Changes to the F2 Sidecar TT Class.

[lovingit]

I know they have an amount a tray underneath but when we have to run a plate up the front and the back with absorbent material lining it . Surely if its deemed necessary for us to have why not solos

[steve-e]

Because they don't do a hole lap with a leak without falling off ?

[lovingit]

Because they don't do a hole lap with a leak without falling off ?

[steve-e]

hole being whole of course ( don't start )

[Jo Warriner]

They do as well Dean!

[powerhouse]

At the festival there were 3-4 big wheeler outfits under the old control tower. These outfits never had any undertray at all. They were lovely bikes. the old engines were lathered in oil absolutely coating them. When I asked the riders about the lack of any oil containment, the answer was they don't need one as they hardly have any oil in them.

[lovingit]

I was refering to ACU Handbook solo regs page 298 section 15.9 joe
Where as sidecar regs page 303 section 17.3/6 is a full page in comparison
doesnt say anything about fitting plate at the front like we have to and nothing about Oil absorbent material but i maybe reading the wrong thing or does the TT have different Regs ????.

[Jo Warriner]

Additional regs at the TT and different again at the Manx. No oil absorbent material is required for solos but they do have to have a reservoir designed to hold 50% of the engine's oil, which means building a dam inside the belly pan.

[lovingit]

Yes joe but we also have to have a wall finishing not less than 20mm under the exhaust ports and oil absorbent everywhere. Supposed to stop all the oil spilling out in the event of a rod saying hello.

[oldbelly]

Lorenzo tipped a belly pan full of oil in Germany last year when he braked at the end of the finish straight after rodding the factory Yamaha. So the solos have the same problem as us. However we as sidecar people must do our best to help the situation. It doesnt matter what the solo world do but I can see your point Dean.

[Jo Warriner]

Dean, I do understand the rule, honest! The only difference for solos is they are not required to line the tray with the oil absorbent material as it's potential to flap around is deemed to be more of a safety issue than not running with it.

[dick tapken]

totaly agree with you mike i also went into this and had all sort's of problem's,they will still have the head in the sand attitude ,best thing is go classic!!

[powerhouse]

would it not be an idea to wire in the kill switch through an oil pressure switch.that way if you have an oil pressure issue it will help the engine shut down sometime before most of the oil is to be pumped out, relying on even the best catchtray,absorbent material to stop it.

[oldbelly]

If you ran a standard oil presure switch that might work . However a lot of people , ourselves included run 20 or 30 psi pressure switches. This means the oil light can flicker on at times when racing. Would be a bit dodgy if the thing kept cutting out in a race.