ianw wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, the wheels are 10" & are the same as were fitted to the 4 front wheel steered F1 Tyrell racing car, more innovation for Rolf Biland borrowed from Ken Tyrell
Oh and... is #17 sidecar on left that of Aussie Pete Campbell
ray thomas had same setup at aintree around 2000 when i was on with dave burrows the idiot and hit him on the start when he stalled but thats not rays fault burrows jumped the lights and bust my shoulder and made good job of rays bike
graham0763 wrote:ray thomas had same setup at aintree around 2000 when i was on with dave burrows the idiot and hit him on the start when he stalled but thats not rays fault burrows jumped the lights and bust my shoulder and made good job of rays bike
i remember said bike at oulton park around that time
it had SRT on the fairing if i recall
Maybe a dispensation for those drivers who cannot kneel any more, this would allow them to continue to race in a sport they enjoy.Last year in Czech Republic I spotted an outfit which had been built to suit its driver who had a pin down the length of his leg, so he knelt in the left tray and his right leg went forward to his brake pedal,so was a half kneeler-sitter. I have a pic which i will try to find.
When the B2B sidecar championship was held in the late 70s, the TT was getting 80-90 entries, even Scarborough was holding 3 heats with some 50 entries in the programme so perhaps there was never a better time for a class split. Look at the numbers now. Around 20 for each of British F1 and F2, a dozen at Oliver's Mount, 45ish at the TT, 15-20 in Superside, less than that in Germany, France, Holland. If there had never been a sidecar championship before and you were starting one now, you'd have one class only with strict rules re technical innovations to encourage entries and keep costs down. Asking people on here what they'd do and the replies would vary according to when/what they raced and how good they were! Ask the bloke in the street and I think he'd say not many look like sidecars anymore.
