TT Tech - Sidecar outfits explained

How do you build a sidecar capable of taking on the demands of the Isle of Man TT course? We headed into the TT paddock to find out...

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[SharonD]

There’s just hardly any tv coverage for sidecars, I love them and scrambler sidecars. 👌👌👌

[andythompson]

Always loved watching the sidecars racing at Mallory Park when we could go there. Thanks for you insight!

[tyronnes]

My favourite out of all the TT races. Amazing

[joshuarosen]

I remember the very first time I saw sidecar racing at Oliver's Mount in Scarborough some time in the mid to late 70s. Barry Sheene was racing at the same meeting and he was the main reason we went, but it was the sidecars that amazed me the most. Every time I see a sidecar race I am astonished that passengers aren't falling out left, right and centre.  I suppose it's a bit like the first time a friend took me climbing. I never knew I could grip that hard until I looked down to see how far from the ground I was. It's probably like that at 180MPH.

I also love the irony of the word "passenger". That sounds like my wife sitting next to me comfortably while I do all the driving. It's not really like that on a sidecar.

Props to everyone involved in sidecar racing.

[fabzrustrider]

Amazing the information explained, is on point. Thank you for another great video that will bring knowledge that was not known by normal riders 👍🏾

[stephenthorpe]

Great commentary on Sidecar outfits love em not shown much on TT awesome to see live at the course love watching them from the Creg to Hilberry fantastic sight and sound makes my TT week

[nicoletrans]

Fratelli incredibili molto bello e vederli correre e un emozione grintosi bravi un saluto dal Italia. Ciao

[CATech]

F1, subtract aero, safety restraints and 1 wheel then, add an unseated passenger and point in unsafe direction before firing....absolutely beautiful

[Ze-Germanzuk]

Why do they put 600cc engines in instead of 1000cc?

Or are there different categories?

[kermitthefrog]

Thank you very much for that it is appreciated

[asdf]

While it will never happen, I'd like to see a sidecar category which features a platform bolted directly onto a bike, as was the case before the current "one-piece" chassis took over. Actually, when was the last time that a bike plus separate platform competed either at the IOM or in a FIM World Championship Grand Prix?

[charlesaguilar]

Why put the shifting on the right and the braking on the left? I would prefer it the opposite and be more comfortable shifting like the way I used to race bikes!

[alanscott]

Thought suspension travel is a minimum of 20 mm, either way you end up rather bruised by the end of a TT race

[bjj]

I've had a design for a bike and it basically looks like these. Without the extra wheel and side. Why not get sport bikes that low???

[Docv]

What I don't understand, is why they use an angled Steering Head (giving a Rake Angle), when they don't use Tele Forks.

[BlueBeetle]

No wonder they work on their own machines I don't think I would trust anyone else to repair something I'm hanging off the back of like that at those speeds

[virabhadra]

The sidecar today is a just 3/4 of the whole car.