Best bike to suit a side car?

[The Pastor]

Why muck about? Buy a Dnieper or a Ural (if they aren't one and the same) they come with a chair in place...

there is a CJ750 + car on TM atm for 7.5k thats pretty good pice - unvinned tho

[one fast tl1ooo]

how about a tl1000s

[crazyhorse]

or a GSXR1000 ????????? oh yeah, silly me, they already use them - good reliable bikes that they are

[Ixion]

there is a CJ750 + car on TM atm for 7.5k thats pretty good pice - unvinned tho

Vinning could be a pain in the arse. People have done it (there's a bloke posted on here about how to), but it's not easy. Basically problem is getting the info that LTNZ require out of China.

Other thing is that the Chinese machines are (a) bloody slow - you wouldn't be able to maintain 100kph and (b) pretty unreliable

[FROSTY:Me]

One bike I always thought would be perfect as a chair hauler was the Honda V65 sabre. V4 1100cc relaxed riding position. STEEL frame

[The Pastor]

Vinning could be a pain in the arse. People have done it (there's a bloke posted on here about how to), but it's not easy. Basically problem is getting the info that LTNZ require out of China.

Other thing is that the Chinese machines are (a) bloody slow - you wouldn't be able to maintain 100kph and (b) pretty unreliable

but they look pretty cool

[Ixion]

They do . Nice if you can afford to have one just for occasional rally type outings.

If you are serious about the retro look, every so often a BSA M20 or M21 comes up on Trademe. Probably the best sidecar bike ever made. Still very reliable, and as fast as the Chiang Jian. The Ariel equivalent (can't remember the model number) was good too, but not so easy to get spares for now.

[Voltaire]

When I got my CJ vinned they initialy said no....but as I had docs saying it was 20 years old it was ok.
had to refit the headlight to a H4.
The front brake is crap and they top out at a very noisy 80kmph....go for invading ....not so good for touring.

[The Pastor]

When I got my CJ vinned they initialy said no....but as I had docs saying it was 20 years old it was ok.
had to refit the headlight to a H4.
The front brake is crap and they top out at a very noisy 80kmph....go for invading ....not so good for touring.

do you have the sidevalve engine(24hp) or the 32hp engine?

Could I come see the bike sometime?

[Ixion]

You can get a brand new Renfield 500 and sidecar, for $12k. One on Tardme now.

[pete376403]

They do . Nice if you can afford to have one just for occasional rally type outings.

If you are serious about the retro look, every so often a BSA M20 or M21 comes up on Trademe. Probably the best sidecar bike ever made. Still very reliable, and as fast as the Chiang Jian. The Ariel equivalent (can't remember the model number) was good too, but not so easy to get spares for now.

P&M Panther = even better. 650 rather than 500 so you get a bit more power. there is a good sidecar thread on ADVrider. http://www.advrider.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=56

[Ixion]

Uh, y'ever ownd a Panther. They were a very good sidecar tug, true, specifically designed for it. But keeping the engines running was a labour of love.

[Motu]

I've never seen an M21 in NZ,most of what we got were M20's.Well,I had an M21 engine,but it was a very early version and had a short stroke,and an 85mm bore same as a B33.The M20 has 13hp...that's a serious lack of HP,if you beleive that power means horsepower.Fortunatly the M20 had torque instead,and that allowed it to pull a sidecar as heavy as itself.

Doctor Big - I reckon it's got the goolies.

[Ixion]

Good thought. The r=frames on chookchasers are usually stronger and more rigid than street bikes (cos they are vicious bastards them chooks).

Only issue might be brakes. Yeah, I know we never had any back in the day, but back then nobody expected to have them.

Nowadays, people are spoilt and expect to be able to stop. Chookcahsers tend not to have very powerful brakes, cos the chookchasing fraternity never know when to stop anyway - and you can always run into a tree if you do want to (Hey it works for my Pajero - backwards even) . And the (considerable) extra weight of the chair (and passenger) means that the not terribly impressive brakes of the DR might be not terribly impressive.

[babyB]

just a thought