Motorway Buggying?

[Atavar]

That was incredible... Inadviseable, but incredible

[Trikbitz]

He may do Lincoln hill in his Tornado tomorrow

[mikeymustard]

sheer class, i thought it must be really early in the morning til he got to that roundabout!

[-Olly-]

ive gotta try that

might be a bit of a long way to the beach though and there might b some uphills

[Simon Bailey]

There is another urban vid - SonicSeal (Paul) did a couple of runs down the Great Orme on a landboard...It's in this vid...

 

http://www.kitejam.co.uk/docs/downhill_0002_low_res.wmv

[popeyethewelder]

There is another urban vid - SonicSeal (Paul) did a couple of runs down the Great Orme on a landboard...It's in this vid...

 

http://www.kitejam.co.uk/docs/downhill_0002_low_res.wmv

 

 

Big...oooooouch at the end there, looked like good fun though

[Sand-Yeti]

Now you really have to fly your kite to be a true road buggier.

I used to do it regularly.

The tyres really stick on the tarmac and squeal like a pig when you get going.

 

Oh by the way, it's illegal to have a wheeled vehicle on the road here without proper registration. Somehow, I don't think the Road traffic Authority would allow me to get my buggy registered because it hasn't any brakes for a start.

 

Sorry no vids but just a couple of pics taken by the Mrs. in 2003 as she followed us down the road.

 

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/Sand-Yeti/G_D2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/Sand-Yeti/BugRoad1.jpg

[Rushmore]

I love it on the tarmac, I use the Runway at airbossworld if the winds in the righ direction... bloomin awesome speed!

[Russel]

The Sp crew had a serious think about the M6 Toll road when it was being built but the access to good tarmac bits didn't make for a quick get away!

Also a need for flying on 10 - 15m lines to get under bridges LOL.

 

but if anybody knows of any new roads being built by them, shout out

[tszy]

There's a runway in the middle of the Airboss airfield. With the wind in the right direction the speeds are awesome ! Full Body armour recommended !

 

 

You can't go on the tarmac unles you have full body armour - it's mandatory.

[Croftland1]

There's a runway in the middle of the Airboss airfield. With the wind in the right direction the speeds are awesome ! Full Body armour recommended !

 

The York Landyachting club allow kite buggies to join in their sessions at Elvington airfield by prior arrangement (2 mile long concrete strip , where Hammond crashed the dragster). You can fly the kite over the grass at the side and buggy on the concrete, but as Trikbitz said, don't try to slide on the concrete cos its very grippy.

[popeyethewelder]

There's a runway in the middle of the Airboss airfield. With the wind in the right direction the speeds are awesome ! Full Body armour recommended !

 

The York Landyachting club allow kite buggies to join in their sessions at Elvington airfield by prior arrangement (2 mile long concrete strip , where Hammond crashed the dragster). You can fly the kite over the grass at the side and buggy on the concrete, but as Trikbitz said, don't try to slide on the concrete cos its very grippy.

 

tell us more about this allowing us on the strip....we could arange a speed day...

[Trikbitz]

 

The York Landyachting club allow kite buggies to join in their sessions at Elvington airfield by prior arrangement (2 mile long concrete strip , where Hammond crashed the dragster). You can fly the kite over the grass at the side and buggy on the concrete, but as Trikbitz said, don't try to slide on the concrete cos its very grippy.

 

tell us more about this allowing us on the strip....we could arange a speed day...

 

You may need to be a fed member Carl but I could be wrong worth a try

[Croftland1]

 

The York Landyachting club allow kite buggies to join in their sessions at Elvington airfield by prior arrangement (2 mile long concrete strip , where Hammond crashed the dragster). You can fly the kite over the grass at the side and buggy on the concrete, but as Trikbitz said, don't try to slide on the concrete cos its very grippy.

 

tell us more about this allowing us on the strip....we could arange a speed day...

 

Carl - you have a pm

[sneds]

damn it i live 15 minutes away from york can some one give me more info so i can try and up my pb

[gary rix]

ive been on an airfiled runway, its sooooooooooooooooo fast trouble is like trikbitz says "stopping"

[PB]

The runway at wallop on a board + big kite = SCARY!!

Kills off your tires as well

[popeyethewelder]

ive been on an airfiled runway, its sooooooooooooooooo fast trouble is like trikbitz says "stopping"

 

just move onto the grass when you need to slow down....I would like to try it just the once

[gary rix]

carl ,its ok if you know the run off is smooth, alot of this airfield grass is really lumpy with the occasional pothole which wiil bounce you out before you know it, which i suppose is softer than tarmac.The acceleration though is so good,try it see how you get on, but you can't beat a bit of hard sand.

[popeyethewelder]

but you can't beat a bit of hard sand.

 

You're right there, I did sample the tarmac at airboss world, but the wind was in the wrong direction, yeah its like hitting the acellerator button aas soon as you hit it

[Croftland1]

damn it i live 15 minutes away from york can some one give me more info so i can try and up my pb

 

Just look up York Landyachting club on the web and give them a call for upcoming dates and other details. I've found them to be a very friendly bunch.

[popeyethewelder]

[Sand-Yeti]

I've been watching this thread for a while now .

I did some buggying on the road quite some time back but thought I ought to do a bit to show you what it's like, so last weekend I ran out to where a road has been laid.

It's a funny place. This sealed road ends in a rough track. I started from the track end and ran on to the sealed road. I didn't have the camera rolling on my first run, which was a pity as I was going a lot quicker. It's incredible how the tyres stick on the tarmac (keep in mind I have BF's).

A slight movement on the footpegs makes an almighty scary twitch on the buggy.

I ran off the road fairly quickly and hit a pile of heaped up sand and flipped the buggy.

 

This vid. is my second run (Made last Saturday afternoon) and I was a lot more cautious. Running off this tarmac road is a bit dodgy as it drops down a step and sometimes there are rocks and piles of sand that one can run into. I chose carefully where I exited the road on to the sand here.

 

I suppose if I did it regularly, I would get used to it and manage a lot better.

However, I don't plan to do to much tarmac riding what with all the other stuff I have to ride on.

This bit of vid is rough and part of a vid that I'm currently editing but is just a preview of what road buggying is like.

 

[WAFI]

I have had an idea as regards a site down the road from where I live... AFAIK there is no restrictions on the site, there's interesting terrain aswell.

Gonna wait til my ankle's repaired before borrowing someones buggy and giving it a (underpowered) first go.

Not wanting to say too much yet, but expect some mad vid!

[popeyethewelder]

This bit of vid is rough and part of a vid that I'm currently editing but is just a preview of what road buggying is like.

 

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Nice one Dave, its like having your own race track