Just came across this 'busa outfit. Looks really well done. Sidecars are just about a thing of the past these days it seems.
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Just came across this 'busa outfit. Looks really well done. Sidecars are just about a thing of the past these days it seems.
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They've done an awesome job with that! Heaps more stylish that this Blackbird effort.Originally Posted by zadok
Not sure if I'd ever get into those tho...was never a big fan of ole George & Mildred!
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WHAT'S THAT FRONT SUSPENSION ? Hub centre steering ???
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Yea I saw that. Doesn't look ike it turns at all. Maybe rider only plans to go straight...
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It's turned in the photo. Looks like hub steering set-up to me.
In the riders seat
What he said,it's hub center steer system like the long road race outfits run, I'd rather have this one though
http://www.sidecar.nu/performencebike.htm
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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hey thats cool, almost cool as that busa trike in the gallery
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Fuck me, that's just begging to be ridden hard everywhere you go.
Here for the arcade.
It is really awesome, but a bigger wheel up front would make it look far better
In the riders seat
Best way to ride them anyway
Here's a few more, Ducati 999 sidecar anyone?
http://www.gespannservice.de/website.php
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
on the up
I'm curious. And maybe you can help Kickaha.
I've always wondered about the steering in these outfits.
Can you describe how the steering/weight shifting works?
I guess countersteering isn't used...
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That's serious white knuckle shit for the passenger.
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Thats just plain wrong!! Nobody buys a ducati for it's power (especially the first gen 999's), so you then go and fudge up the handling with a side car? The funny thing is that the 999 is the biposta version and still had the pillon seat on it, so you've got a duc for the whole family - perfect for all those soccer mums out there.
The Busa kinda reminds me of the 60's batman bike. I don't really get into the whole cage thing, but I don't know if I dislike them enough to do that to a bike.
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I can't ride a roadracing chair very well,even though I've owned one....I'm too aggressive and ride like a speedway sidecar rider,sideways.You have to use the weight and drag of the sidecar to your advantage,which means being fairly aggressive - on a left hand corner you approach much slower than you think is a good speed,and then accelerate around,the weight of the chair anchoring you,depending on the weight of the chair,it's kinda like being tethered to a string.A light racing chair will lift,the swinger counterweights the chair to counter the lift - kinda like flying a hull on a cat,with the chair wheel in the air the bike no longer needs to drive around it.I used to fly mine a couple of inches and step the rear out 6.
Righthanders were always my favorite - these you enter way faster than you think is a good idea...check out a speedway sidecar race,these guys have the power hard on deep into the corner....you back of the throttle and the weight of the chair will swing around the bike.This is where I get it all wrong,I just let the chair come around in a big slide and nail it for the exit,but sometimes like a speedway outfit I needed a couple or more stabs at it,because you start understeering to the outside,back off and cross up,then nail it for the exit.Road racers don't do this,they are much smoother and seem to ride just on the edge....I could never do this,it was over the edge or nothing for me.
Oh,no...no countersteering,turn right to go right,just like a quad bike.
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One hell of a ride.
With a few exceptions (rider lost a leg etc) I look at a road going sidecar and see a waste of a motorcycle.
Watching them race is way cool but the three things i like best on a motorcycle are leaning through corners, splitting lanes and the power to weight. GOOOOOOOONNE
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