‘Pete the Pirate’ Goodwin, with ‘Ken-Doll’ Dunlop are current NZSBK National Sidecar Champions. Competing as Team-Pirate, looking to retain the Championship this 2019 racing year. Albeit Ken-Doll is taking a year out, and the new team passenger being Louise Blythe. In their first year together, Kendal won her inaugural meeting, and finished 3rd in the Sidecar Championship that 2017 season. Pirate Pete raced in sidecars for five years in the UK, before moving to New Zealand. Before that racing in the Grass-Track Sidecar class for seven years. Team Pirate have close ties with Carl Cox Motorsport.

Peter Goodwin - Louise Blythe - 2008 Suzuki K8 1000cc

‘Pete the Pirate’ Goodwin, with ‘Ken-Doll’ Dunlop are current NZSBK National Sidecar Champions. Competing as Team-Pirate, looking to retain the Championship this 2019 racing year. Albeit Ken-Doll is taking a year out, and the new team passenger being Louise Blythe. In their first year together, Kendal won her inaugural meeting, and finished 3rd in the Sidecar Championship that 2017 season. Pirate Pete raced in sidecars for five years in the UK, before moving to New Zealand. Before that racing in the Grass-Track Sidecar class for seven years. Team Pirate have close ties with Carl Cox Motorsport.

2008 Suzuki K8 1000cc:

The LCR chassis is made in Switzerland by Louis Christian and holds a 2008 Suzuki engine 1000c GSXR. .
The rear slick tyre is 10 inches wide by 14 inches in diameter. If the track is wet then the switch to a patterned treated tyre. Front tyre is 8 inches wide by 13 inches in diameter Slick Tyre. The Sidecar tyre is 10 inches wide- by 13 inches in diameter. Fuel used is 98 Octane. Gear change is a semi-automatic button change.
The Suzuki offers an integrated brake-system operated by the left foot only and a conventional wrist operated throttle.