I'm a motorcyclist of over half a century riding, and I love motoGP. including the Isle of Man TT. But the sidecar dudes are a breed apart. Would I have raced sidecar as a passenger in my younger days. Nope...
You know that friend from school. The one who was always a little bit crazy. You weren’t sure if they were on drugs or just had a death wish… Side car racer.
I had a friend in school, Chris Founds that raced side cars in the Isle of Man TT races, the Founds team still race today. Fecking nutters the lot of em.
Remember, Mat and Chels, the category Scott is talking about in the video is "only" F2 (600cc bike engines) and it's already nuts. Now imagine the F1 category, where the outfits have 1000cc superbike engines!
@@MatandChelsReact That's the lowdown from a Car boy who never been or will go near the The Island now try Tubes of You for ...CRAZY ON BOARD SIDECAR SOUTHERN 100 ISLE OF MAN ....not the TT but still the Isle of Man
@@MatandChelsReact There is some racing in the US, it's known as side-hack racing over there. Jay Leno has a series on some platform called Jay Leno's Garage, lots of episodes on RUclips, One episode he had two different class of sidecars in his garage along with the drivers, then they took him to a track and he had a go at passengering. When I raced in the late 70s mini sidecars weren't a thing,so it was straight onto full size outfits. Back then the outfits were different, the passenger used to hang out in front of the sidecar wheel, (front exit0 as opposed to these rear exit models with the passenger behind the wheel. We also used to do a "dead start", a push start with dead engines, jump on, drop the clutch and hope the engine fired.
I'm a motorcyclist of over half a century riding, and I love motoGP. including the Isle of Man TT. But the sidecar dudes are a breed apart. Would I have raced sidecar as a passenger in my younger days. Nope...
You know that friend from school. The one who was always a little bit crazy. You weren’t sure if they were on drugs or just had a death wish…
Side car racer.
Riders position is something else as well . On your knees feet back beside the rear rim .
I had a friend in school, Chris Founds that raced side cars in the Isle of Man TT races, the Founds team still race today. Fecking nutters the lot of em.
Do more of these types of videos please!!! Loving the content!
Remember, Mat and Chels, the category Scott is talking about in the video is "only" F2 (600cc bike engines) and it's already nuts. Now imagine the F1 category, where the outfits have 1000cc superbike engines!
More like pod racing from Star Wars than bobsleighs 😁
You dont just sit there and get comfortable..... Thats an understatement if i ever heard one.... 🤣🤣🤣👍
Something not mentioned in this vid is that a lot of sidecar outfits are raced by siblings or husband & wife riders too!
Thanks for the fun fact!
@@MatandChelsReact That's the lowdown from a Car boy who never been or will go near the The Island now try Tubes of You for ...CRAZY ON BOARD SIDECAR SOUTHERN 100 ISLE OF MAN ....not the TT but still the Isle of Man
You guys should check out the Speedway GP
It's insane even to play the Isle of Man TT race game with VR
There’s a VR game?! That’s sounds fun!
Have you guys seen moto x with sidecars?
Nope!
the passenger is called a monkey
How many sidecar motorbikes You Mat or Chels seen on USA ??
We've seen several but nothing like this. The last sidecar we saw was used for their dog. 😆
@@MatandChelsReact There is some racing in the US, it's known as side-hack racing over there. Jay Leno has a series on some platform called Jay Leno's Garage, lots of episodes on RUclips, One episode he had two different class of sidecars in his garage along with the drivers, then they took him to a track and he had a go at passengering. When I raced in the late 70s mini sidecars weren't a thing,so it was straight onto full size outfits. Back then the outfits were different, the passenger used to hang out in front of the sidecar wheel, (front exit0 as opposed to these rear exit models with the passenger behind the wheel. We also used to do a "dead start", a push start with dead engines, jump on, drop the clutch and hope the engine fired.
why do they wear headphones? They ignore nearly EVERY explainaning.
We never have the headphones on… Don’t tell anyone. 🤫
Dang. 🤘😯👍
One hundred and 52 miles per hour love it❤😂