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Frost
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 03 Feb 2011    Post subject: Sidecar racing Reply with quote

Cool? or for the gheys?

I used to stay to watch them when they were on with the superbikes, and i still watch them at the TT, but they've never really got much coverage.

I've been passenger on one for a short way and it scared the crap out of me. You certainly wouldn't want to fall off, and crashing one doesn't look much fun either!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a89tR8jGmDE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0xClP_frok
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PostPosted: 18:04 - 03 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't really care if it's 'cool' or not, I want to try this so bad!

Must be a proper buzz hanging off like that and having to trust the other bloke completely.
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 03 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool or ghey? Very cool!!
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PostPosted: 21:52 - 03 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

IMO, cooler than a very cool thing in the freezer, cooling down! Cool

I really liked the old F2 oufits with the TZ350 engines in 'em, I've seen plenty of them over the years at the TT!

Although one could be tempted to say "you need balls of steel to oassenger one", a goodly proportion of the passengers are of the female variety!
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PostPosted: 03:21 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's some seriously crazy shit Shocked

Fair play to those who do it, but you wouldn't catch me on one of those fcukers!
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Frost
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PostPosted: 05:15 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know a guy who does the TT every year, best result is a 6th Shocked
What i like is the fact that you can be the best driver in the world, you might even have the best passenger too, but you're going to finish last unless you can work together and anticipate each others actions. It adds an odd new element to racing.
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PostPosted: 10:54 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anything sidecar related is cool, having ridden a road sidecar outfit for a few thousand miles, I'd love to get one on the track.
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PostPosted: 11:00 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like watching the side cars race. My local Yamaha dealer, was a side car racer. For those in the know his name is Ian Bell. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 11:02 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Re: Sidecar racing Reply with quote

Did you get to hang off properly when you had a go one one (presuming you were the monkey)?
I was surprised how much like hard work they were.
Quite fun going around a corner with your head a few mm over the grass inside the kerb Smile.

As I've mentioned before, first time I went on for a 'charity trial' thingy, it was a bit damp and I didn't realise he was quite so near the limit until my foot slipped off the rest mid corner, which caused the outfit to slide a bit thanks to the weight shift!
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PostPosted: 14:22 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

i want to do this lol my mate from one of the shooting forums used to do this as a pro Smile he said its the most insane rush ever 150 mph 3 inches off the road


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PostPosted: 14:29 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Re: Sidecar racing Reply with quote

They're often looking for fresh blood (for some reason they keep running out Confused), so if you're actually serious about it and willing to commit time and some money to it, there's usually openings. Tend to be a pretty friendly if slightly eccentric lot.
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Frost
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PostPosted: 14:52 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy i know who did it also appeared an scrapheap challenge! Most of them are mechanics as much as racers and the outfits are usually winter projects.

I remember some years back being at the TT and seeing an outfit with the 3rd wheel heading for a curb. The passenger shifted his weight out a little and the inside wheel came up, floated over the curb then came back down again. Awesome.
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PostPosted: 14:53 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cooler than penguin piss!

Used to watch a lot when I lived near Mallory. It's worth getting up to their annual Festival of Sidecars if you're into it... Good stuff.

It always surprised me how many women were in the chair at club level... Loads of husband and wife/girlfriend and boyfriend teams. Imagine what rows must be like in those households.
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PostPosted: 16:50 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Back in the 90's a mate bought a 1000 suzuki outfit and got me passengering. Before the first race our total experience was a quick blast up the road behind work. 1st race - 8 lapper up near Croft somewhere, on the front row of the grid Shocked about 15 outfits behind us, got a good start leading down to the first corner then bang, thump. Kin ell its like dodgems at 90mph! Did it for a year then bought my own Gsxr1000 long outfit. Raced that for 2 seasons (4 passengers - I was a crap/dangerous driver) then packed it in, observations -

They're all looney tunes who do it, thats why they all hang out together in the paddock, good laugh though.

Its 'kin hard work passengering, even harder driving, you need forearms like popeye to do both.

There was always something to work on on the outfits, seems thats a general thing judging how many you see in bits in the paddock.

All in all cool and a hoot. Smile

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PostPosted: 16:58 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh and when racing I once had a sidecar crew come and ask ME to borrow a tool - considering that fabricating their own parts between races was par for the course for them, I was quite proud Razz.
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Bendy
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PostPosted: 20:25 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gratuitous posting of sidecar passengering pic Razz

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3523115/bcf/RSL160607-2031.jpg

It's twatting hard work, and I wasn't trying to scrape my head along the floor, which seems de rigeur.
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PostPosted: 20:53 - 04 Feb 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well then...
https://www.swaffs.co.uk/images/Bemsee-Croix-06-report/Swaffs_Bemsee-Croix_290506-003.jpg
Though unfortunately haven't got the pic where I was hanging off a bit more trying 'properly' Sad - I don't think I was actually QUITE as tense as I look in that picture - but you do have to learn where all the bits you can brace yourself are, so you're using them rather than your muscles to stay on.
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