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Talking to a freind of mine last night who is a learner on a 125.I told him that as a 17yr old{ahem many moons ago}that i past my test on a 400 with a sidewinder fitted to it.
for anyone who does,nt know of these...a sidewinder is a small plastic base around 2ft square that bolts onto the left hand side of the bike with a wheel about 1ft in height.Having 1 of these then enabled a learner rider of 17+yrs to ride any cc of bike whilst still having around 90% of lean angle.The main thing 2 remember was to allow for it when overtaking or parking up,also if you hit a divet in the road it would flick up and bounce at the side of the bike{not really affecting control as its on a hinge to allow leaning angles}.So while all my mates were pottering about i was hitting the dizzy heights of 3 figures. Now i think i may have created a monster,as he wants 2 know if the law still allows this? Personnally i think that with todays high powered machines that the law has probably changed ie,17/21=33bhp does anybody have information on this? ![]() |
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Ahhh yes, I remember them well, PB ran a story of a learner on a tuned GSXR1100 !!!!!
I am pretty sure they were excluded from the sidecar law - probably the best thing IMHO. Funny but downright dangerous. |
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i had an old Z1000 when i was 17 and that had a sidewinder on it i ripped it off on a parked car they was dangerous
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What an idea! I'd love sidewinders on my bike
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now that would be
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![]() ![]() They were a clever way to get around the draconian 125cc law. G2D, I suppost you could fit your sidewinder on the sidewinder. |
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Do they actually add stability/help stop people crashing, or was it just so it counts as a trike/sidecar?
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ahhh...that picture brings back some memories,happy days.
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They were fitted using a hinge mechanism thay kept the free wheel parallel with the bike, it was very light, so could bounce about. I never rode with one, but there were lots about at the time. Just got you round the law I think.
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