FOR SALE - Drew and Alan's sidecar build

[Drew]

no, I had to stay 50 feet away.

This comes as no surprise to me.

[Kickaha]

Have you fitted one to Al's ejector seat?

I think he needs one of those airbag jackets to soften his landing more

[Drew]

Lay shaft and primary chain sussed.

[sidecar bob]

Dude that short chain is going to wear very fast due to having bugger all rest time & having to wrap around such small sprockets. Basically, just pack a couple of spares & watch it fairly hard.

[Drew]

Dude that short chain is going to wear very fast due to having bugger all rest time & having to wrap around such small sprockets. Basically, just pack a couple of spares & watch it fairly hard.

Yeah, will do. Got a good supply of chain too. Wrapped around 18 tooth sprockets, we went as big as possible.

[sidecar bob]

I see it's not o ring. The primary on my Norton appears similar quality & it seizes with only about 50hp going through it. Might be worth going to flash as chain, you will get three or four of those out of a standard bike chain.

[swarfie]

Yeah, will do. Got a good supply of chain too. Wrapped around 18 tooth sprockets, we went as big as possible.

Don't be using no cheap industrial shit. That chain doesn't look particularly heavy duty...I'm with Bob...that setup is short lived. Good luck with that.

[sidecar bob]

Poor cunt posts up his great work & every cunt pulls it to bits. We're only trying to make sure you don't fuck out bro.

[Grumph]

Don't be using no cheap industrial shit. That chain doesn't look particularly heavy duty...I'm with Bob...that setup is short lived. Good luck with that.

+1....i also hope the layshaft bearing is the biggest fuck-off double row ball you could fit in. Is there enough room to enclose it and run it in oil ? It's gonna need a guard anyway.

I remember you were talking on other threads about chain pull geometry. Looking at that you've either got a deeper than std sump so have had to raise the motor - in which case I can see why you've done it - or you've simply built the longest short bike known to man...

[Mental Trousers]

I think it's great feedback. Unlike a lot of other comments you get around this clown-show these are actually useful.

[scrivy]

I remember you were talking on other threads about chain pull geometry. Looking at that you've either got a deeper than std sump so have had to raise the motor - in which case I can see why you've done it - or you've simply built the longest short bike known to man...

Wasn't it done to outrigger the drive due to his new wheels and disc setup?

[scrivy]

I think it's great feedback. Unlike a lot of other comments you get around this clown-show these are actually useful.

Lol.
If you don't like clown-show, then you seriously need to visit other threads.....

[Mental Trousers]

Lol.
If you don't like clown-show, then you seriously need to visit other threads.....

While the Sidecar community is certainly full of funny looking, entertaining characters the clown show I was referring to is the entire site. There's a reason I don't read 99% of what happens on this site, it's because my head hurts from too much

[Drew]

I see it's not o ring. The primary on my Norton appears similar quality & it seizes with only about 50hp going through it. Might be worth going to flash as chain, you will get three or four of those out of a standard bike chain.

We've run this chain before, and it only gave issue when the axle slipped and the chain got jammed between the shock mount and sprocket. But we've got the big O ring critter we were using before, might get a master link for that and run it on the primary.

Don't be using no cheap industrial shit. That chain doesn't look particularly heavy duty...I'm with Bob...that setup is short lived. Good luck with that.

It's well heavy duty, but I'll discuss with Al whether we should shell out for a bike one.

Poor cunt posts up his great work & every cunt pulls it to bits. We're only trying to make sure you don't fuck out bro.

It's all goodly bro. No one is picking holes in the idea, I can handle helpful input.

+1....i also hope the layshaft bearing is the biggest fuck-off double row ball you could fit in. Is there enough room to enclose it and run it in oil ? It's gonna need a guard anyway.

Running a couple 6008s in there, sealed. Light press fit, and we've got spares.

I remember you were talking on other threads about chain pull geometry. Looking at that you've either got a deeper than std sump so have had to raise the motor - in which case I can see why you've done it - or you've simply built the longest short bike known to man...

You're onto it mate, the front sprocket was about two inches higher and four inches forward of the swingarm mount. There was no possible way to stop the torque from compressing the rear end. So the center is now 10-15mm lower than swingarm pivot point relative to a straight line from the axle center when full extended.

Wasn't it done to outrigger the drive due to his new wheels and disc setup?

Nope, our front sprocket has been engineered and offset 14mm for the chain to clear the wheel before we got it. So I simply flipped it and Al made the lay shaft with two sprockets at 28mm centers. The new sprocket position at the wheel will be the same as it was, the disk will be mounted on the same side but outside the swingarm on a splined carrier.

[nodrog:Me]

I'm glad I cant weld, otherwise I'd be chopping shit up every five mins too.

Aint nobody got time for that!