VMX QUIZ

[Stan S]

Who was the 1982 and 83 world MX Sidecar Champion rider and who is his more famous cousin?

[number8]

Who was the 1982 and 83 world MX Sidecar Champion rider and who is his more famous cousin?

I'll go "Bowl Holder"


#8

[EML]

Did he only win twice-I thought he was better then that!
And I have seen some very large crowds at modern sidecar GPs, especially in Latvia and Estonia.
I reckon it's also Hollands biggest moto sport but I could be wrong.
How much horsepower does a Jumbo have and what did they weigh.Common Wally-- get the scales out   

[vmx42]

Who was the 1982 and 83 world MX Sidecar Champion rider and who is his more famous cousin?

That wasn't 'Hertz Van Rental' and his brother 'Avis' was it? 

[Evil Rudy]

Dear, dear, sweating mother of Jesus... we've been hi-jacked by the third wheel.

I'd rather be one eyed than have someone standing next to me on an MX track while we're moving! Isn't MX by definition a sport of two wheels?

I am willing to admit to racing three wheelers in the 80s - during the winter, but that just made me the dumb one. When two people try and race on the same three wheeler does that make them retarded or a quorum?

I’m willing to try anything – twice even, but someone has to be dumber than me to be the monkey, cause I don’t let anyone drive me (at least since prison).

Man love,
Rudy

[TooFastTim]

Isn't MX by definition a sport of two wheels?

Not at all. The FIMs consignment of the sports three wheeled variants is an historical crime IMO. Until the early sixties sidecars were a huge part of motorcycling. A young fellow started his apprenticeship, bought a cheap and cheerful motorcycle on hock (a James or Francis Barnett for example), finished his apprenticeship and bought a bigger motorcycle so he and his "lady" could have transport. Marriage followed and so did kids and a sidecar was attached. This was the way of things. The Morris Mini ended this and the motorcycle combination became a quaint anachronistic oddity. As an American you wouldn't have been exposed to this, the US's boom economy in the fifties neatly sidestepped this stage. When motorcycling boomed again in the early '80's it was as a luxury not a means of transport and the sidecar combination wasn't invited to the party.

Make no mistakes sidecars are part of the sport and, IMO, should be accorded more respect than most afford them. Grand Prix sidecar racing has always been an absolute spectacle with the cameraderie between the teams evident.

You could argue that MX sidecars are the only discipline, VMX excluded, still riding "real" MX.

[number8]

Make no mistakes sidecars are part of the sport and, IMO, should be accorded more respect than most afford them. Grand Prix sidecar racing has always been an absolute spectacle with the cameraderie between the teams evident.

You could argue that MX sidecars are the only discipline, VMX excluded, still riding "real" MX.
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The mid 70's to early 80's I saw some of the best racing you would ever see in Sidecar racing in Australia with the top riders and passengers putting on tremendous racing with up to 30+ Sidecars on the line and they do deserve there place in VMX racing now,

#8

[Evil Rudy]

IMO is like "with respect", absolute horse hockey. You might as well say "You have no f#cking idea what you're saying and it doesn't matter if I'm right, IMO I must be".

Sometimes you guys suck the life out of trying to take the piss... too serious. What's happening to Australia.

Walt - the only swinger I knew of was John Holmes - look where it got him.

Rudy

[Tim754]

Look at my avatar Rudy I have the  wings. Tim754

[Evil Rudy]

OK, if I'm sober enough to walk at the next CD I will actually try, but Wally, if you kill me I will come back and f@ck with you from beyond the grave. Seriously.

Are we 5 x 9?

Love,
Rudy

[Evil Rudy]

Oh Walter,

Do we get to wear matching outfits? Just like twins eh?

I'm thinking Yellow.

ER

[Evil Rudy]

uh un Walt, you and me brother, that's the only way I ride. Trust in the set up, trust in the spec. You know what I mean.

Trust me, its probably better I'm stumbling.

Whats with the foreign language. We speak stra'n now homes.

Yours in dampening,
Rudy

[Stan S]

Who was the 1982 and 83 world MX Sidecar Champion rider and who is his more famous cousin?

#8 and Wasp your quite right as to the rider but isn't his more famous cousin actually you WASP?

[TooFastTim]

IMO is like "with respect", absolute horse hockey. You might as well say "You have no f#cking idea what you're saying and it doesn't matter if I'm right, IMO I must be".

I was just trying to keep my posting uncontroversial. Anyway as a New Yorker you'd have no understanding of tact or diplomacy. 

[Evil Rudy]

I'm glad we sorted that out Timmy.