The Fingertight Racing Sidecar Project

**Henk** · 20th August 2013, 20:47

Pumba, in fairness to your swinger I'd say you are liable for at least half the beers, if you hadn't been too disorganised or tight to have put a battery in it he wouldn't have bought on an asthma attack pushing that big lump of heavy down the track and might have been able to stay on regardless of how rough and erratic you were with the driving

**Drew** · 20th August 2013, 20:56

Originally Posted by Henk

Pumba, in fairness to your swinger I'd say you are liable for at least half the beers, if you hadn't been too disorganised or tight to have put a battery in it he wouldn't have bought on an asthma attack pushing that big lump of heavy down the track and might have been able to stay on regardless of how rough and erratic you were with the driving

A common mistake. It is always the swingers fault!

It was Alan's fault we rolled at Taupo, just as it is Pumba's swinger fault there was no battery.

**Kickaha** · 20th August 2013, 20:57

Originally Posted by Henk

Pumba, in fairness to your swinger

No such thing as being fair to the swinger, they're just ballast, nothing more

**wildman** · 20th August 2013, 20:59

Originally Posted by Henk

Pumba, in fairness to your swinger I'd say you are liable for at least half the beers, if you hadn't been too disorganised or tight to have put a battery in it he wouldn't have bought on an asthma attack pushing that big lump of heavy down the track and might have been able to stay on regardless of how rough and erratic you were with the driving

HAHAHA Pick on Pumba time, well at least he makes it to the track on race day

**mr bucketracer** · 20th August 2013, 21:03

Originally Posted by trevf

Pumba- The sidecar that you have was built by myself about 15 years ago. I raced it and my son was my swinger.We raced at Ohakea and palmerston kart track mostly.At some meetings we would have 10-15 chairs-bloody good fun.Good to see someone still having fun with it.
Trevor Ferguson
Wanganui

oh it was your one! bad memory

**Pumba** · 20th August 2013, 21:03

Well Trev you certainly built a solid rig, and you should be proud that if us still going strong. What were you originally running? And how did it preform back in the day out of curiosity?

Originally Posted by Henk

, if you hadn't been too disorganised or tight to have put a battery in

Guilty on both counts.

I mean it is all the swingers fault.

**Gazzza** · 20th August 2013, 21:55

Hope this link works, first race Mt Welly this weekend...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Ij8...ature=youtu.be

Sorry about the spill Andrew, still we have to push it hard to keep Henk and Rick in sight.

**Henk** · 20th August 2013, 22:13

Since I have been shown the error of my ways in trying to shift some of the blame to Pumba I must apologise. I'm probably partly to blame since I was swinging on another rig.

**Henk** · 20th August 2013, 22:24

Great video, no wonder Andrew had a stiff neck on Monday.

**wildman** · 20th August 2013, 23:44

Originally Posted by mr bucketracer

i did give them a rule book and they said there within bucket speck , just no where to race them . the kart club turned them down. they just need a engine with gears. feel like selling my one seen it sits here doing nothing

Haha no you can't sell it we need you out racing with us, unless you want to sell it to me [ i like tf motors]

**mr bucketracer** · 21st August 2013, 07:52

Originally Posted by Pumba

Well Trev you certainly built a solid rig, and you should be proud that if us still going strong. What were you originally running? And how did it preform back in the day out of curiosity?

Guilty on both counts.

I mean it is all the swingers fault.

i know it was a honda 125 , and it went well . tony and jills 125 4 stroke was the fastist ,if that bike was tracked down it would be a wepon to someone

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**koba** · 21st August 2013, 22:15

Originally Posted by mr bucketracer

i know it was a honda 125 , and it went well . tony and jills 125 4 stroke was the fastist ,if that bike was tracked down it would be a wepon to someone

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Did it have Tony ??? Plumbing? maybe, no perhaps Electrical, or maybe construction, or something on it?

**Pumba** · 23rd February 2014, 16:55

Hmmm been a while since I have updated this thread.

I have been doing a bit of prep work in the lead up to the GP. As we all sat round discussing at Tamuranui it appeared that there may have been a little movement in my front end.

So today I dropped the front wheel out and had a quick look at the steering head.

And another for those that missed it the first time

I will do a bit more of an update later once the kids are in bed.