Sidecar Racing

[Fast Eddie]

Just leave it the fuck alone! We spent hours trying to fix ours the other day.

haha.. sounds like hours of fun to me. I'm gonna do it.

You're full on gaybar anyway

in the gay barrr, gay barrr.

just cause you've got a girl swinger now, don't need to call me gay.

[Kickaha]

haha.. sounds like hours of fun to me. I'm gonna do it.

Are you taking up Speedway to?

[Fast Eddie]

Are you taking up Speedway to?

Glad I bought those flatslides after all! They are gonna fit mint on this motor

[Fast Eddie]

[Kornholio]

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So is that Daves/Gordies(heh) Windle? if so what happened to Agip...

[Danger Dave]

So is that Daves/Gordies(heh) Windle? if so what happened to Agip...

Yep thats my old one, Glad your happy with it Kai can't wait to see it once you've polished it up.

[Fast Eddie]

So is that Daves/Gordies(heh) Windle? if so what happened to Agip...

I'm now one of those munters that has 2 sidecars even tho you can only ride one at a time..

Going to use it to get numbers on the grid down south etc.. and just see what happens. offer it to get people a taste for the sport - or rent it out. We'll see..

Will take care of them both anyway.

Yea cheers Dave! - nows a good time to buy shares in autosol, I'll be using heaaps of it haha

[Fast Eddie]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130616073

^^ Opportunity for people to race a sidecar and have a go..


KOR Rnd 2 was OK, I was in a good mood anyway having just ridden my new windle up and down the street in Tauranga haha, but ChCh was rainy and cold upon my return. There were 4 of us who showed up. Warwick and Matt on Jo's LCR, Macdonalds on their LCR, Harris and Pommy Paul on the Chivas rig and ourselves on the Agip bike.

Day started off ok, set up our shelters and got the bike ready, fitting the flashing rain light and tidying up some bits and pieces and putting the wets on - everyone was pretty keen to get out there even though the track was not far off ideal for the Americas cup boats instead. We got out there and I hated it - no mud guard on the agip bike ment I couldn't see f-all and couldn't spend all my time wiping my visor so it was painfully slow - on top of that I was not comfortable on the bike.. it was very twitchy and wouldn't slide like it normally does - rather it gripped then let go then gripped then let go and felt awful.. normally it just shorta slides sideways everywhere in the wet. Never mind.. Alex was fast and gotta say Warwick was pretty quick too powering through the puddles and flooding like it was dry - those LCRs are foookin fast.

Harris was doing his thing too.. Race 1 we bailed out after 1 lap fearing an accident was going to happen with us being at half the race pace and me not being able to see where I was going - it was really pissing down. We pitted in and watched the two LCRs battling it out - it looked good, Warwick was outbraking alex a bit and really pulling him in in some places, and then AJ would get better drive out of corners or carry more speed in others.. it was good.. and both full throttle down the straight with puddles everywhere - no wonder they used to call em worms! they just wriggled their way down the straight haha was awesome.

Harris did OK I think? he dropped behind a fair bit after a couple of laps. At the start of the day both Harris and Paul were saying the bike felt great and it was awesome... .. by the end of the day it was handling like shit apparently and needed a lot of work done to it.

Race 2 it was drying up, we went out for a play and had a little bit more fun this time, I finished the race slowly but had fun and good practice. Bike still felt twitchy.. pulls hard to the right under brakes (doesnt do this with slicks/in the dry??)

Harris spun out and broke Pauls thumb.. so we beat him haha. Race 3 it was drying out so we finally got to have a bit of fun, on wets still but bike felt normal again once track dried out, few big slides but all in good fun. Harris had a newbie on for the race and he just took off like a shot - poor newbie! it wasn't long before we passed them though as he overcooked it and lost it around a corner and obviously didnt get the bike restarted so they just stood there on the side of the track n watched..

Big thanks to MCI and all the flaggies etc - bloody legends!

[Kickaha]

[nodrog:Me]

stink, swinger failure!

[willytheekid]

stink, swinger failure!

...I thought he held on to that camera like a boss!

[Drew]

stink, swinger failure!

Always .

[Kickaha]

The weather forecast a few days out looked promising but come the day of the event it was overcast and looking like a bit of water was due to arrive

Matt rang his dad who bought us out an ezi-up as we were feeling a bit lower class as every other team had one

Before practice we gave the bike a look over and put the wets on and before too long we head out onto a track that’s getting wetter by the minute
Being only the second meeting riding the outfit I’m taking it a bit easy and expecting the others to come past me but Alex hasn’t even made a lap and pulled off with gearshift problems and Graeme/Paul and Kai/Phil don’t catch up

I gas it up a bit in some places and brake hard in others trying to judge just how hard I can push it before it turns to custard , we get a 4-5 laps in then pull back in
A quick check over shows the rear wheel is starting to come loose so I fix that and check the gas

Alex is cutting some holes in the catch tray to allow the gear selector shaft a bit more movement as he could only get the one gear

Race 1
More rain and wetter than practice

I hit a huge puddle on the exit to the pits and get a bucket load of water down the front of my leathers before I’ve even made 25 metres and Alex is off like the flags just dropped to push hard on the outlap and make up for missing practice

I grid up on P1 and wait for the lights

Lights out and I hammer it, possibly a bit more than I should as even when I hit third it’s still spinning up the rear but no one has come past until ¾ down the track when Alex/Glen come alongside and pull ahead

I have the inside into T1 and run it in under brakes a bit deeper, thinking we’ll be rubbing fairings soon but not too worried as ours is due for paint, Alex/Glen back out slightly as they can see it turning bad if I lose it

It’s not until the left hander before the infield sweeper they pull an outside pass and go around me

They’ve got more drive off the corners and start edging away, it takes us another lap or two but we’re making any space I lose off the corners up under brakes at the hairpin and T1
Bad understeer up out of the dipper is slowing us down on the exit; we make it back up into the sweeper and then lose it again on the way out

White flag is out and we’ve closed right up on them, onto the front straight right behind them and I pretty much go blind with the amount of water coming off the back of them, I pull out to one side and chase them into T1 and are with a bike length as we exit, down to pothole and under brakes into the hairpin have the nose level with their tray before I back out
We’re on their tail under the dipper where they gain a couple of bike lengths and it stays that way until the flag, Alex taking the win and Matt and I in second

Race 2

It’s a drying track but we’ve stayed on wets as there’s still plenty of water out and spray coming off the classes before us
Alex gets a good start but we make T1 before him, we don’t stay in front very long and they pass us in the same place as last race, once they’re past us they steadily pull away and we can’t make it up, we don’t seem to have the drive off the corners that they do, we’re wheel spinning through the gears instead of hooking up

No one else catches us and we run home in second again behind Alex

Graeme/Paul spin on the infield and Paul damages his thumb and can’t do the last race so some innocent bystander is dragged into service

Race 3
Damp track in places and we’ve gone back to slicks

Alex gets the start and makes T1 in front and despite trying we can’t stay with him, there are still big wet spots on some of the corner exits and Matt needs a few more pies to get us some more traction

I’m possibly not going as fast as I could but I’m going as fast as I want to, coming onto the main straight where you’re dialling it up and starting to straighten up there are wet patches and the same off the left hander into the infield sweeper

Lap 2 and a bit of a surprise when Graeme/innocent bystander pass us down the short straight into T7 right hander, I’m thinking he’s pushing a bit hard having a novice onboard and stick with him for the next lap making sure I have enough in reserve to easily get back past him

Lap3 and T7 again and he pushes in quite hard and I’m already rolling off as he goes around in front of us and have enough room to go past the back of the their outfit and get another second behind Alex

Despite the weather another excellent day out with Race 1 being one of the best I’ve had, we’ve still got some changes to make and will be looking at our suspension set up to try and sort out some wheelspin/drive problems but we’re making good progress

Thanks to
Joanne van der Westhuizen
CV Success
Straight and paint
Chrissie Whitfield

[gore_boy]

Hi Everyone,
Anyone out there based in Christchurch with a sidecar outfit that you might be willing to let me have a go in the chair?
I`ve raced solo for several years in uk, and always fancied a go in a sidecar, but never had the chance.
I mean just looking for a few laps at lunch time or when your out testing etc.
Would love the opportunity.
Cheers
Gareth
021313006

[nodrog:Me]

The weather forecast a few days out looked promising but come the day of the event it was overcast and looking like a bit of water was due to arrive

Matt rang his dad who bought us out an ezi-up as we were felling a bit lower class as every other team had one

Before practice we gave the bike a look over and put the wets on and before too long we head out onto a track that’s getting wetter by the minute
Being only the second meeting riding the outfit I’m taking it a bit easy and expecting the others to come past me but Alex hasn’t even made a lap and pulled off with gearshift problems and Graeme/Paul and Kai/Phil don’t catch up

I gas it up a bit in some places and brake hard in others trying to judge just how hard I can push it before it turns to custard , we get a 4-5 laps in then pull back in
A quick check over shows the rear wheel is starting to come loose so I fix that and check the gas

Alex is cutting some holes in the catch tray to allow the gear selector shaft a bit more movement as he could only get the one gear

Race 1
More rain and wetter than practice

I hit a huge puddle on the exit to the pits and get a bucket load of water down the front of my leathers before I’ve even made 25 metres and Alex is off like the flags just dropped to push hard on the outlap and make up for missing practice

I grid up on P1 and wait for the lights

Lights out and I hammer it, possibly a bit more than I should as even when I hit third it’s still spinning up the rear but no one has come past until ¾ down the track when Alex/Glen come alongside and pull ahead

I have the inside into T1 and run it in under brakes a bit deeper, thinking we’ll be rubbing fairings soon but not too worried as ours is due for paint, Alex/Glen back out slightly as they can see it turning bad if I lose it

It’s not until the left hander before the infield sweeper they pull an outside pass and go around me

They’ve got more drive off the corners and start edging away, it takes us another lap or two but we’re making any space I lose off the corners up under brakes at the hairpin and T1
Bad understeer up out of the dipper is slowing us down on the exit; we make it back up into the sweeper and then lose it again on the way out

White flag is out and we’ve closed right up on them, onto the front straight right behind them and I pretty much go blind with the amount of water coming off the back of them, I pull out to one side and chase them into T1 and are with a bike length as we exit, down to pothole and under brakes into the hairpin have the nose level with their tray before I back out
We’re on their tail under the dipper where they gain a couple of bike lengths and it stays that way until the flag, Alex taking the win and Matt and I in second

Race 2

It’s a drying track but we’ve stayed on wets as there’s still plenty of water out and spray coming off the classes before us
Alex gets a good start but we make T1 before him, we don’t stay in front very long and they pass us in the same place as last race, once they’re past us they steadily pull away and we can’t make it up, we don’t seem to have the drive off the corners that they do, we’re wheel spinning through the gears instead of hooking up

No one else catches us and we run home in second again behind Alex

Graeme/Paul spin on the infield and Paul damages his thumb and can’t do the last race so some innocent bystander is dragged into service

Race 3
Damp track in places and we’ve gone back to slicks

Alex gets the start and makes T1 in front and despite trying we can’t stay with him, there are still big wet spots on some of the corner exits and Matt needs a few more pies to get us some more traction

I’m possibly not going as fast as I could but I’m going as fast as I want to, coming onto the main straight where you’re dialling it up and starting to straighten up there are wet patches and the same off the left hander into the infield sweeper

Lap 2 and a bit of a surprise when Graeme/innocent bystander pass us down the short straight into T7 right hander, I’m thinking he’s pushing a bit hard having a novice onboard and stick with him for the next lap making sure I have enough in reserve to easily get back past him

Lap3 and T7 again and he pushes in quite hard and I’m already rolling off as he goes around in front of us and have enough room to go past the back of the their outfit and get another second behind Alex

Despite the weather another excellent day out with Race 1 being one of the best I’ve had, we’ve still got some changes to make and will be looking at our suspension set up to try and sort out some wheelspin/drive problems but we’re making good progress

Thanks to
Joanne van der Westhuizen
CV Success
Straight and paint
Chrissie Whitfield

Bring it up to the barry?