Sidecar Racing

**T.W.R** · 13th December 2017, 10:09

Just out of curiosity has anything ever been done here to the likes of the Krauser/Yamaha LCR that Andre Bosman raced in aussie in the early 90s?
Got an article somewhere and remember the engine was a work of art

**Kickaha** · 13th December 2017, 17:31

Originally Posted by T.W.R

Just out of curiosity has anything ever been done here to the likes of the Krauser/Yamaha LCR that Andre Bosman raced in aussie in the early 90s?
Got an article somewhere and remember the engine was a work of art

No, I think only some TZ powered short outfits were ever run here and nothing like a LCR/Krauser/ADM/Swissauto, paging Mr Jelly cause he'll know

Mike Richards of MRE is currently rebuilding a LCR/Krauser and will have it for sale once finished

**T.W.R** · 13th December 2017, 17:57

Originally Posted by Kickaha

No, I think only some TZ powered short outfits were ever run here and nothing like a LCR/Krauser/ADM/Swissauto, paging Mr Jelly cause he'll know

Mike Richards of MRE is currently rebuilding a LCR/Krauser and will have it for sale once finished

I went hunting for the article and had a read through it, must have been a beast of a thing. Did a google to see if there was anything out there and the same guy who did the article has it on his blog though all black & white pics

**sidecar bob** · 13th December 2017, 18:14

I currently have Egbert Streuer's daughter staying at my place.
I'm hoping I can obtain some broken sidecar artefact from days gone by to treasure through this source.

**Grumph** · 13th December 2017, 18:27

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

I currently have Egbert Streuer's daughter staying at my place.
I'm hoping I can obtain some broken sidecar artefact from days gone by to treasure through this source.

Graham Harris has had a few notable broken sidecar artifacts pass through his hands....I was shown an R1 that was supposed to have modern F1 world championship history.

**Kickaha** · 13th December 2017, 19:35

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

I currently have Egbert Streuer's daughter staying at my place.
I'm hoping I can obtain some broken sidecar artefact from days gone by to treasure through this source.

Didn't he make his own two stroke motor, see if he has any spare
edit: yeah the Stredor https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamhe...57594456814612

Originally Posted by Grumph

Graham Harris has had a few notable broken sidecar artifacts pass through his hands....I was shown an R1 that was supposed to have modern F1 world championship history.

Ex Kalffi motors from the Pirate from Klaffis 01 campaign , they would have been well fucked before Graeme even got them

**Drew** · 15th December 2017, 07:08

Heading to Manfeild today. Should prolly do some work to get the chair ready.

**sidecar bob** · 15th December 2017, 07:19

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Ex Kalffi motors from the Pirate from Klaffis 01 campaign , they would have been well fucked before Graeme even got them

If they weren't fucked before, the certainly would have been after,
He claims you have to take .020 thou off the head every season, kind of like mowing the lawns.
If anyone has a logical explanation as to how that works, I'm all ears.

**Grumph** · 15th December 2017, 07:57

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

If they weren't fucked before, the certainly would have been after,
He claims you have to take .020 thou off the head every season, kind of like mowing the lawns.
If anyone has a logical explanation as to how that works, I'm all ears.

Gives new meaning to "tuning to a standstill"...

**Kickaha** · 15th December 2017, 17:58

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

If they weren't fucked before, the certainly would have been after,
He claims you have to take .020 thou off the head every season, kind of like mowing the lawns.
If anyone has a logical explanation as to how that works, I'm all ears.

I don't even have a logical explanation a to how he can breath unaided with that little brain power

Apparently you also have to redo valve clearances after pretty much every meeting as well, despite the fact we can do 3 seasons with no problems on ours

**sidecar bob** · 15th December 2017, 18:14

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Apparently you also have to redo valve clearances after pretty much every meeting as well, despite the fact we can do 3 seasons with no problems on ours

To be fair, You can also do three seasons without wiping your wheels with a rag though.

**Grumph** · 15th December 2017, 18:23

Originally Posted by Kickaha

I don't even have a logical explanation a to how he can breath unaided with that little brain power

Apparently you also have to redo valve clearances after pretty much every meeting as well, despite the fact we can do 3 seasons with no problems on ours

I will say to that, that yamaha produced some kit valves which stretched badly....But you'd hope they'd all been used up by now.
But y'know, budget and general stubborness...

**Kickaha** · 15th December 2017, 19:10

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

To be fair, You can also do three seasons without wiping your wheels with a rag though.

I haven't ever gone more than one season without doing that

**Triplenut** · 19th December 2017, 17:54

Hi All,
just a quick heads up that we hope to be running classic/post classic sidecars at CAMS club days starting from the 20th Jan 2018 Ruapuna meeting.
We have 4 outfits in the club now with more being built, the intention is to run Pre63, Pre72, Pre82 and Pre89 machines.

If anyone has older outfits that aren't competitive with the modern stuff you are more than welcome , even if they don't fit into the above classes I am sure we can accommodate to help make up the numbers and encourage more people to get into sidecar racing.

There is currently a Pre89 legal machine for sale for $2K in CHCH if anyone is keen ?
Any questions PM me

Cheers
Dave