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K5 with sidecar?
turtle22:
i just have to say,that looks like a whole new kind of crazy :-o how much funny that must be!!!!!!!!!!! do u pilot or ride in the sidecar? how does the converation go when asking someone to ride in the sidecar? "hey,u know what would be fun? if u hung off the side of my bike as i haul butt around this track" :lol: do u have videos on youtube?
Thorina:
--- Quote from: turtle22 on February 24, 2009, 08:35:07 AM ---i just have to say,that looks like a whole new kind of crazy :-o how much funny that must be!!!!!!!!!!! do u pilot or ride in the sidecar? how does the converation go when asking someone to ride in the sidecar? "hey,u know what would be fun? if u hung off the side of my bike as i haul butt around this track" :lol: do u have videos on youtube?
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It is a LOT of fun. It is the only TRUE team motorsport.
As far as getting new riders....it's generally best to wait for someone to say those magic words....."I always wanted to try that!"
For every 10 you take for a ride....maybe 1 will take a second ride.
Yes, there is footage on Youtube. I am at home with slow dial up....when I get to the shop with that new fangled nifty DSL, I'll hunt up some footage for you...or simply search "sidecar".
I am a passenger. AKA Monkey....though it's almost like the N word to call a passenger in Europe a monkey. It is excepted American slang, for the most part.
Anyway, I love it. Think it's the coolest sport on the planet. I am basically a novice level solobike rider....so it lets me get to speeds I simply cannot, will not do by myself.
...but....admittedly...it takes a *special* sorta personality. I wouldn't say crazy. Until you do it, you don't really understand that though you don't actually have the throttle in your hand....you are in more control of the rig as a passenger then the guy that does have the throttle.
Guys, in particular, have an issue seemingly giving up "control"....until they realize how much control they actually have.
Without the passenger....the rig won't turn....not only will it not turn....but it can flip. The passenger is not just "along for the ride".
Keep asking questions....I'll talk about sidecars all day! :mrgreen:
KX500freak:
thorina ,maybe i have something for you to watch
its sumosidecar racing in holland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2QRcLPROc
turtle22:
i just got to say"WHAT THE F*UK IS WRONG WITH U GUY"? with sidecars and sumo my head is spinning. 8-) d**n someone must have forgot to tell all of u,"hey those are DIRTBIKES" never in my life would i have thoght to do have the stuff ive seen on this forum if i had not seen it here. u all are CRAZY(and i like it) that video of the Mike dude on the sumo,going from street to dirt burms, back to street(in a wheelie) and the way those guys are climbing all over the bikes w/the side cars. wayout. we have some flat track racing(dirt oval,bikes with one big gear,no brakes) and ive seen them run sidecars(once) but thats the closes we get
KX500freak:
hell yeah !! wicked vid aint,it :-D
its sick ,man do i love sumosidecars..
a belgian buddy of me is gonna build one ,
from an excisting eml kx500 combo
he ,ll prolly put his project here too p
we agreed ill be his ridingmate ,
bit sad i,m 200 miles away
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