KB Two Wheel for Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix

[Blakamin]

That sounds like a pisser!!!! wish I could be there.... please dont let this idea fall over. i watched last years on TV and it was brilliant!

[Riff Raff]

I reckon Kickaha's idea of a sidecar would be wicked, although they specify 1 driver and 4 pit crew.
I presume that 1 rider, 1 swinger and 3 pit crew would recieve a "Error! Does not compute!" response from the organisers.

How about putting a blow up doll in the sidecar? (suitably attired of course since its a family event).

[Kickaha]

How about putting a blow up doll in the sidecar? (suitably attired of course since its a family event).

Or if you want to reinforce peoples negative stereotypes about motorcyclists you could make it a blow up sheep!

[Two Smoker]

hhmmmmm, me crazy???nah mate, i think MR is your man, he did jump his Cortina...... But what the hell, it will just add more "character" too my leathers....

Count me in

[Mr Skid]

Why bother building one--we could just "borrow" a bucket sidecar and dress it up Mind you guys --the thing is you dont win just by being the fastest--That would be too easy.
Its in 3 catagories ya have to win.
Fastest
Best presented trolly
Best show by the "pit crew"
A lot of the fast trolleys lost traction on the sharp right hand turn and spun out --So Im thinking tyre warmers turned up max to make the tyres super sticky.
I imagined a 4 wheeled "leaner" -- basicly 2 bicycles joined together with the rider in the middle -the dress it up with fairings and stuff.
-Um yep Im a sick puppy

Fastest - yup, a KB team will surely win this. The rider will pass the other trolley on the outside of a blind corner, fall off and slide through the exit on their arse.

Best presented - Sounds like this might be difficult, considering the amount of gaff holding together certain KB bikes.

Best show by the pit crew - I don't think a KB pit crew would be that showy sober. But if they were drunk and given a banana, they might entertain the croud for a brief few moments.

[Kwaka-Kid]

Hahaha! sounds like a great idea!

when me and my old man saw it on the TV the other night we thought and chatted over some ideas too, you know i reckon it shouldnt be all THAT hard to do well in? should it? i was thinking a low level 2inch off the ground plank, some big diameter wheels (off MTB) with strips of rubber for tyres just about - or highly pumped up skinneys, and just an old lever type steering coloumn with hotrod wheel like i had on mine years ago, cept i only had motormower wheels and they sucked for rough chip road.

then hit the corners as fast as u can using classic apex lines yeah? -spread the wheelbase as wide as they let you so that she wont tip onto 2 wheels, which should be near impossible anyways as ideally the mass of rider etc should be below the axel of both sets of wheels.

But anyway im real real real keen on helping out on the whole idea! have a bit in the way of materials, and reckon with minds like milkys we could get some serious tech shit going!

[Coldkiwi]

my workmates (a bunch of engineers) thrashed this idea for a while a few months back and its definitely a great deal of fun - so long as the team actually agrees on what the concept is because there's so many ways to get down the hill you need to pick one and then just go with it.

[ajturbo]

i entered it last time, we built a stealth bomber, on wheels, painted it matt black, ..we had the same time as the winners!! but we came 7th over all (out of 90!!!) had soooooo much fun, were going to make a humby this time , but have moved, and the others have lost hart also.. family life eh?

[FROSTY:Me]

It looked to me that the main problem was lack of traction on some of the faster karts.
I think the driver needs to be able to move around easily to load up the wheels propperly -otherwise its gonna be spin city

[ajturbo]

It looked to me that the main problem was lack of traction on some of the faster karts.
I think the driver needs to be able to move around easily to load up the wheels propperly -otherwise its gonna be spin city

yes some of the carts had huge amounts of money spent on them, we had wheels from the dump, $20 tyres (60 psi) had a slite toe in (on perpose of cause!) we didn't come first i think it was 7th fasted time (same as the winners) but we finished ! the last corner was the killer .. a tight left hander, (try riding down it next time your at the musem! ) that took out all the fast ones, the wheels buckeled, they lost traction on their skinny wheels hahahaha

[Motoracer]

If TS isn't able to attend the event or ride the KB 2 wheeled contraption because of other commitments or anything, can you pretty please please put me down as the next contender????? :confused2 (that's please with a cherry on top )

I won't let KB down, I promis!! I am always up for showing the 4 wheelers how it's done on 2 wheels!

[marty]

Or if you want to reinforce peoples negative stereotypes about motorcyclists you could make it a blow up sheep!

and where, pray tell, kickaha-san, would one find a blow up sheep?

[Motoracer]

...the 4 wheelers how it's done on 2 wheels!

Errrr, so it's 3 wheels. Should have read the whole thread first. I am still keen to be the next in-line as the driver.

[marty]

speaking of red bull......(caution dail up - 22meg)....if you like it fast and close, there's no OSH in budapest

http://home.scarlet.be/~mirhaus/airrace.wmv

[Motoracer]

and where, pray tell, kickaha-san, would one find a blow up sheep?

Someone is bound to have a sheep fetish. I'd say, your local sex toy shop.