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2 unusual facts about Sidecar


Motocross

Sidecar racing, known as Sidecarcross has been around since the 1950s but has declined in popularity ever since mid‑1980s.

Sidecarcross

Just as with road outfits, the handling of sidecars is very different from solos, as the driver cannot lean the outfit in the turns to counter the centripetal forces.


1949 Isle of Man TT

There would be five classes: 500 cc, 350 cc, 250 cc, 125 cc and 600 cc sidecar.

BSA Model E

A 1919 BSA Model E complete with matching sidecar featured in a car chase in the 1965 movie Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, where it was ridden by lead actor Stuart Whitman who played American cowboy Orvil Newton.

Dene Davies

Born in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Davies competed in sidecar racing with his brother in Australia, and then in scrambling, in which became a close friend of John Boulger, who later encouraged him to travel to England to try to establish himself as a speedway rider.

Dipash Chauhan

Dipash is a British born Indian, aka Dips/Indy he started racing Formula 2 sidecars, with Douglas Wright, son of sidecar racer Eddy Wright in 2005.

Dolly Buster

Her adult magazine OKM sponsored a few racers of Motorcycling World Championship, 250 GP rider Andreas Preining and Sidecar driver Klaus Klaffenböck.

Janoir

The Janoir was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 until 1922 by a motorcycle and sidecar company in Saint-Ouen.

Jock Taylor

John Robert Taylor was born in Pencaitland, East Lothian, and entered his first sidecar race at the age of 19, as the passenger to Kenny Andrews (1974).

Kenny Andrews

Andrews was born in Smethwick, Birmingham, and began his sidecar racing career in 1971 as a passenger to John Bottomly, riding a Triumph-engined Norton outfit.

Kevin Tostado

The film stars Barrett Crake, Myko Olivier, Nikki Leonti, Eric Roberts, Martin Kove, and Jon Gries; the lead production company is Sidecar Productions of San Diego, CA.

Photo Mechanic

Other keywording solutions typically cannot write keywords directly to the RAW file, but instead create a "sidecar" XMP file.

R75

BMW R75, a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination

Rojak

Traditionally, Tamil Muslim (Mamak) rojak vendors used modified sidecar motorcycles as preparation counters and to peddle their rojak.

Tim Reeves

In the 2008 Sidecar World Championship Reeves and Farrance placed second behind Pekka Päivärinta and Timo Karttiala (LCR-Suzuki GSX-R 1000).

Two-wheel drive

The first use of sidecar drive appears in 1928 with the apparent independent invention of Baughan in the UK, and Mokharov in the USSR.

Wasp Motorcycles

A Wasp/BSA motocross sidecar outfit ridden by former world motocross champion Dave Bickers was used in the 1979 World War II film Escape to Athena, disguised to look like a German military BMW R75.

Watching

Quiet biker Malcolm, who lived with his domineering mother (played by Patsy Byrne - Nursie from Blackadder), was accompanied on his birdwatching trips by loud scouser Brenda, who was forced to ride in the sidecar of his Norton motorbike.


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