Sidecar Racing

[Fast Eddie]

Why? To make it even heavier? It is a race bike at the end if the day and all those grams add up.

hahaha... thats like telling a fat person to order a diet coke with his 17 big macs, 3 large fries, 15 cheeseburgers and a strawberry sundae..

theres very little weight saving efforts on the agip bike, a couple of grams is worth it for sweet looking lines.

so where do I get em?

[Fast Eddie]

I took these piccies during the great wet race in 79

looks like they are sailing on a lake.

also looks like some front exit provisions there for the swinger?

[nodrog:Me]

hahaha... thats like telling a fat person to order a diet coke with his 17 big macs, 3 large fries, 15 cheeseburgers and a strawberry sundae..

theres very little weight saving efforts on the agip bike, a couple of grams is worth it for sweet looking lines.

so where do I get em?

If yoi are going for gayness instead of performance, superchimp or repco should have a braided hose wrap kit for 1/100th the price of geniune braided hose and fittings. Well they did back in the days of fitting highrise shocks to the rear of your mark 1 escort so you could roll on 13x10 chevoit hotwires with eagers.

If you want to know how much braided line costs, ask bucket boy how much it cost just to do the fuel line in his bucket, just from the carbs to the firewall. He could have probably brought an agip sidecar...

[Fast Eddie]

If yoi are going for gayness instead of performance, superchimp or repco should have a braided hose wrap kit for 1/100th the price of geniune braided hose and fittings. Well they did back in the days of fitting highrise shocks to the rear of your mark 1 escort so you could roll on 13x10 chevoit hotwires with eagers.

If you want to know how much braided line costs, ask bucket boy how much it cost just to do the fuel line in his bucket, just from the carbs to the firewall. He could have probably brought an agip sidecar...

I never owned an escort.. I rolled in a 2 tonne mercedes with about 42 subwoofers in the boot
as for the line found some. (I come on here to kill time more than actually get answers.. google is much quicker than you lot) its pretty dear but not that bad, about 20-30 buck a foot prob only need 2 feet from tank to carbs.

[nodrog:Me]

I never owned an escort.. I rolled in a 2 tonne mercedes with about 42 subwoofers in the boot
as for the line found some. (I come on here to kill time more than actually get answers.. google is much quicker than you lot) its pretty dear but not that bad, about 20-30 buck a foot prob only need 2 feet from tank to carbs.

Bloody kids these days. For uber gayness you are going to need the anodised fittings as well, a hose clip just wont cut it.

[swarfie]

Bloody kids these days. For uber gayness you are going to need the anodised fittings as well, a hose clip just wont cut it.

Then it'll REALLY look shite ...IMO those red n blue fittings look utter crap!!!

[Fast Eddie]

Bloody kids these days. For uber gayness you are going to need the anodised fittings as well, a hose clip just wont cut it.

Well ahead of you, deciding what color is the hard part..

I also take back the comment on google being better than the KB whanau - I am still in need of this seal:



one on the right in both pics - we tried the New Holland and Massey Ferg idea but no joy with them.. tried every bearing/seal shop I know of and was listed in ChCh.

Will PM a couple of you who had ideas earlier on.. but anyone else who has an idea sing out

Final Question - the bearing that these seals cover is a fully sealed bearing anyway.. so are these dust seals even that crucial? I was just refitting them since I had the whole rear end apart anyway and figure might as well replace everything while I'm here.

[Fast Eddie]

...IMO those red n blue fittings look utter crap!!!

yea the appearance of our police force really is going down hill..

[swarfie]

Well ahead of you, deciding what color is the hard part..

I also take back the comment on google being better than the KB whanau - I am still in need of this seal:



one on the right in both pics - we tried the New Holland and Massey Ferg idea but no joy with them.. tried every bearing/seal shop I know of and was listed in ChCh.

Will PM a couple of you who had ideas earlier on.. but anyone else who has an idea sing out

Final Question - the bearing that these seals cover is a fully sealed bearing anyway.. so are these dust seals even that crucial? I was just refitting them since I had the whole rear end apart anyway and figure might as well replace everything while I'm here.

Go without them if you've already got sealed bearings....save some weight...hahahahah

[Fast Eddie]

Go without them if you've already got sealed bearings..

sweet! yea just one big f*off sealed bearing for the rear. its biiiig

..save some weight...hahahahah

oh har har, Nev



I'll have you know that we have a super light weight race fairing for the agip bike, unpainted.. That will have us dicing for the lead for sure..

[Weaver]

Final Question - the bearing that these seals cover is a fully sealed bearing anyway.. so are these dust seals even that crucial? I was just refitting them since I had the whole rear end apart anyway and figure might as well replace everything while I'm here.

If you are certain it's a sealed bearing then run it with out the seal. Just Keep an eye on the bearings. You could get the housing remachined to take a more commonly sized seal too.

[nodrog:Me]

Then it'll REALLY look shite ...IMO those red n blue fittings look utter crap!!!

Yep, thats why my little brain injured friend gets them stripped and reanodised black.

[sidecar bob]

Then it'll REALLY look shite ...IMO those red n blue fittings look utter crap!!!

What do you know about mechanical presentation anyway??

[sidecar bob]

Peter Campbell late malboro series, Wanganui's Dicky Goodwin swung for him that year from memory. Was hoping to talk to Peter about coming over for the Cemetery circuit this year, but as things have changed guess I won't

Last year myself & a couple of others spent a bloody fortune of our own money making sidecars a success for Cemetary Circiut, for less than thanks. The organisers didnt know that, so not a worry there.
This year I look forward to hearing what they are going to do for me for the cost of my entry fee.
Im suffering from a bit of charity fatigue, so if its nothing, thats ok & if thats the case then I can see me camped near a quiet river with the wife & kids, drinking a bit of piss & cooling off on boxing day.

[Fast Eddie]

hehe, can't he just buy black ones to start with gordy?

yea colored ones are fantastic, the agip bike actually already has red fake ones on the fuel lines and tank.. lovely.

Hopefully you can just buy stainless/silver fittings for fuel. The brake lines are just braided with silver/plain fittings.

Can pinch the oil lines off the spare motor for starters...