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SUMISWALD 2008
"YEAR OF THE BIG RACE"
EVERY TWO YEARS THE DEADRIDERS OF SUMISWALD SWITZERLAND PUT OUT THE WELCOME MAT TO THE BIKERS OF THE WORLD.
THIS IS A BIG PARTY 30,000 GUESTS IN A BIG VALLEY EMMENTAL WITH BIG BIKES
USUALLY FIRST TO ARRIVE ARE THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICANS
THESE PEOPLE CAME ON THE 6 PASSENGER BUS
SIDECAR WILLY MUST HAVE BEEN IN HEAVEN
FOR THE RAT ENTHUSIST
EVER CREATIVE ALEX ROTH HAD FIGURED OUT HOW TO TRANSFORM HIS UNIMOTORCYCLE INTO A PULLER
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CERTAINLY HELPS A PULLER
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"THE BIG RACE"
THE EUROPEAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF UNIMOTORCYCLE DRAG RACING
THE G-7 TEAM WERE METAL WHEELED TO THE MAX
ARNDT WEERTS - TEAM FREISENFIGHTER - GERMANY
FATHER OF UNIMOTORCYCLE RACING IN GERMANY
BLACK PIG - TEAM WILD HOGS - ESTONIA
SIDECAR WILLY SAYS THAT HIS FAVORITE TEAM THIS YEAR WAS THE WILD HOGS FROM ESTONIA. THESE GUYS TRAVELED 2500 KM FOR 3 DAYS TO COMPETE AND REMARKABLY CAME IN 6TH PLACE THEIR FIRST TIME IN COMPETITION WITH AN ET OF 2.94sec.
"GREAT EFFORT"
HURT 1 - TEAM HERACLES = BELGIUM
LATKA - TEAM ROGUES - HOLLAND
DAS BULLET - TEAM ROAD REBELS - GERMANY
ERIC ROTH - TEAM HESSISCHE KAMPFSAU - GERMANY
BASE BIKE - BOMBAY THUNDER TEAM - SWITZERLAND
ANDRE STREIT NICOLAS PACCAUD
FOUNDING FATHERS OF UNIMOTORCYCLE RACING IN SWITZERLAND
STEVEN LANSSENS - TEAM VAGABONDS - BELGIUM
BMW TOURING UNIMOTORCYCLE? TEAM - STAHLPAKT - GERMANY
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"FIRE"
THERE WERE TWO "BEAST'S" ON THE BARBY THIS YEAR
HAVING A BLAST
YOU TOUCHED
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"TOP TEN UNDER 3.00sec"
LUKAS WUTHRICH - TEAM DEAD RIDERS - SWITZERLAND - ET 2.99sc
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HENRY BODEWALD - TEAM ROLLING WHEELS - GERMANY - ET 2.95sec
ACE BLOEMHOFF - TEAM BOEGE OF BARSTE - HOLLAND - ET-2.94sec
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ELAR KENDARU - TEAM WILD HOGS - ESTONIA - ET 2.94sec
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ARNDT WEERTS - TEAM FRIESENFIGHTER - GERMANY - ET 2.78sec
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WILLI VOGEL - TEAM MOHAWK - SWITZERLAND - ET 2.69sec
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ULRICH MEISTER - TEAM G-7 - SWITZERLAND - ET 2.69sec
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ALEX ROTH - TEAM HESSISCHE KAMPFSAU - GERMANY - ET 2.69sec
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HEIKO OTTINGER - TEAM HESSISCHE KAMPFSAU - GERMANY - BEST ET 2.64sec
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36 COMPETITORS BUT ONLY ONE WINNER
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"EEEYAA"
WINNER - ROGER (POGO) MARX - TEAM G7 - SWITZERLAND - ET 2.61sec
WORLD CLASS MOTOGRAPHER HORST ROSLER & POGO
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ALEX ROTH HANSUELI EGGIMANN SIDECAR WILLY
THE A.N.U.S. ADJUDICATOR THIS YEAR WAS SIDECAR WILLY
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"FYI"
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"WHEEL"
INTERVIEW WITH SIDECAR WILLY
T N There has been talk lately of banning the metal wheel on some tracks what are your feelings on that?
SCW I guess it all depends on the promoters defination of the word WHEEL just off the top of my head I can think of four---
1- A circular object mounted on a shaft around which it can turn, fixed under vehicles to enable them to move.
2 - To engage in the advancement of one's own interests, especially in a canny, aggressive, or unscrupulous way
3 - A chiefly medieval instrument of torture designed for mutilating a victim. (as by stretching or disjointing)
4 - Something (as a round flat cheese) resembling a wheel in shape.
(Would it be possible to ride a motorized wheel of cheese 100ft ?)
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Assuming we are talking about a unimotorcycle wheel the TEN COMMANDMENTS were designed to not place restrictions on creativity or inguinity in the design or construction of the "BEAST". The 3rd & 4th commandments refer only to a Stock POWERPLANT over 5yrs old nowhere does it say motorcycle engine. Powerplant output Horsepower is not restricted. The option of steering and brakes is left up to the designer by the 8th commandment. Likewise the only restriction effecting the design of the wheel would be the width which is limited to 4ft by the 5th commandment. Diameter is not restricted. The AMERICAN NATIONAL UNIMOTORCYCLISTS SOCIETY will never place restrictions on creativity and all WHEELS will be welcome on A.N.U.S. sanctioned tracks as the Pilots continue their quest to be the WORLDS FASTEST MAN ON ONE WHEEL.
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EXAMPLES OF A.N.U.S. SANCTIONED WHEELS
OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE THE CHAINSAW POWERED BEER KEG
"KEEP THE WHEEL ROLLING"
