BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Share #1 Posted August 14, 2022 Maxx's 1001 drag racing facts got me thinking about boring you people with a 1001 facts about sidecar racing. So I Google facts of sidecar racing and this is what I see. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 14, 2022 Share #2 Posted August 14, 2022 Fair question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 14, 2022 Share #3 Posted August 14, 2022 Well? We're waiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 14, 2022 Share #4 Posted August 14, 2022 I cam across a good article, 12 points aboot Waffle House. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 14, 2022 Share #5 Posted August 14, 2022 The point is to see who can have the most fun. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted August 14, 2022 14 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Well? We're waiting? The point is who can work better as a team 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted August 14, 2022 27 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Fair question. What's the point of football? Baseball? Golf? Well I Golf I understand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted August 14, 2022 Share #8 Posted August 14, 2022 1 hour ago, BR46 said: What's the point of sidecar racing? If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted August 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: If you have to ask, you can't afford it. True....it's not cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted August 14, 2022 Wo46 is looking at the front tire and if she notices it pushing she moves her body to transfer more weight on the front wheel. If the rear wheel stays spinning she will transfer her weight back 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 14, 2022 Share #11 Posted August 14, 2022 “The role of the sidecar passenger is to help compensate for these quirks” So you are the quirk? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 14, 2022 Share #12 Posted August 14, 2022 52 minutes ago, Kzoo said: “The role of the sidecar passenger is to help compensate for these quirks” So you are the quirk? In the voice of David Puddy: “Yeah, that’s right”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted August 14, 2022 A friend of mine hit 175mph at Road America on his 1000cc F-1 long bike sidecar. In the UK and the Isle of Man they restricted the F-1s to 600cc because the 1000cc sidecars started going over 300kph. They said that it was getting too dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maddmaxx ★ Posted August 14, 2022 Share #15 Posted August 14, 2022 Sidecar racing points to insanity loving company. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #16 Posted August 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Sidecar racing points to insanity loving company. Not much different than the guys who straddle this with 2000 hp on the other end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #17 Posted August 14, 2022 Just now, BR46 said: Not much different than the guys who straddle this with 2000 hp on the other end. I would still love to have the opportunity to jump in one and run it through the lights on the other end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 14, 2022 Share #18 Posted August 14, 2022 23 minutes ago, BR46 said: Not much different than the guys who straddle this with 2000 hp on the other end. Indeed. That setup from the 60's gives a new name to crotch rocket. They did explode on occasion. It's one of the reasons that rear engine dragsters became popular..............that and having your feet and lower legs alongside the clutch in this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted August 14, 2022 16 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Indeed. That setup from the 60's gives a new name to crotch rocket. They did explode on occasion. It's one of the reasons that rear engine dragsters became popular..............that and having your feet and lower legs alongside the clutch in this picture. I was at Union Grove's Great Lakes Dragway when a clutch explosion at half track killed several people in the stands. I remember I was standing by the fence at the starting line and watched the parts flying into the stands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 14, 2022 Share #20 Posted August 14, 2022 6 hours ago, BR46 said: Wo46 is looking at the front tire and if she notices it pushing she moves her body to transfer more weight on the front wheel. If the rear wheel stays spinning she will transfer her weight back Bet you two rock at twister 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share #21 Posted August 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, Further said: Bet you two rock at twister Wo46 is better than me just because she's more bendy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share #22 Posted August 15, 2022 Imagine hanging on through barregarrow bottom. A friend of mine said that he been through this turn 27 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share #23 Posted August 15, 2022 Sidecar history......Wo46 and I were the 3rd Sidecar ever on the high banks of Daytona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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