a Ducatti monster round the twisties.
Edited by SystemParanoia on Tuesday 9th October 15:08
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