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Thread: FOR SALE - Drew and Alan's sidecar build

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrivy View Post
    You had a 250 superkart????
    How did it carry your weight????
    Carried it well enough for 2NZ (fuck I get a lot of seconds no Scrivy not that kind of seconds,) and fast enough to go 10 sec a lap faster than you've ever gone around Ruapuna

    I may have been about 10kg lighter at the time , it was a pretty good time back then, sometimes I raced Karts, Buckets and Sidecars at the same meetings
    "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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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    fast enough to go 10 sec a lap faster than you've ever gone around Ruapuna
    Not bad when all the other karts were going 20 seconds a lap faster......


    I may have been about 60kg lighter at the time , it was a pretty good time back then, sometimes I raced Karts, Buckets and Sidecars at the same meetings
    Only 60 kgs????
    You raced sidecars??? I thought you just did parade laps......
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    Well, an eventful and successful day today.

    Took the chair up to our secret test location for some better testing and open her up a bit.

    First impressions of carrying some pace... Holy SHIT does this thing boogie! Crickey but I do like these hyper bike motors! Turns pretty well, it's stable and predictable.

    We ran it with no fairing so it would have been a bit light in the front, but it's hard to get the thing to keep turning right out of a turn, when you wanna get the throttle open hard. Leanne's chair was the same, but I don't recall having the problem on the Windle. Ride height is a touch high at the front, so once that's sussed I hope it improves things. Softer front end will help too.

    Great result all things considered, and plenty of helpful info for us to improve things and be more ready come race day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    , but it's hard to get the thing to keep turning right out of a turn, when you wanna get the throttle open hard.
    Toss it in harder and get your swinger further forward, you should be able to light up the back and steer it on the throttle
    "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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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    Toss it in harder and get your swinger further forward, you should be able to light up the back and steer it on the throttle
    That works for the slower turns, but when we're carrying a bit more speed through a turn and coming onto a straight it's a bit harder.

    I know it's one of the challenges of riding a chair, I just thought someone might know of some tricks.

    Al is also used to a much larger deck area. He was saying that on the small test track it was all he could do to hang on in places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    That works for the slower turns, but when we're carrying a bit more speed through a turn and coming onto a straight it's a bit harder.
    I know it's one of the challenges of riding a chair, I just thought someone might know of some tricks.
    Thats exactly why I have to square the corners off on my pig. It simply wont turn under acceleration. You either have to quickly shut off the throttle for a millisecond, and it helps bring the rear around, and enables you to turn the front, or, you have to try more throttle - good luck getting that one right.......
    If ya look at my on board footage from HD at the BSTT, you'll see it's turned hard to the right, but it's going straight to the outside of the corner.....

    Oh yeah, when I raced without a fairing, it made no noticeable difference to the down force.

    How far forward was Al around rights?
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    Pretty much half way up my back. He can't stay that far forward under full throttle though, thing goes pretty well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    He can't stay that far forward under full throttle though.
    Not even if he's giving you a reach around?


    edit: actually now I think about it there's probably nothing for him to hold onto
    "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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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    Not even if he's giving you a reach around?
    Hand hold is too small.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Hand hold is too small.
    Jody doesn't seem to mind !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deano View Post
    Jody doesn't seem to mind !
    BUT........... does she know any better???
    Is it still beastiality if ya fuck a frozen chicken??

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    I made a new rear brake lever today. Twelve mill alloy plate with a couple of bearings to run on. The old one was all kinds of shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Weaver View Post
    I made a new rear brake lever today. Twelve mill alloy plate with a couple of bearings to run on. The old one was all kinds of shit.
    Can ya take a pic of the right hand side so we can see the whole brake system in one shot?
    Is it still beastiality if ya fuck a frozen chicken??

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    I'll take one once the new lever is mounted up. It'll probably be mounted up higher and further forward of the current. Drew hardly has dancers legs.
    While you sit there liking things just cos' everyone else does, I'll be standing up here keeping it real.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Weaver View Post
    I made a new rear brake lever today. Twelve mill alloy plate with a couple of bearings to run on. The old one was all kinds of shit.
    That looks great bro. Your tig welding skills are better than the dude who did the head stock.

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