darkside front

[Alex B]

The bits were made by LBS (Ad Donkers is a really nice guy). The rig was assembled by Claude Stanley (whom is a great guy!)

There is a build thread here: First LBS Boxer in the U.S.? - ADVrider

But if you're not a member (and you should be), here is another picture:

just out of curiosity what does the sidecar and front end kit end up costing?
I am looking to do a sidecar rig ...and would be very interested with that type of setup.

 

[bruce aussie]

[QUOTE="veemax, post: 218854, and rippin through the turns now is........... well....... a different experience all together i would bet. hang on shes starting to list!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
That depends on the rider. Got a mate who used to road race sidecars in the 80's. Built a nealer for the road with GSX1100 engine fat car tyres on all 3 corners. On a mountain road he could keep up with the best of my mates on big. jap sports bikes. If he was in front He could get away from us.

 

[cusso ken]

[QUOTE="veemax, post: 218854, and rippin through the turns now is........... well....... a different experience all together i would bet. hang on shes starting to list!!!!!!

That depends on the rider. Got a mate who used to road race sidecars in the 80's. Built a nealer for the road with GSX1100 engine fat car tyres on all 3 corners. On a mountain road he could keep up with the best of my mates on big. jap sports bikes. If he was in front He could get away from us.[/QUOTE]

The Nealers were an under rated unit in Racing, I have seen them racing at Bathurst and they could really move ,actually I dragged out my dog eared edition of the Lap records of Mount panorama race circuit, and the Lap record for Super bikes stands at 2.18.48 held by Mike Dowson on a FZR1000 the Lap record for Sidecars (nealers) is 2.30.28 held G Brigs on a LCR Krauser, considering the extra weight, passenger and wind resistance pretty close I say.

 

[TOMCAT]

I used to love watching the kneelers racing out at Lakeside .. remember watching one blow it's engine and the riders dismount. Removed their lids and they both looked to be 70 or 80 years old .. blew me away, I was in my late 20's or early 30's back then. Thought they were so cool still racing at that age. Still do now that I think of it.

 

[bruce aussie]

I new I spelt kneeler wrong it just didn't look right. Thank you for not pointing out my spelling error T.C.

 

[cusso ken]

I new I spelt kneeler wrong it just didn't look right. Thank you for not pointing out my spelling error T.C.

TC is right but,I knew them as outfits for some reason but "knee"ler makes more sense, I saw Bob Levy and the Chesterfield wedge at Bathurst in the mid 70s and its wedge shape was the first .Bob used to race Vincent powered "outfits on the speed way prior to road racing ,the Vincent"s were mostly unbeatable on the dirt and sounded fantastic, open pipes in those days, imagine what he could have done with a Rocket Engine in an outfit on the dirt .

 

[cr0ft]

So it's... you know... a lopsided three-wheeled car now?

 

[bruce aussie]

I used to love watching the kneelers racing out at Lakeside .. remember watching one blow it's engine and the riders dismount. Removed their lids and they both looked to be 70 or 80 years old .. blew me away, I was in my late 20's or early 30's back then. Thought they were so cool still racing at that age. Still do now that I think of it.

Remember watching Payney race his TZ powered kneeler at Bathurst in the early 80's and thinking how well he went for an old bloke. When I stop and think about it he was probably about the age I am now. Your 70 or 80 year olds were probably only 56. Makes me wonder how old Young Mitch thinks we look.