XS 2 excess (xsryder)

**xsryder** · 15th May 2009, 20:47

Naphazoline,
The sidecar is an English made Watsonian. Originally it was a Palma model with a fully enclosed 360 degree screen and vinyl roof, but I made a new screen from scratch and had a two piece rain cover made, the reasons being that the passenger and rider can communicate and, while I'm riding alone, I can reach into the chair and adjust the radio/cassette, which I couldn't do before I fitted the new screen.
The mudgaurd is mystery...I haven't found any pictures of other Watsonian chairs with the same gaurd, which is good because some of the gaurds on other chairs look pretty corny.
Originally the four attachment struts had right-hand threads on both ends (which I thought was strange), so I had an engineer remake one end on each of them with a left hand thread, making fine adjustments much easier. I also had the mounts made stronger (one broke years ago and I had to cut some no. 8 wire off a farm fence to hold it together until I got home).
I've been searching for a four-stud 12 inch rim with the same offset as that on the chair, so it looks a bit more like the chrome-plated wheels on the bike...bit of mission really. I'm also considering converting the sidecar lights to an led set-up, and I've got a 12-240volt ac converter which I'm keen to wire in. Haven't got the close-up photos of the leading link setup yet...soon.

**Motu** · 15th May 2009, 23:03

The guard is one reason I thought it was a JB.This was the first one they made,and has a Jawa wheel by customer request (not me,I was the 2nd owner) They normally had an Austin 1100 wheel.