Interesting sidecar

Jev88

Jev88

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You may have seen before but made me smile.

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pappajohn said:
Wonder if he'll get one-off type approval from Vosa....I would be very surprised.
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I don't suppose he will tell them but it will have to have an MOT.
Would they notice or be bothered if he 'rode it' to the test station?

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What an amazing bit of kit.
After several years of wrestling with combos, I can see the attraction of doing it all from the comfort of a sidecar
 
Stag man said:
What an amazing bit of kit.
After several years of wrestling with combos, I can see the attraction of doing it all from the comfort of a sidecar
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He had lots of trouble finding a sidecar he thought would be big enough for the conversion.
That one is a modified one from a fairground ride.
 
Back in the day my dad bought himself an ex USA police Harley. As a coach builder by profession, he then proceeded to design, fabricate and build, from scratch, a “four seater” sidecar. This was laid out two front and two rear for the four of us! Had some pictures of it under construction but none with 6 up!! Is this a record Norris?
 
So much stuff we remember as ‘big’ looks really cramped nowadays.
My chair was a Watsonian and was just about wide enough to seat a slim adult
Guess we were a lot fitter a few years ago (speaking personally of course)…..

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Stealaway said:
My mate has been making one for the last couple of years., he wants to take it the Isle of Man.
He has left all the original controls but drives it from the sidecar. He's just finishing of the new wiring harness.

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Is it a Guzzi V1000 Convert? The ‘automatic’ torque converter two speed gearbox would certainly make linked controls easier than a normal motorcycle sequential manual ‘box - not that I’m in anyway diminishing what is a superb piece of engineering. Hats off to him, and if it is a Convert it’ll be totally fun to drive - they accelerate like sh*t off a shovel! (Like a ‘twist n go’ on steroids!)
 
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My first outfit when my daughter was born was a 1500 Goldwing and a flexit sidecar.
It had an electrically operated hood that slid up and down like an airplane cockpit. The wheel was on the back with a pivot connected to the bike at the front, midway was a chain mechanism that allowed the chair to move with the bike, banking round corners as if solo. Mind you you had to remember to put your feet down when stationary or you fell off.
Myself and a friend were the first in the UK to have them imported from the States through Watsonian Squire down near Stratford.
That was back in the early nineties, never seen one since which is a shame as they were a great bit of kit and good fun to ride.
Second outfit was a conventional one and very different to ride.
 
Stealaway said:
I don't suppose he will tell them but it will have to have an MOT.
Would they notice or be bothered if he 'rode it' to the test station?
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I don't think it will get an MOT.
If plod see it he will 100% get pulled.....unless he's on the bike.
MOT will be the least of the problems.....insurance will be a problem and if they aren't told there won't be cover.
Insurers want to know every modification or extra equipment.

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Oh my goodness that looks so complex.
I can just about cope with gas lighting on bikes and spark ignition via magneto
 
Stealaway said:
This is my old racing sidecar

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If you think those bike tyres are wide. This is our drag bike


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Aye but that's the rear tyre. Ive never seen a bike with a front tyre like that. It looks like a standard car tyre.

I suppose with the side car it isn't going to be banking like an ordinary bike but looks weird
 
Northernraider said:
Aye but that's the rear tyre. Ive never seen a bike with a front tyre like that. It looks like a standard car tyre.

I suppose with the side car it isn't going to be banking like an ordinary bike but looks weird
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It’s also got leading link forks, which are a very good modification for sidecar outfits. But you’re right, it’s a stable platform that won’t be leaning like a solo, so can benefit from the larger contact patch that a wider tyre provides.

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pappajohn said:
I don't think it will get an MOT.
If plod see it he will 100% get pulled.....unless he's on the bike.
MOT will be the least of the problems.....insurance will be a problem and if they aren't told there won't be cover.
Insurers want to know every modification or extra equipment.
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Disabled conversion the plod won’t get involved in case they are accused of an isum! 😂

my chair days
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Bottom right picture is my bike back in the 90's. No leading links required.
 

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pappajohn said:
I don't think it will get an MOT.
If plod see it he will 100% get pulled.....unless he's on the bike.
MOT will be the least of the problems.....insurance will be a problem and if they aren't told there won't be cover.
Insurers want to know every modification or extra equipment.
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There's no reason for any authority to get involved. It's still a motorcycle and sidecar. The insurance company will need to know but I doubt there'll be a problem. Car engine swaps / replacement brakes / different suspension etc normally cause no issues.
 
Steve and Denise said:
That one was a wasp GP but with a bored xs650-750 Yamaha twin
This was a Norton 750 👍
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Luvverly. 👍

As an aside, best mate had an original XS650 back in ‘73 and spent most of the time trying to kickstart it into life, while smuggins here simply thumbed the electric start on my Honda 750 Four. I’ve ended up not being too smug though as, unbeknownst to me at the time, it was an original 1979 CB750KO model - it was in fact the road bike that was featured in MCN (or the other rag, I forget which) as timed through the IOM Highlander speed trap at 142mph (secret cylinder head skimming, porting, plus baffle removal and flat bars helped!) - so given the current market price of those sandcast models, smuggins here has too admit to being buggins at the end of the day! :mad:
 
Orion said:
Luvverly. 👍

As an aside, best mate had an original XS650 back in ‘73 and spent most of the time trying to kickstart it into life, while smuggins here simply thumbed the electric start on my Honda 750 Four. I’ve ended up not being too smug though as, unbeknownst to me at the time, it was an original 1979 CB750KO model - it was in fact the road bike that was featured in MCN (or the other rag, I forget which) as timed through the IOM Highlander speed trap at 142mph (secret cylinder head skimming, porting, plus baffle removal and flat bars helped!) - so given the current market price of those sandcast models, smuggins here has too admit to being buggins at the end of the day! :mad:
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I can see where your coming from😂😂
I still have an xs650 but not standard I also sold off all of my standard ones some nicely restored as well.
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