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    Quote Originally Posted by scrivy View Post
    Were you braking in a straight line, or whilst steering from the left side of the track to the corners apex?
    I've already been thinking about that, about 90% sure I was braking in a straight line as it doesn't turn in under brakes very well at all, in hindsight I probably shouldn't have got off the brake and we would have just spun and Will might have shouted beer
    "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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    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
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    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    I've already been thinking about that, about 90% sure I was braking in a straight line as it doesn't turn in under brakes very well at all, in hindsight I probably shouldn't have got off the brake and we would have just spun and Will might have shouted beer
    I saw it first hand. It looked like the back locked up & it started to go sideways, the rear went left, opposite lock was applied & the brakes released immediately to prevent it spinning around it then veered left due to the opposite lock & the side wheel came up, the pilot, in an attempt to sucessfully prevent a roll over then turned right & locked everything up as hard as he could, the black lines prove that. I don't know what it felt like to you Warwick, apart from a trouser full of shit, but that's certainly how I interpreted what I saw.

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    "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."


    Quote Originally Posted by scracha View Post
    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
    Quote Originally Posted by Warren Zevon
    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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    As cool as sidecars ever got!

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    I just made an offer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    I just made an offer.
    Let me guess, 5 grand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Let me guess, 5 grand?
    Its old, its not worth anywhere near that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    Its old, its not worth anywhere near that.
    I'd probably swap it for the Matchy...that makes it worth 30k...at least

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    Quote Originally Posted by swarfie View Post
    I'd probably swap it for the Matchy...that makes it worth 30k...at least
    To be honest Nev, I'd rather have the sidecar than this, what do you make of the price though?

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Velocette-...item1e94e629b4

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    Quote Originally Posted by swarfie View Post
    I'd probably swap it for the Matchy...that makes it worth 30k...at least
    You cant count all the methanol $ you've spent in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    You cant count all the methanol $ you've spent in it.
    Gotta recoup 26 years worth somehow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    To be honest Nev, I'd rather have the sidecar than this, what do you make of the price though?

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Velocette-...item1e94e629b4
    The price is absurd. There are a few in NZ. A genuine one with good history changed hands in Southland recently for a lot less than that I'm told. I'd have the sidecar too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    The price is absurd. There are a few in NZ. A genuine one with good history changed hands in Southland recently for a lot less than that I'm told. I'd have the sidecar too.
    Yeah, it was a green dodkin Thruxton from the same guy I asked you about in the pm the other day, I was close to ending up with it but found velocette people (except nev of course) to be a bit too weird about irrelevant stuff.
    I did my homework on that one & have some good paperwork on it. Velo people still managed to make me very uncomfortable about its authenticity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    To be honest Nev, I'd rather have the sidecar than this, what do you make of the price though?

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Velocette-...item1e94e629b4
    Yeah that's a bit over the top IMO. A mint late model (1970) one sold at Webbs Auction 18 months ago for 46k NZ and by the time the buyers premium and GST was added the new owner would have shelled out 53k for it. Bloody ridiculous....but I'm not complaining...makes mine all the more worthwhile owning. I know of nine Thruxtons in NZ but none get used as much as mine and they are a cool thing IMHO and go surprisingly well

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    Quote Originally Posted by swarfie View Post
    Yeah that's a bit over the top IMO. A mint late model (1970) one sold at Webbs Auction 18 months ago for 46k NZ and by the time the buyers premium and GST was added the new owner would have shelled out 53k for it. Bloody ridiculous....but I'm not complaining...makes mine all the more worthwhile owning. Not many get used as much as mine though and they are a cool thing IMHO
    I see Velos don't have owners, they have keepers For fucks sake
    Oh, and you rounded me up on the gravel two up on yours. What I was riding is irrelevant though.

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