The road rocket racing sidecar project

[bsa-bill]

Curious - do the spokes stretch or the rims deform.
Yes I can see a lot of G dumped on wheels on corners

[Topdad]

"and no it wasnt crashed, sidecars are just hard on rolling chassis parts "

Yep ,that's more than  true, I completely demolished a sidecar wheel drifting the outfit through a sharp righthander heading into Kendal ,the 2 in the sidecar were not amused ,they were hanging over a 50 ft drop only hawthorn bushes stopped us    !!For my "sin" I was sent back home by bus for another  wheel. Obviously not in the same league as RR's damage but shows how much energy is produced, Bob.

[muskrat]

I wouldn't like to be on it in another 10 laps. Could have been catastrophic.
Cheers

[nimrod650]

olivers mount sidecars remember watching fritz sznideger? world champion bmw leading in timed practice for grid positions a tripod and camera mounted on front of the sidecar making a film for castrol oil steering with his left hand and winding the camera with his other hand  in a class of his own with right hand chair

[Rocket Racer]

Sheds a mess and the hubs away being reinvented, so working on the two road bike projects as only the trusty single is going.
Hope to have the road rocket aka Bender out at the Barry Sheene over Labour weekend (late Oct)
 

[Kickaha]

Hope to have the road rocket aka Bender out at the Barry Sheene over Labour weekend (late Oct)

See you there, my accomodation and holidays are already booked

[Rocket Racer]

I'll be sleeping in my luxury 7x5 bike trailer, it just fits a camp bed and saves  putting up a tent. No spare money for booked accommodation I have bsa's to maintain   
do need to renew my licence and club membership though. I'd like to do Taupo but may not have a front wheel and subject to a number of complicating factors, so jury's out on that...

[Kickaha]

I'll be sleeping in my luxury 7x5 bike trailer

I'll be sleeping in my double bed in the hotel, shout me a coke and you can sleep in our pit garage 

[Butch (cb)]

I was just trying to work out what October related to here in the Northern hemisphere. Doh.

Still, looks like we have the first entry for pics in the ugly guys with bikes category. Nice one.

[RichardL]

I was just trying to work out what October related to here in the Northern hemisphere.

Uhhh. October. 

[Rocket Racer]

The pictures with the ugly dudes were taken in October at a Labour Weekend meeting at Hampton Downs some years back.
I suspect my looks haven't further improved.
October in NZ is spring, in the north typically unsettled and mild, so can be wet and windy or hot enough to make race leathers unpleasant.
The pics were to show off my luxury accommodation, I've slept in the covered pits before but they leak badly when its raining, while my trailers reasonably watertight.

[Rocket Racer]

bwah hah hah  , have managed to buy an SC gearbox. Just need to go through it carefully and then of course swap it out with the STD box. Then all I need is a front wheel and we should be good for the spring.
 First thing that I did when it arrived was count all the ratio's and magic has all the right stuff inside.

[Rocket Racer]

http://www.shoraibatteriesinternational.com/gallery/

spot the BSA A10...
New front hub currently in the works to replace the one pictured that collapsed and also currently rebushing the layshaft and sleeve gear in the SC gearbox, so its nice and fresh.

[WozzA]

  Hi Tim aka RR... just wondering why the pic shows number #242 when bikes race number is # 306 ? 

[Rocket Racer]

Hi Tim aka RR... just wondering why the pic shows number #242 when bikes race number is # 306 ? 

They are apparently going to correct that... It does mean you found the A10 in the gallery though