Author Topic: UK Sidlow Framed Endurance Racer (Read 32756 times)

Turin · « **Reply #30 on:** November 17, 2020, 07:21:28 PM »

I'm with you bud. Who can ride a desmosedici to it's full potential on the street? I'm also not a fan of electronic controls... it's cheating.

Brakes - ISR. Wheels - Adattarlo.

Huzo · « **Reply #31 on:** November 18, 2020, 01:54:14 AM »

It’s just so raw and visceral.
A Desmosedici is like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson soaked in perfume.
The GRISO/MGS is like Mike Tyson soaked in sweat.

Roy gardner · « **Reply #32 on:** November 28, 2020, 06:20:47 PM »

Quote from: Turin on September 13, 2020, 03:20:47 PM

Earlier the year I bought a Racebike Chassis and tank that was built by Andy Sidlow from the UK in the late '80's. It was raced for the '87 or '88 season before it was retired in favor of a spine frame. It was an impulse buy.

Fascinating. What provenance do you have to positively track it back to Sidlow? The brazing certainly looks like his trademark work, but the stuff around the swing arm pivot is not brazed. I see you have a different swing arm to that in the first pic which shows a floating FD.
Regardless, it is an interesting frame and I will follow with interest, good work so far.

Turin · « **Reply #33 on:** November 28, 2020, 09:06:52 PM »

Provenance came from the fellow I bought it from, and Confirmed by pictures and Amedeo from raceco. From what I gather, it was a raced for a season and was a testbed. It was abandoned when the spineframe became available. It was twitchy and the second owner performed the rear swing arm was change. Some or the rear work will be revised. This is not some world championship winning racer. I had a Lemans 1000 motor with a hot cam in it, a tranny, forks and wheels. This frame became available and it was really different.

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Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #33 on:** November 28, 2020, 09:06:52 PM »

Roy gardner · « **Reply #34 on:** November 30, 2020, 12:25:39 AM »

Quote from: Turin on November 28, 2020, 09:06:52 PM

Provenance came from the fellow I bought it from, and Confirmed by pictures and Amedeo from raceco. From what I gather, it was a raced for a season and was a testbed. It was abandoned when the spineframe became available. It was twitchy and the second owner performed the rear swing arm was change. Some or the rear work will be revised. This is not some world championship winning racer. I had a Lemans 1000 motor with a hot cam in it, a tranny, forks and wheels. This frame became available and it was really different.

I'm not disputing it for a moment, in fact I think its a cool project & I would like to follow it. I met Andy when he passed through NZ a few years ago, he stood in my workshop and gave me great advice regarding mt replica Egli Vincent frame. By all accounts, he made more than a few, & I have seen one which arrived here about that time. We were surrounded by Guzzis in my shop but I dont recall Andy mentioning that he had ever had involvement with a Guzzi frame for anyone, but then we were engrossed in Egli talk at the time.

Turin · « **Reply #35 on:** November 30, 2020, 09:19:18 PM »

I didn't take it that way at all. I had no clue who he was until after I bought it. As far as I'm concerned, it is a weird one off race bike frame campaigned by Raceco UK. for a short time. I still don't know much about him, there is not a lot of info about him on the net. I'd love his E-mail to send him a picture when it's done. You wouldn't happen to have that, would you?

Groover · « **Reply #36 on:** December 01, 2020, 07:09:56 AM »

Maybe he can be located through this Facebook page?

https://www.facebook.com/raceco.uk/?__tn__=-UC*F

I really know nothing at all about him other than what I'm learning from this thread, but I would like to know where those cool Astralite wheels went and if I can have them

Turin · « **Reply #37 on:** December 01, 2020, 08:24:25 PM »

I've already contacted Amedeo. Andy Sidlow is the mystery person.

Roy gardner · « **Reply #38 on:** December 02, 2020, 02:30:34 AM »

Quote from: Turin on December 01, 2020, 08:24:25 PM

I've already contacted Amedeo. Andy Sidlow is the mystery person.

Yes, he is very elusive. It took a considerable amount of time & effort to track him down 7 or 8 years ago. Then he passed through NZ and returned to the UK and disappeared again. I havent heard of him since. He chooses to live in the shadows.

Turin · « **Reply #39 on:** December 20, 2020, 02:26:02 AM »

Contacted Mr. Sidlow. It is one of his early frames

Dave Swanson · « **Reply #40 on:** December 20, 2020, 10:39:24 AM »

Quote from: Turin on December 20, 2020, 02:26:02 AM

Contacted Mr. Sidlow. It is one of his early frames

cliffrod · « **Reply #41 on:** December 20, 2020, 09:13:15 PM »

Very cool.

Turin · « **Reply #42 on:** December 26, 2020, 08:22:02 PM »

At a point in the bikes history, the frame was modified poorly. The Original frame was made from thin wall T45 steel tubing. All the recent stuff is being cut away and tossed. Everything will be put back as originally intended with Chrome moly 4130 tubing. My Buddy Tom Hull is on the job!

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Canuck750 · « **Reply #43 on:** December 26, 2020, 08:27:49 PM »

Wow that’s a major commitment!

Turin · « **Reply #44 on:** December 29, 2020, 11:29:13 PM »

I'm lucky. My buddy Tom Hull ( local euro bike fixer ) really likes fabricating and the creative process. He saw the two distinct types of welding and said that shit has to go before I had a chance to open my pie hole. I'm more of the vision / parts accumulator. My last project and a lot of these parts came from his Dad who was THE guzzi dealer here in phoenix up until about '97 .

Triple clamps with short head stem.

Turin · « **Reply #45 on:** March 26, 2021, 09:19:01 PM »

Got some 1" T45 Round tubing an frame rebuild has started.

cliffrod · « **Reply #46 on:** April 01, 2021, 08:55:33 PM »

Great to see progress. Even better to have someone available that can help do it properly. Thanks for posting.

Groover · « **Reply #47 on:** April 02, 2021, 09:52:59 AM »

I like the work on the triples, As you may recall, I've had my eyes on those for a while now, so I like to keep track of them - I want them now even more than before :-)

Which fork/fork tubes do you plan on using? Are there ones like the LM1000, but shorter?

Turin · « **Reply #48 on:** April 03, 2021, 09:13:52 PM »

Stock lemans 1000 front end.

Roy gardner · « **Reply #49 on:** April 24, 2021, 02:48:47 AM »

Good to see progress. I was informed recently that T45 tube is European mm sizes, have you procured 25mm? (or was I given duff gen?) It will be great to see it repaired with the same material that Mr Sidlow used to build it.

Turin · « **Reply #50 on:** June 19, 2021, 01:30:20 PM »

the tubing came in 25.4 mm / 1 inch.

Here's the latest mock up to see where thing are going to sit.

cliffrod · « **Reply #51 on:** June 20, 2021, 07:45:42 AM »

Very cool.

Groover · « **Reply #52 on:** June 20, 2021, 10:02:40 AM »

jwinwi · « **Reply #53 on:** June 22, 2021, 04:31:10 PM »

Quote from: Turin on June 19, 2021, 01:30:20 PM

the tubing came in 25.4 mm / 1 inch.

Here's the latest mock up to see where thing are going to sit.

Isn't it going to be uncomfortable with the battery where it is?

cliffrod · « **Reply #54 on:** June 23, 2021, 08:55:05 PM »

So, assuming the battery won't go there, where will it go? Is there enough room in the seat hump for it?

Turin · « **Reply #55 on:** June 23, 2021, 11:41:39 PM »

under the seat hump is one possibility, and building a box for the electronics under the tank is another. I'm leaning towards the seat. That's where it originally lived.

jwinwi · « **Reply #56 on:** June 24, 2021, 08:56:37 AM »

VERY unique and interesting project. Love the history behind it! Good on you for preserving/restoring it.

Turin · « **Reply #57 on:** January 14, 2022, 07:01:23 PM »

Not much to report. Cylinder heads are going on a flow bench and getting the works.

here is my new fork brace.

cliffrod · « **Reply #58 on:** January 14, 2022, 08:32:44 PM »

Glad to hear & see anything you've got to post, man. You're way ahead of me....

Groover · « **Reply #59 on:** January 15, 2022, 09:46:34 AM »

Fork plate looks great, who makes those? 180mm fork spacing, right?

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