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Re: Ready for the Sidecar
Reply #45 - 09/29/20 at 08:52:00

zevenenergie wrote on 09/29/20 at 07:58:22:

I have to read the whole topic first before i give a comment. Embarrassed

It is quite a project that you are working on.

It makes my hands itchy.
It is a good thing that I am not your neighbor.
I always want to help when I see someone working on metal.

I appreciate the comments as nothing is really cast in stone.

I wish you did live next door I could use the help

It’s been difficult for me to do things the way I want since I lost the shop to fire. My welder survived but I don’t have the electrical service in my barn so once I figure this out will hire welding out. I also lost my drill press and metal saw. Working with hand tools is really difficult especially with the arthritis in my hands. Not looking for sympathy. I still enjoy doing this stuff, it’s just a little slower and not as pretty Wink

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28770 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #46 - 09/29/20 at 09:45:58 Dad used to say 'getting old sucks'. Don't give up the fight, it's a slippery slope and 1 thing leads to another.
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Re: Ready for the Sidecar
Reply #47 - 09/29/20 at 14:46:56

Dennisgb wrote on 09/29/20 at 08:52:00:

zevenenergie wrote on 09/29/20 at 07:58:22:

I have to read the whole topic first before i give a comment. Embarrassed

It is quite a project that you are working on.

It makes my hands itchy.
It is a good thing that I am not your neighbor.
I always want to help when I see someone working on metal.

I appreciate the comments as nothing is really cast in stone.

I wish you did live next door I could use the help

It’s been difficult for me to do things the way I want since I lost the shop to fire. My welder survived but I don’t have the electrical service in my barn so once I figure this out will hire welding out. I also lost my drill press and metal saw. Working with hand tools is really difficult especially with the arthritis in my hands. Not looking for sympathy. I still enjoy doing this stuff, it’s just a little slower and not as pretty Wink

I pretty much understand how you feel. I once had a blacksmith shop, with 3 fires and all the machines and tools out there in metalworking. I could make almost literally anything. I never went to work. I went to the blacksmith shop. A pleasure every day for 27 years.
Until the economy collapsed in 2008, after a year and 4 months I was bankrupt.I had to sell everything.
Man that hurt, I couldn't make what I wanted to make anymore.

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Do what you know is right. (you can always use fear as a counselor later)

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Re: Ready for the Sidecar
Reply #48 - 09/30/20 at 10:13:31

We take things for granted everyday never thinking it could be gone. Sorry for your loss. I feel it too.

I retired in 2015 and started putting the shop together in 2014 so I had a place to work on bikes. I had pretty much everything I needed plus a space that was air conditioned and heated. Had a professional paint booth and a small machine shop. I had some very nice bikes in there. Then it was all gone a year ago May. I was sad and depressed for almost a year.

I’m coming back from it. We are planning to rebuild. The structure and the contents were not insured an interesting oversight related to two parcels of property on the same site making it out of pocket to rebuild.

The new shop will be smaller as I am getting older and need to scale things back.

I am thankful for the 5 years I had enjoying what I wanted to do. Hopefully many more to come.

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Mavigogun Serious Thumper Offline We roll farther together Posts: 775 Progressive Texas	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #49 - 10/02/20 at 20:58:19 Is the height of the underside rail at all representational of final intent? Not much clearance, is my concern. An alternative might be longer rear shocks, followed by a high scrambler exhaust to the left side- opening up the former exhaust path for a rail.
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Dennisgb Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 176 Maplewood MN Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #50 - 10/03/20 at 02:01:59 One of the problems is getting enough clearance for exhaust and still being able to connect the sidecar. It actually may need to be a little lower. I don’t like it that low either. Hadn’t thought about taller shocks and high exhaust. Another reason for prototyping.
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Mavigogun Serious Thumper Offline We roll farther together Posts: 775 Progressive Texas	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #51 - 10/06/20 at 18:04:02 Example:
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