Our family friend Uli is an engineer for Siemens by day and Sidecar Motorcycle Racer by weekend. We were lucky enough to be around the weekend of an exhibition of classic motorcycles, in the town of Schotten, that included Sidecar Motorcycles.
This is Uli’s 850cc sidecar motorcycle. He is a grease monkey and works on it in his garage and workshop. He even had us transport a 7 lb. piece of metal from the US that he will use for a part in the engine.
Uli is the driver and races along with his passenger Germar. They work together leaning the bike to maneuver it around turns and to keep their speed.
There was also a charity event portion that we could buy tickets to ride on the Sidecar. The first picture is Megan holding on for dear life, the second is me holding on for dear life, as Uli drove us around the course at speeds up to 160km/hr. We were pretty sore from holding on, and it was raining pretty hard, so we got soaked. It was well worth it though.
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