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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
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Endurance Racing
Endurance racing is a category
of motorcycle road racing
which is meant to test the
durability of equipment and
endurance of the riders. Teams
of multiple riders attempt to
cover a large distance in a
single event. Teams are given
the ability to change riders
during the race. Endurance
races can be run either to
cover a set distance in laps as
quickly as possible, or to cover
as much distance as possible
over a preset amount of time.
Reliability of the motorcycles
used for endurance racing is
paramount.
Sidecar Racing
Sidecar racing is a category
of sidecar motorcycle racing.
Older sidecar road racers
generally
resembled
solo
motorcycles with a platform
attached; modern racing side-
cars are purpose built low and
long vehicles. Sidecarcross
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resembles MX motorcycles
with a high platform attached.
In sidecar racing a rider and
a passenger work together to
make the machine perform
optimally; the way in which the
passenger shifts their weight
across the sidecar is crucial
to its performance around
corners.
Sidecar racing has many
sub-categories including:
• Sidecarcross
(sidecar motocross)
• Sidecar trials
• F1/F2 road racing
• Historic (classic) road racing
Motocross
Motocross (or MX) is the
direct equivalent of road
racing, but off-road, a number
of bikes racing on a closed
circuit. Motocross circuits
are constructed on a variety
of non-tarmac surfaces such
as dirt, sand, mud, grass,
etc., and tend to incorporate
elevation
changes
either
natural or artificial. Advances
in motorcycle technology,
especially suspension, have
led to the predominance of
circuits with added “jumps” on
which bikes can get airborne.
Motocross
has
another
noticeable difference from
road racing, in that starts are
done en masse, with the riders
alongside each other. Up to 40
riders race into the first corner,
and sometimes there is a
separate award for the first
rider through. The winner is
the first rider across the finish
line, generally after a given
amount of time or laps or a
combination.
Motocross has a plethora of
classes based upon machine
displacement (ranging from
50cc 2-stroke youth machines
up to 250cc two-stroke and
450cc four-stroke), age of
competitor,
ability
of
competitor, sidecars, quads/
ATVs, and machine age
(classic
for
pre-1965/67,
Twinshock for bikes with two
shock absorbers, etc.).
Vol 4 | Issue 2 |Mar - Apr 2019