FOR SALE - Drew and Alan's sidecar build

**nodrog:Me** · 19th December 2012, 20:07

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Looking at your pic, the engine seems a long way back. Front axle to crankshaft is a fairly critical mesurement on short outfits.
Pinky's is 670mm ish & the crank is at axle height give or take 10mm. Pinky has long been regarded as one of the best handling short outfits, not just in NZ.

no wonder tubby cant reach the steering wheel, is a long chair but some retard has put the seat in the wrong place, it was probably built in the south island.

**Kickaha** · 19th December 2012, 20:18

Originally Posted by nodrog

it was probably built in the south island.

Or Tauranga

**Drew** · 19th December 2012, 22:43

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Probably cause he's a tubby little fucker

Something off the shelf with the right offset and stud pattern? did you check the weight first sometimes there's fuck all difference

Making our own hub thanks, the steel one is stupidly fucking heavy.

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Looking at your pic, the engine seems a long way back. Front axle to crankshaft is a fairly critical mesurement on short outfits.
Pinky's is 670mm ish & the crank is at axle height give or take 10mm. Pinky has long been regarded as one of the best handling short outfits, not just in NZ.

I thought the same when we put it in. Would save some hassles if we moved it forward, make th pipes a cunt though.

**Kickaha** · 20th December 2012, 05:21

Originally Posted by Drew

Making our own hub thanks, the steel one is stupidly fucking heavy.

Hub or wheel centre?

**Drew** · 20th December 2012, 05:27

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Hub or wheel centre?

Hub I think. Drum the axle goes through, and the wheel and sproket and disk bolt to.

Single sided swingarm, front and rear to come later. We just wanna get out on the thing for now.

**scrivy** · 20th December 2012, 08:05

Originally Posted by Drew

Single sided swingarm, front and rear to come later. We just wanna get out on the thing for now.

Wouldn't waste my money on that. Extra weight, and lots of dollars..... rather buy a windle....

**Fast Eddie** · 20th December 2012, 09:02

Originally Posted by Drew

Making our own hub thanks, the steel one is stupidly fucking heavy.

I thought the same when we put it in. Would save some hassles if we moved it forward, make th pipes a cunt though.

haha, the diff between my single alloy and my steel wheels is ridiculous..

as for engine position, have a geez at the agip bike.. not sure if the engine could go any further forward its kissing the front tyre at times! we almost had to take the whole front end off to get the exhaust off to weld it.. suuuch a cunt.

the sister bike to agip had its motor moved forward I believe..

**Fast Eddie** · 20th December 2012, 09:03

Originally Posted by scrivy

Wouldn't waste my money on that. Extra weight, and lots of dollars..... rather buy a windle....

yea.. its not like we do endurance races where we have to pit in and change tyres in 5 seconds flat..

**sidecar bob** · 20th December 2012, 11:13

Originally Posted by Drew

Hub I think. Drum the axle goes through, and the wheel and sproket and disk bolt to.

Single sided swingarm, front and rear to come later.

Take one good thing that shortys have & change it? Im rather fond of the front axle being supported at both ends.
Goob & pig were always bending their single sided front swingarm from memory.

**White trash** · 20th December 2012, 15:24

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Take one good thing that shortys have & change it? Im rather fond of the front axle being supported at both ends.
Goob & pig were always bending their single sided front swingarm from memory.

Yeah but look at the size of the cunt rolling around it!

**Drew** · 20th December 2012, 17:01

More progress today.

Motor is staying where it is, measures 690mm from crank to axle at the moment, and my knowledge of geometry suggests that aside from weight distribution, there's no point moving it.

Chopped the spastic bars off, and mounted some at an angle that wont break my wrists if it gets a bit rough. And they're shiny, actual 5/8 so the controls mount proper!

Began mounting a second brake master, for a decent adjustable bias system. We'll make that shit ourselves, $128+gst is an entry fee for fuck sakes!

Started reshaping the seat body work, so it stops trying to remove my knee caps, and digging groves into my thighs. (Fat or not, I still have skinny as fuck legs for some reason. So, NO, it has nothing to do with pies)!

Tomorrow arvo will be time to start working on the motor. I'll be fashioning an oil pickup minus the 'dogleg'. I'll also have a hoon at making a baffle, with the aid of what Pate told me was required.

Question time, are any of you guys already running an outfit aware or concerned about lateral movement between headstock and swingarm, and the effects that has on the crank bearings? I mean, if the motor is a bracing element, wont any twist be having a rather nasty effect on the crank and it's bearings.

**Kickaha** · 20th December 2012, 17:54

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Take one good thing that shortys have & change it?

I didn't think shortys had anything good about them

Originally Posted by Drew

Question time, are any of you guys already running an outfit aware or concerned about lateral movement between headstock and swingarm, and the effects that has on the crank bearings? I mean, if the motor is a bracing element, wont any twist be having a rather nasty effect on the crank and it's bearings.

I'm semi convinced that's why Burt fucked so many motors