Sidecar riders?

**Lee Rusty** · 29th August 2003, 12:03

Apart from myself and Motu are there any sidecar riders lurking here.

Sidecar riders love their bit on the side.

**Motu** · 29th August 2003, 18:03

I haven't got an outfit at the moment Lee,but it's on my list at the moment.There are a couple at Mt Eden M/C,but not what I want - the wheels are too small for the gravel roads I ride.

You know about the VW/Ural we have both owned - I also had the first JB child adult ...put it on my featherbed Norton

Have you seen Ian Cottrells racing BSA outfit - that was my first sidecar - street use!!!! It's been changed since I had it,it's now a full kneeler - but it was one hell of a sidecar to learn on.

**Kiwi** · 29th August 2003, 19:44

yep

**Lee Rusty** · 29th August 2003, 20:43

Hey thats a nice looking outfit - right hung so I guess you brought it into NZ - I have just checked out your website as well - got to say I had not heard of your business until now, looks like you have some interesting items.

**Kiwi** · 29th August 2003, 22:16

Thanks mate

Have a look at AMPS - there is an Aprilia RSV R on display I put some stuff on

See ya

Kiwi

**bikerboy** · 30th August 2003, 10:41

You'll soon be able to see Kiwi's handy work on my bike!

**Simon Haszard** · 10th March 2004, 17:19

Heh I know it's old but i'm new to the scene and just saw it. Yep i'm into sidecars, but only of the racing variety

Motu did that outfit belong to Bernie at one stage? I'm a lil confused!

Anyway heres the outfit Lyndsay and I ride.
'62 650cc Triumph.

**laRIKin** · 10th March 2004, 18:41

I use to race sidecars, about 13 years ago.
But when we got down to only 2 chairs, in Christchurch (Use to have 6),
and later that year my swinger and I, were made redundant, we had to stop.
He got married, so was saving for a house, so that was the end for him.

I have been asked to race chairs again, and said that I would.
IF and only IF there was 5 other chairs to race with.
There is 4 chairs down here that I know of, but they are owned by two people. And they don't race at a normal meeting, that I know of. They only
race, I think in the north island.
I did swing for one rig, at a meeting down here, so they must run now and
again, as a demo?

Pity I really liked racing chairs.

Is Mo still kicking around?

**Kickaha** · 10th March 2004, 19:59

Originally Posted by lemans

There is 4 chairs down here that I know of, but they are owned by two people. And they don't race at a normal meeting, that I know of. They only
race, I think in the north island.
I did swing for one rig, at a meeting down here, so they must run now and
again, as a demo?

The only crews to race in the North Island lately was Me and Phil Garret three years ago and I think Bill and Paul the year before at National rounds.

For the past three years we have had up to 7 and normally 5-6 on the Grid both at Ruapuna and Levels,and run both King of Ruapuna,King of Canterbury and King of Levels championships,and also the national rounds so you can't have been to many meetings in that time,although this last season was particulary bad for breakdowns etc.

Currently there are three outfits owned by Colin Hooper,Three by Bill Newton(one for sale),one by Phil Garret(also for sale as he builds a new one) and one by Peter and Gary Macefield(about to get a R1 transplant) and I have a chassis arriving this month which me and another guy will be building up to run as well and the more we get the more people get interested.

Wouldn't mind trying a road going outfit,I remeber Lee's from the Rakuria Sunset Rally!

**laRIKin** · 10th March 2004, 21:01

Last time I was at the track, and talked to the sidecar boys (CH.CH)
Colin Hooper (use to live over the back fence) had two.
And the Newtons had two.
So now that I think about it, I haven't been to Ruapuna for awhile, shit time flys.

It's good to hear that sidecar's are taking off again.

**Motu** · 10th March 2004, 21:06

Originally Posted by Simon Haszard

Motu did that outfit belong to Bernie at one stage? I'm a lil confused!

Was Bernie a mate of Ian's back then? if so,then yes I sold it to him.He used to come around every few months and I would take him for a thrash around Titirangi streets - he was kinda hooked bad and offered me a price I couldn't refuse.Ian cotterel had a kneeler Triumph at that stage and we wanted to race them at the Classics,but they wouldn't let us - oh,we don't have a class for side cars!

I found it on a farm in Hunua,$175,made for an A10,but of course they were all blown up by that stage,so I fitted that 72 A65 into it,tossed the exhaust tube race chair and made a box section one.It had a bread box Trident tank and a bikini fairing, 16in wheels with sidecar racing rubber - it was my first side car....no point in starting at the bottom eh?

**Simon Haszard** · 11th March 2004, 03:28

Not sure about the modern's, as I'm part of the NZCMRR - but the classics are seeing upwards of 15 outfits of late. Some have been coming in from Aussie and the Etheridges have made a couple of trips out from the UK as well (for the Feb meetings anyway).

I'll have to look back and find out what Ian and Dave are racing these days... Is a bigger oufit now I think! But that is one helluva machine I know

John and Audrey Anderson are the current fastest out there (mum and dad in law), on a 850 commando rig John built.

I think even Manfield saw 9 units, and we're trying to get to a stage where we have at least 10 or more for every championship meeting in the Nth Island for the register.

Seems to be on the increase, moderns included, as there were definitely a few out there for Paeroa as well.

LB · 11th March 2004, 05:08

Does anyone remember back in the late-ish '70's when Bill Buckley (now of BSL fame) chucked a jerry-built chair on his Vincent to race in classic sidecars? The rumour at the time (well, that I heard anyway, though I was of course still at kindy....) was that the Classic register wouldn't let him race it as a solo cos he was a bit scruffy and different from the rest of them. So he thumbed his nose at them and raced it as an outfit. I always liked him, and I was chuffed to see what he'd done with the BSL (I'd lost touch for years with what he was up to till the BSL was released).