Sidecars, anyone here got one? post pics.

[Eddieb]

Not race/track ones, for some reason I've discovered an interest in road/gravel going ones.

I know there's a couple of people on KB that have them, Peteblen for instance has 2, Oscar has one. Who else is out there?

[Weaver]

What about little off road ones?

[awa355]

Old chap in Te A has a goldwing sidecar set up. I couldn't believe the fuel consumption when he told me. The weight and drag of the car just about doubles his fuel usage.

If I won lotto, among the many bikes I'd buy would be a Ural fitted out with a side car.

[jellywrestler]

here's one of my old weapons

[Eddieb]

here's one of my old weapons

yeh that is cool, I have a few pics of it in your garage from when you took my DR tank down south.

[Voltaire]

Here is my BMW r75/5 with Watsonian GP outfit at the 1995 Brass Monkey ( I think )....its all in bits in the shed these days...in the queue.
Was a good machine, took it around Europe a bit, up to Arctic Circle and a couple of Elefant rallies....I no longer like the cold.
Bit hard to ride a LH rig on the other side of the road but it builds up good arm muscles.

[HenryDorsetCase]

here's one of my old weapons

Your dress is lovely, but how could you get married in white?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Someone here (Flip?) has a Chang Jiang 750.

[pete-blen]

Here yer go eddie.... just the toy for a quite pottle along the
odd gravel road on a sunday afternoon...

Yamaha R1

[jellywrestler]

Your dress is lovely, but how could you get married in white?

married???? nah not me, I'm a Bachelor, I haven't made the same mistake once...

[Flip]

Someone here (Flip?) has a Chang Jiang 750.

Yep I'm here.

Here is mine, nothing better for gravel roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjml6aHRBJM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyn6ejTd4-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVvQq-5edCw

[RoscoP]

started out on a wet weekend a couple of years ago with a hacksaw and then got completely out of control. Handles really nice (unlike my first attempt some years ago)

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[clonak]

Iv always been curious, how do you actaully steer with a side car on ? Do you still lean/counter steer or do you turn the wheel more in the direction you are turning ?

Riding with a side car is something I would love to have a go at one day. Just to feel the difference.

[Eddieb]

Yep I'm here.

Here is mine, nothing better for gravel roads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjml6aHRBJM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyn6ejTd4-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVvQq-5edCw

Nice, how do you find the reliability? You read horror stories on the net.

[Flip]

Iv always been curious, how do you actaully steer with a side car on ? Do you still lean/counter steer or do you turn the wheel more in the direction you are turning ?

Riding with a side car is something I would love to have a go at one day. Just to feel the difference.

A combonation is a lot more like riding a quad. You turn the handlebars the direction you want to go. It is slow turning left and fast turning right espcially without a person in the car.

Nice, how do you find the reliability? You read horror stories on the net.

I have has a few problems, its 30's side valve technology after all. I ran a big end, it cost me $200 for a complete new crankshaft, I did take the opportunity to fit modern thin ring pistons which cut the oil consumption by 90% (and a lot of heat) and did a port and polish job at the same time. The pistons, rings and gudegons cost $50. I also munted a gear box, seems there was a loose bit-bracket thing in it that jammed between two gears. A new, yes new in grease gear box cost me $500.

I had a new BA ford falcon work ute a few years ago it blew a gear box, did a ABS unit and used to go out of tune every 8,000km. I also had a toyota hilux that used to regually need a set of injectors every 30-40k that cost $5k every time. I would say I wasn't able to do my own, and enjoy doing my own repairs this would be a terrible bike.

It's a great bike if you enjoy fixing bikes. Parts are cheap cheap cheap and available. If you ever want to go for a ride on one you can borrow mine.

Have a look at this supplier, I have brought quite a lot of parts from him, they arive about 5 working days after ordering. $20 for a complete gasket set, $40 for a std set of pistons....... http://stores.ebay.com/MH-MOTO-WORLD