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looks like a windle,with gsxr 1100 wp motor

I may be wrong but i think that Markus Bosinger ran something similar in the late 90,s that he could sit in rather than kneel on because of injuries sustained

DOH ,just spotted where the gear lever is

pic of Rolf Bilands "sitter" for gary, oops, sorry off topic

ianw wrote:pic of Rolf Bilands "sitter" for gary, oops, sorry off topic

This was the way forward.
A comfortable way to be in an outfit.
It would have brought the car scene into the sport and IMHO by now there would have been good grids .
At a combined car /bike meeting at Knockhill the car guys loved the sidecars .
The governing bodies need a shake up and start to think to the future.

What do you think Ianw

I can't comment on the way forward, my ideas are too radical, I'm told

off topic, start a new thread

really?

Do you feel a debate comming on steve?

I fully agree !! not that this is the way forward, but “ It would have brought the car scene into the sport ” ...... because that’s exactly what it is, like all wobbly wheeled long outfits, .. a car !! certainly not a sidecar ! thank you Mr Biland .....NOT .........sorry, did somebody say “debate” !!

Definition of a sidecar-
"A one wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle producing a 3 wheeled vehicle"
Outfits stopped being motorbike & sidecars in the late 60's when people stopped attaching sidecars to them. When the frame was one piece they then became 3 Wheeler's.
Think wal is trying to wind mike up

You can still have one if you want to race in the IGM Ian

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They are superb steve, & the merlin outfits that were posted in another thread.
Bit like it must have been in the 50's & 60's ( bit before my time ) when some competitors rode the outfits to the circuits , strapped number plates to the bikes & went out & raced them.
Below is a pic of my late father in law passengering instead of riding with Dick Bleese on the same outfit they would road race, grass track & sand race with the Wirral 100

That passengering is a bit extreme just to get through the paddock

The grass tracking skills came in handy when you needed to overtake
That was at Rhydymoan ( spelt wrong) I think the track was that narrow all the way round, circuit was just outside Saint Asaph. Russ Hackman another famous sidecar racer from Wirral & a mate of the father in laws raced there.