FOR SALE - Drew and Alan's sidecar build

[Drew]

We're pretty chuffed with ourselves. There's been a Shit load of work, and looking over the bike yesterday there isn't a single moving part of the rolling frame that we didn't replace, or recondition.

Once we shell out for a huge chunk of ally, the rear hub is the last thing to do. Wheels assembly at the back weighs a whopping 33kilos. We can get that to twenty at the most.

[swarfie]

We're pretty chuffed with ourselves. There's been a Shit load of work, and looking over the bike yesterday there isn't a single moving part of the rolling frame that we didn't replace, or recondition.

Once we shell out for a huge chunk of ally, the rear hub is the last thing to do. Wheels assembly at the back weighs a whopping 33kilos. We can get that to twenty at the most.

What size "chunk" of ali do you need?

[scrivy]

What size "chunk" of ali do you need?

90 Kgs of Ali G......

[Drew]

What size "chunk" of ali do you need?

100mm bar, about 300 long if we're to make the hub from one piece like we want.

[swarfie]

100mm bar, about 300 long if we're to make the hub from one piece like we want.

We have off-cuts at work, but sorry nothing that long. I could have "scored" a bit for you and given it to Jelly to bring back to Wellytown after the weekend but 300 long is a bit more than a "score" if you know what I mean

[Drew]

We have off-cuts at work, but sorry nothing that long. I could have "scored" a bit for you and given it to Jelly to bring back to Wellytown after the weekend but 300 long is a bit more than a "score" if you know what I mean

Cheers anyway mate.

It's a pain because only the sprocket mount stays anywhere near that big in diameter. The rest gets swept up from the lathe bed.

[nodrog:Me]

I can get you a piece of UHMWPE.

[scrivy]

I can get you a piece of UHMWPE.

User
hardened
male
wanking
penile
extension??

[swarfie]

I can get you a piece of UHMWPE.

Recon that might be too hard for the job

[scrivy]

I can get you a piece of UHMWPE.

unused
hymen
might
warp
penis
extension.

[Mental Trousers]

I can get you a piece of UHMWPE.

ultra
hot
missus
with
pubic
epilator

[Madness]

Ultra
High
Molecular
Weight
Polynesian
Eedjit

[JayRacer37]

Nothing to do with it being twitchy, if it was too straight up and down it'd be all over the place even in a straight line

The front king pin was virtually absolutely straight up & down, meaning that the tyre was turning dead flat on the ground & it was running off the outside edge, the tyre wear confirms this too.

I thought Kai's also complained that his steering was heavy as fuck. Another symptom completely at odds to zero castor.

Nev was shitting himself about the twitchiness just riding it down his street, Kai just thinks thats normal.
The bike has a handling problem, the bike has no castor, simple.
Hey, what the fuck would I know. As you were.

Shameless dredge, finally read though this thread and got up to date.
When I rode it, It had very nervous handling (two hands only) up till abou 50km/h's and was OK from there. Seemed heavy but anything with a flat tyre would compared to a 600. Had right hand turn oversteer and was fine in lefts - once you lifed the chair wheel. Though my movable ballast was advantageously light so it didn't take much. Certainly turned better on the throttle but I had nil issue with understeer.

My biggest issue was brake bias - we screwed around for a number of sessions moving it to the front (from memory? Might have been back) but it made no real difference, to my feel anyway.

Fuck me! 120?????!! What a snore fest!!!!!

Put a late model 6 hundy in it and shave off 25 kgs!!

If it's making 120 on Harris's dyno, it would make 95 anywhere else...but wait till he fits the harris end can, fucks with the correction factor and gives you a graph making 140!

Drew, its going to be at the hillclimb tomorrow yeah?

[Drew]

Drew, its going to be at the hillclimb tomorrow yeah?

sure will bro.

[Drew]

So. We've raced it, and it far exceeded expectation!

Shit it's fast! Stable and predictable, does everything we could have hoped for...Including FUCKIN SICK SKIDS. Drifting at speeds I didn't think it would do was awesome.

Will do a race report some time this week.