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sidecarkeith
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: yorkshire uk
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Docmike
Think you've found the answer
Trouble is you've also killed the topic |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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sorry _________________ Mike Currin
93 BMW K1100RS / EML Speed 2000
89 Honda GB 500 (6,700 miles, all original except tires)
67 Triumph 650 chopper
92 Suzuki GS500 (eldest son) |
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Ralph
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 603 Location: Lexington, Ky
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Way to go Mile,Screw it up for everybody _________________ "So Soon Old & So Late Smart" |
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sidebike
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 167 Location: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia
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sidebike
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 167 Location: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: Rallye racing in France Video |
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Rallye racing in France is done with street legal motorcycles and sidecars and has played a major roll in the development of High Performance Sidecars. In the Scratch Class the sidecars go up against all the solo bikes for the best time.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3355w9WOYJA
Results of the Scratch Class (all class combined)
There are 3 sidecars in the top 10
1 GOUZOT Richard Top-sport KawasakiZX-9 R
2 HERGOTT/THIBAULT Side-car Choda1300Hayabusa
3 AYRTON Nicholas Top-sport Yamaha 1000 R1
4 DAVID Thierry Top-sport Yamaha 1000 R1
5 MARLIN/TROUSSARD Side-car Choda ZX-12 R
6 BOMPUIS Sebastien Mono VOR 530
7 DELEURME Daniel Mono Husqvarna 610
8 TROUSSARD Marc Mono Vertemati
9 DAMOIS/DAMOIS Side-car DJ Sport 1000
10 PARRET Florent Top-sport Yamaha 1000 R1
11 BEAUSSE Thierry Top-sport Yamaha 600 R6
12 DEMARIA Eric Mono Honda 650 XR
13 DELAVAL Manoël Top-sport Kawasaki Tomcat
14 LEGER Pascal Top-sport Honda 750 VFR
15 BORIS Jérôme Top-sport Yamaha 1000 R1
http://hometown.aol.com/HPSidecars/index.html |
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sidecarkeith
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: yorkshire uk
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: |
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Doc,
Tradition over here is if you kill a thread, then you have to start another one. |
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Dar
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Ballston Spa, NY
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Roger's reference to the rallye racing gives a clue to the true definition of a high performance sidecar - it's not a list of what hardware a rig should or should not have, but THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL.
Lists of hardware common to today's high performance sidecar rigs: CHS, wide car tires, advanced suspensions, etc , can show us today's state of the art, but, as noted previously, tomorrow's state of the art may be something we have not even thought of yet.
My hat's off to those of you who have actually helped dream and build today's high performance rigs, and are still dreaming and building tomorrow's higher performing machines. |
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swaybar2002
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 380 Location: Central Pa.
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Good job Mike..an official definition finally. Consider this:
Magazine reporter:
"Wanted to do an article on sidecars . What is the one you have called?"
Mike:
"If is a High Performance Sidecar, most just call them HPS rigs."
Reporter:
"Sure looks neat. What defines a HPS rig apart from the other sidecars around?"
Mike:
" HPS rigs are like pronography... kinda hard to define but you know what it is when you see it".
Reporter:
" Thanks" _________________ Claude Stanley
Founder: Internet Sidecar Owners Klub
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT/
2007
I.S.O.K Sidecar RON-DEE-VOO III ..
First full weekend in August!! Thursday through Sunday!!
Weikert, Pa ..more details coming |
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swaybar2002
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 380 Location: Central Pa.
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: |
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sidecarkeith wrote: | Swaybar, where's Central PA
There's a city near you who's team play in my sidecar colours, because were fans |
Keith,
Uh..'central Pennsylvania' is near the center of the state of Pennsylvania.
That team's city is about three or so hours west and a little south of us.
Claude, from greater downtown Penns Creek.
NOTE: Population is pretty steady here as when one girl gets preganant one guy usually leaves town. _________________ Claude Stanley
Founder: Internet Sidecar Owners Klub
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT/
2007
I.S.O.K Sidecar RON-DEE-VOO III ..
First full weekend in August!! Thursday through Sunday!!
Weikert, Pa ..more details coming |
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sidecarkeith
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: yorkshire uk
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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Swaybar |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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We could always go with the Harley saying about why they ride HD's "If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand." _________________ Mike Currin
93 BMW K1100RS / EML Speed 2000
89 Honda GB 500 (6,700 miles, all original except tires)
67 Triumph 650 chopper
92 Suzuki GS500 (eldest son) |
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swaybar2002
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 380 Location: Central Pa.
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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docmike wrote: | We could always go with the Harley saying about why they ride HD's "If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand." |
Or:
It is a sidecar and it performs highly?
This may bring a smirk from the pimply faced squid on the Gixer with the $700 helmet but after he gets dusted off in the twisties by the old guy on the sidecar rig doing a three wheel drift on the ouside of the turn with smoke boiling off his rear tire as he waves goodbye his smile will fade a little. _________________ Claude Stanley
Founder: Internet Sidecar Owners Klub
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT/
2007
I.S.O.K Sidecar RON-DEE-VOO III ..
First full weekend in August!! Thursday through Sunday!!
Weikert, Pa ..more details coming |
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sidecarkeith
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: yorkshire uk
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Swaybar,
Yeah it's just I've visited a few places in the State, and wondered if I been near you. |
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swaybar2002
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 380 Location: Central Pa.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:26 am Post subject: |
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sidecarkeith wrote: | Swaybar,
Yeah it's just I've visited a few places in the State, and wondered if I been near you. |
We live between Middleburg and Penns Creek, Pa. in the woods about a mile off the hardroad. Shop is in Penns Creek right behind the store that has the only gas pumps in town. Pretty smal town on route 104 about 50 miles north of Harrisburg. Most people when coing into town will say:
"This IS a nice town WASN'T it?"
Visit anytime .....
Claude, who wonders why all cars don't have the gas cap on the same side. _________________ Claude Stanley
Founder: Internet Sidecar Owners Klub
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT/
2007
I.S.O.K Sidecar RON-DEE-VOO III ..
First full weekend in August!! Thursday through Sunday!!
Weikert, Pa ..more details coming |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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