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Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:17 pm
by steve-e
Notice I put passenger first in the title ? :D
This one's simple.. but I expect quite a few drivers have also passengered..

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:01 am
by Alan Richardson
Both.

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:56 am
by Bob B
Both :D Perhaps a goodly number of drivers who have also passengered because that was a relatively easy and inexpensive way into racing. Having said that though when I started back in the good old days (?) a passenger commonly paid half of all expenses including spares, repairs, tyres, etc etc.

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:03 am
by oldbelly
Passengered for 8 years then started paying for my racing. :lol:

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:02 pm
by little pierre
Both ;) started racing solo's then switched to passengering!

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:37 pm
by WILSON RACING
Ive raced solos (briefty), driven chairs and passengered :D

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:51 pm
by Bennyboy
Both! :-)

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:12 pm
by little chud
done both. Passengered 5 stone ago when I was young. done it a couple of times since I started again in my mid 30s and I am officialy too fat and slow :lol:

jc :D

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:26 pm
by Eurocup
both.
Question: would you race as a passenger with ourself driving?
I would.
I think because my passengertime i understand the one left of me much better, even in the pub.
Eckart

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:22 am
by THE FLUTE
Done all three Raced solo,s for a few years Done some passengering and then had a little drive at the fesival last year. :D :D :D Loved all of them.

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:30 am
by Bob B
Have ridden several solos on test days at Brands and Snet many years ago. one was a Honda CR110 50cc over thye counter racer, terrific little machine, didn't have to use the brakes, just pop your head above the bubble! Mind you the old Norwich Straight did not half seem long, instead of a rev couunter it should have been fitted with an alarm clock :lol: Another was a 500 Goldie, a real bike that needed riding properly. Probably the best was a Manx with a Bonnie lump, quick, precise and a joy to ride.

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:26 pm
by Fitz
Both, albeit the driving was limited to one meeting and I managed to break my passenger too when I (I say I, he should have been holding on) slung him into the weeds at Jurby. Both myself and the bike were fine :D

Re: Passenger, Driver or both?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:05 pm
by ChrisWells
Eurocup wrote:
Question: would you race as a passenger with ourself driving?
I've done all 3. I wouldn't have an issue passengering myself except for the fact that I'm too clumsy, uncoordinated, fat and inflexible to keep up at race speeds. Why do you think I became a driver? ;)
Chris