Sidecar Racing

[Drew]

I just tried to look up the rules, and the new website seems well designed, and fuckin useless since it's broken.

[jellywrestler]

I just tried to look up the rules, and the new website seems well designed, and fuckin useless since it's broken.

So you've just spent how many hours and hours cutting up rebuilding your Sidecar and you don't even have a simple copy of the rules in front of you at hand????????

Fuck no wonder so many outfits don't fit the rules......

[Fast Eddie]

you're broken, Drew... works for me

http://mnz.edev.co.nz/docs/rules/201...s.pdf?sfvrsn=2

http://www.mnz.co.nz/regulations/rules/general-rules

and yea, where is your hard copy of the rules! didn't you tick the box when you got your race license

[jellywrestler]

I just tried to look up the rules, and the new website seems well designed, and fuckin useless since it's broken.

right you adhd afflicted tosser
MNZ Website
top line REGULATIONS
move ya mouse there it will highlight some options
go down to RULES move ya mouse to there and it will highlight some options
go to GENERAL RULES click your mouse thingy and a page will appear
get one of the grown ups to help you if you need to but otherwise go to
CHAPTER 27 Sidecar Road Racing Specifications and click on that..

[nodrog:Me]

is there rules somewhere i can read?

[jellywrestler]

27.8.4 A lanyard type spring-loaded switch must be mounted on the handlebar,
handlebar clamp or chassis member, and must be attached to the Drivers wrist
or upper body in such a manner as to not inhibit or impede the Drivers
movement while competing.
This switch must interrupt the main ignition circuit in addition to cutting
power to any fuel / oil pumps fitted to the vehicle in the event that the Driver
is thrown from the machine, and must be operated by a suitable cable or
extendable wire (like a coiled telephone cable) with a fully extended length of
no more than 1 metre .
Fuck there's a thing from the past, how many of the younger generation have even seen a telephone with a cord on it I wonder

[scrivy]

is there rules somewhere i can read?

Its not a requirement of me getting my license to be able to read.................LOL!

[Drew]

Nope, doesn't work from my phone. Will fire up the desk top and have a gander at a few things.

No Spyda, I do not have a hard copy of the rules as we build the chair. I don't think anything we've done is covered in the rules. Except chop off a brake and put another on the front.

[sidecar bob]

I have had a reasonably productive afternoon.
I am building a pre '82 Katana 1100 to replace what Jay is currently riding & as a result, I have a full standard braking system on the shelf that has been replaced by a Brembo system. I have mounted some of it on the Pink bike, with a Katana front caliper on the r/f disc, a braided hose & Katana master cyl, which looks right at home on the sloping handlebar.
I have not had to drill or cut anything at all on the outfit, the new caliper braket uses the existing caliper mounting bolt holes, just with longer bolts.

[jellywrestler]

Nope, doesn't work from my phone. Will fire up the desk top and have a gander at a few things.

No Spyda, I do not have a hard copy of the rules as we build the chair. I don't think anything we've done is covered in the rules. Except chop off a brake and put another on the front.

did you think to bother to check that what was there was within the rules so you can take any shortcomings into account along the way? My point is that how many outfits are simply not legal when the rules are there in black and white

[Kickaha]

with a Katana front caliper on the r/f disc, a braided hose & Katana master cyl

I would have thought the Katana master cylinder with only the one caliper would mean a very hard lever and not much feel?

What size m/c is going on the Katana, 15mm is stock on most Ducati with 08 Brembo but the MHR has 14mm and is better for it

[scrivy]

I would have thought the Katana master cylinder with only the one caliper would mean a very hard lever and not much feel?

Bob's been married long enough now that he's not into the 'touchy feel' stuff anymore...............

[sidecar bob]

I would have thought the Katana master cylinder with only the one caliper would mean a very hard lever and not much feel?

What size m/c is going on the Katana, 15mm is stock on most Ducati with 08 Brembo but the MHR has 14mm and is better for it

Its an emergency brake, it will be absolutely mint & a fuckload more plesant than a shipping container brake.

[nodrog:Me]

I tried to fix my brakes but run out of gas in Brucies Mig. So have used some of Scrivys "Black Tack" (patent pending). Its basically Blue tack painted black, but in my case I just used a vivid to stop any copyright infringment.

[Drew]

did you think to bother to check that what was there was within the rules so you can take any shortcomings into account along the way? My point is that how many outfits are simply not legal when the rules are there in black and white

Nope. As with most people I figure that an outfit that has raced before here would be compliant.

Rules mean fuck all in New Zealand till someone protests, or a bike fails tech inspection or scrutineering.

Wanna start a warrant system, petition MNZ for a rule change. Otherwise I'll spot check a couple things for piece of mind and carry on.