Sidecar Insanity

[Allred]

A little slow getting started, so jump to 2min 50secs if you want to get to the race start.

Some excellent footage of just how crazy sidecar crews are.

Appropriately, Brit Dave Molyneux's outfit is a right-hand drive, which means that they have to go into right handers with the throttle closed, and left handers under acceleration. You can see plenty of evidence of this in the footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcUGdEf524

[motogrady]

Holy crap.  

[oldironnow]

oh... I needed that this weekend.
It  fits my 'too much coffee in my blood' moment.

And, I've been turning over sidecar design in my head for the last month, too.

So many thoughts and dreams.

Thank you

[Allred]

oldironnow wrote

oh... I needed that this weekend.
It  fits my 'too much coffee in my blood' moment.

And, I've been turning over sidecar design in my head for the last month, too.

So many thoughts and dreams.

Thank you

OldIron, You may enjoy this brief overview of outfit design.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2AJxdhRKE


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[Fatfatboy]

I really need to not watch things like this while on dialysis. Really jacks the blood pressure machine up.

You got any under water basket weaving videos to share?

[Allred]

Fatfatboy wrote

I really need to not watch things like this while on dialysis. Really jacks the blood pressure machine up.

You got any under water basket weaving videos to share?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFayNRoFb9E

No subaqueous weaving hints, but here's an above-terrain sample.

This basket weaving lark isn't as easy as it first appears..........first you have to cut a tree down! Then labor cutting strips, soaking them, drying them, shaping them, and then hours and hours of fiddly stuff, it's enough to make someone a basket case!

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[oldironnow]

Allred wrote

oldironnow wrote

oh... I needed that this weekend.
It  fits my 'too much coffee in my blood' moment.

And, I've been turning over sidecar design in my head for the last month, too.

So many thoughts and dreams.

Thank you

OldIron, You may enjoy this brief overview of outfit design.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2AJxdhRKE

Thank you! More fuel for the fire. I didn't know about F2.


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[Allred]

More sidecar racing, this time some short-circuit racing from Oulton Park from last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00UJqaDZ-Is

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