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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #15 - 12/15/13 at 05:21:52 I like the concept of side cars with articulated mounting so it feels more like a bike on corners and doesn't feel so tippy on right turns.
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #16 - 12/15/13 at 09:23:42 If my wife is riding in it, I don't think I'll tip over. She's built for comfort, not for speed. Bwahahaha!
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #17 - 12/15/13 at 09:27:07 S-P wrote on 12/15/13 at 09:23:42: If my wife is riding in it, I don't think I'll tip over. She's built for comfort, not for speed. Bwahahaha! Oh my! oh no you dient! LOL....
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Reply #18 - 12/15/13 at 17:20:33

S-P wrote on 12/15/13 at 09:23:42:

If my wife is riding in it, I don't think I'll tip over. She's built for comfort, not for speed. Wink

Bwahahaha!

I have no idea what kinda "comfort level" she is built for, but what I said about braking with weight outboard steering ya left unless the sidecar has a brake wasnt me just kidding around. YOu take a 150 pounds of sidecar & drop 180 pounds of "comfort" in it, youve got 330 pounds with a center of mass at about 2 feet outboard on a bike that isnt that front heavy,

Id go hunting experienced sidecar users & see what they say..
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #19 - 12/15/13 at 23:45:19 JOG, she's pretty "comfortable" She nixed the sidecar because we just dropped a grand on getting her car fixed. Oh well.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Side car? Reply #20 - 12/15/13 at 23:59:40 Sidecars arent known for being plush. I couldnt ride in one more than 10 or 15 minutes Id bet,My knees wont tolarate being in a generall straight, legs out front position. I simply cant use a Lane recliner. Lazy Boy or a regular chair, Sidecars dont usually have doors. Im not seein it,, You guys hop in the car & go for a ride & talk,
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Reply #21 - 12/16/13 at 08:25:58

I talked to a lady that has ridden in a sidecar.....and who has also spent 5,000 miles on the back of a V-Strom on a single trip round the US.

She said there is no way she wants to ride in a sidecar for more than a mile or two. They are bumpy and jolting to ride in, you have no view of the left side of the road, and the riding position is not good for long distances.

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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #22 - 12/16/13 at 08:41:13 That's good to know. I think if I get one it will be more for my dog anyway.
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Reply #23 - 12/16/13 at 16:20:25

Some people think they can just unhook it & ride or slip up next to it, hook it up & drive away. Theyre kinda ticklish to set up right. Maybe a guy could mark all the bits that adjust the aim of it, IDK, but, best I can tell, theyre not like hookin a tractor up to a plow & workin a while & goin to swap it for a different implement, just simple as pie,, sidecars have to be set up so when its oout level, the bike is set upright. I dunno why they cant be built to allow a bike to lean,,

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #24 - 12/17/13 at 09:31:50 Flexit and Equallean made some that allowed you to lean.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Side car? Reply #25 - 12/17/13 at 09:46:20 Coolniss! Now, is that just another portable torture chamber? I cant picture myself IN a sidecar..
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Side car? Reply #26 - 12/17/13 at 16:25:52 The flex is interesting but when I think "sidecar" I'm thinking tooling around town with my dog in the car for the ride. In AZ those covered things would be a riding crock pot slow cooker!
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morlock YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3	Re: Side car? Reply #27 - 08/07/15 at 04:51:02 I just picked this beautiful creature a month ago Sidecar oh yes!!!!
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