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    Mike (The CatMan), sidecar nutter

    Hello all,

    Me sis be moving down to Wellington area first of April from the US. Looking at heading down that way around boxing day for a bit of sidecar racing. Assuming I can get the licensing sorted. Anywho, any of you lot come out California way or out this way already feel free to give a holler.

    cheers,

    ~The Nutty Yank.

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    Give a holler?...ya'll her'n it from yonda?
    Sure ya aint from the southern states aways

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Troutman View Post
    Hello all,

    Me sis be moving down to Wellington area first of April from the US. Looking at heading down that way around boxing day for a bit of sidecar racing. Assuming I can get the licensing sorted. Anywho, any of you lot come out California way or out this way already feel free to give a holler.

    cheers,

    ~The Nutty Yank.
    Photos of you and the rig. Preferably on track, I don't give a rats about your ugly mug.
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    There's one from towards the end of last season.

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    and one from Vegas.

    An' no, not from the southern states. From the Pacific Northwest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Troutman View Post


    There's one from towards the end of last season.
    Awesome Mike! We need more short chairs over here. My brother and I race an old GSXR1100 powered rig, we're also in Wellington.

    With regards to your international licence, details SHOULD be able to be found at www.mnz.co.nz

    If you're planning on bringing your own rig down, I'd plan to ace the International Tri-series if I were you. Excellent sidecar racing due to one of the driving organisers being a Sidecar petrol head himself.

    If you need a hand organizing shipping, flick me an email jimmy@tssmotorcycles.co.nz I recently finished up in the freight forwarding industry but still have some good contacts in NZ's largest wholesaler so can get you the demon rates. Can even probably help out with transport around the place if you need it.
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    that's right good news to hear WT. Not sure on the rig as of yet though. I've had some contct with MNZ, getting an MNZ license is porblematic, FIM license is tricky but there's a possibility of doing it on a MA license.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Troutman View Post
    that's right good news to hear WT. Not sure on the rig as of yet though. I've had some contct with MNZ, getting an MNZ license is porblematic, FIM license is tricky but there's a possibility of doing it on a MA license.
    I wonder if you just need someone high profile in your corner to make it easier, we get a lot of international competitors here for the Tri-Series so there's obviously something that can be done fairly easily. Hope it all comes together for you.
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    Problem being a sidecar nutter in the US is AMA. Sidecars are not affiliated with AMA yet we have to go through AMA for an FIM license. Problem I ran into with a MNZ license is ACC.

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    What's the outfit powered by chap?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    What's the outfit powered by chap?
    GSXR Thou' I believe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by White trash View Post
    Excellent sidecar racing due to one of the driving organisers being a Sidecar petrol head himself.
    That'll be the organiser who fucked us around last year told us a whole load of crap and made it pretty much impossible for us to attend Wanganui

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    What's the outfit powered by chap?
    No no no the question you should ask is what did it "used to be" powered by
    You may (or may not) find the answer interesting
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    bwahahahha!!! It currently has an '03 GSXR 1000 in it. It WAS powered by an old ass BMW K75. To think I made the change halfway through last season and still placed 3rd overall for the season......

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    Mind you, didn't have a consistant passanger for but the last three meets of the season either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Troutman View Post
    Mind you, didn't have a consistant passanger for but the last three meets of the season either.
    Is that because you're fairly rough behind the handlebars and no one wants to get on twice?
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
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    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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