Sidecars

. Filed under: MotoSport

Sidecar racing, known as Sidecarcross has been around since the 1950s but has declined in popularity recently. This variant is common in Europe, with a few followers in USA, New Zealand and Australia. The premier competition, the Sidecarcross World Championship, is contested on European tracks only and almost exclusevly by Europeans.

Motocross sidecars are purpose built frames that resemble an ordinary motocross-cycle with a flat platform to stand on attached to either side and a handlebar at waist height to hold on to. The side of the “chair” (slang for the platform) usually follows the side of the road the nation in question drives upon, but not always. The passenger balances the bike by being a counterweight, especially in corners and on jumps. It is driven on ordinary crosstracks.

It is very physically demanding, especially for the passenger. This is reflected in most in the Swedish term for passenger – “burkslav”, roughly translated as trunk/body/barrel-slave. This name comes from the early sidecars where the platform looked like a real road-sidecar and not today’s platform.

The major frame builders today are VMC, BSU, AYR, EML and Woodenleg. Ordinary engines can be used, but size matters and two engines purpose built for sidecars exist, Zabel (Germany) and MTH (Austria) are most common. Four-strokes are getting more common, usually KTM (Austria).

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Guide for young athletes’ parents

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Parents of all young athletes sometimes find it hard to resist the urge to push their child to perform at the highest possible level—sometimes well beyond the child’s actual experience and ability.  Many a young baseball player has given up the sport because intense pressure to perform from parents took the fun out of the game.  Motocross parents can sometimes have the same effect on young riders.  If too much emphasis is placed on “beating the other kid” and “winning” young riders often lose the joy of motocross.  The old “Second place is just the first loser” adage can have devastating effects on a child’s ability to learn, enjoy and grow in the sport as well as diminishing the parent-child relationship that is one of the most attractive aspects of our sport. Placing too much emphasis on the performance of young motocrossers carries unique risks not present in most team sports.  Pushing a young rider to “go jump that double!” can have disastrous results. As a racer’s parent we should to:

1.  not force unreasonable expectations on my child by demanding that he or she attempt certain obstacles that the child is obviously not comfortable with.

2.  not put unreasonable pressure on my child due to his/her failure to produce the results I feel are acceptable.

3.  follow all track rules while participating at motocross events such as practice or racing.  (Rules pertaining to alcohol, language, fighting, etc)

4.  maintain a positive attitude towards my child’s racing experience.

5.  respect the judgments made by track officials.

6.  comply with the suggestions in the section “Rider Safety Equipment.”

7.  insure that all members of my family follow pit safety rules, including wearing a helmet at all times while on pit bikes and maintaining slow safe speeds in congested pit areas.

8.  not run carelessly out on the track and endanger myself and others when by child is  in involved in a crash.

9.  leave the medical treatment of my child to the emergency medical professionals on the scene and will follow their directions.

10.  refrain from removing my child’s helmet or moving my child when the possibility of a head or neck injury exists.

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