I found a new unused one in Ontario that was imported from the US 18 months ago.  It's half the price of what I would have normally expected to pay, so I'm going for it.  

The Savage with it's low down torque will make a  perfect sidecar rig. It's the modern equivalent of a Phelon and Moore Panther.  

There were still quite a few Panthers about when I was in my late teens, all of them had sidecars. Window cleaners used to love them. I even saw a yellow Automobile Association Panther once, it was bright yellow with a big box sidecar.





I will make a subframe at home and bolt it together, then once I'm happy with it I will get a friend to weld it. It will be detachable.

verslagen1 wrote on 12/13/24 at 17:28:18:


The rear footrest mount is totally useless  for a sidecar mount, it moves up and down with the swinging arm.

I intend to make an independent subframe for the lower mounts.

A subframe similar to this.

verslagen1 wrote on 12/13/24 at 21:39:14:


I would like to see that report, and especially pictures.    

ThumperPaul wrote on 12/14/24 at 05:40:18:


I don't intend to ride it, only drive it.  As for the front brake it would not bother me if it did not have one at all.   As for the hills there are none to speak of for many miles, I live in the prairies.  The exhaust will be the same as any other motorcycle

PS it's still not a certainty that I will get it.  I can't get a shipping quote till Monday at the earliest.

ohiomoto wrote on 12/14/24 at 16:55:43:


Ohiomoto - I have a good swingarm if you want it...  Free just pay the shipping to you.  Whoops - just read the other post...  you had a spare already.  good deal.

I just discovered that DMC Sidecars in Texas make mounts for the Suzuki Savage, there is a 6 week waiting period before they ship , and they want the money up front. The good news is that  they only cost $950 ! LOL.   I asked them for pics of what I would be getting but they refused, saying that if they sent pics people would use them to make their own,. I wonder why lol .

I will build my own for $100 or under. I have done it before the hard way, experience has shown me I was wasting my time. I can do a much neater and stronger job by welding directly to the frame, making sidecar removal and re attachment fast and easy.

verslagen1 wrote on 12/16/24 at 11:30:52:


I will post pics but don't expect everything to happen quickly. I still don't have the sidecar, but I have accepted the shipping quote and told the seller I will be taking it.

I will be keeping the little battery on the bike rather than having a big one in the sidecar trunk. It makes it easy to separate the sidecar from the bike,  I just need a push fit connector on the bike for the sidecar lights.  

All being well I should be able to separate the bike from the sidecar and put it back again in about  20 minutes.

Pretty cool.  Will Canada let you import it from China?  

I used to import little 49cc 2-stroke dirt bikes from China thru Alibaba.  I could get those into the States without a problem, but anything bigger or street bike, was a big no way!  Oh yeah, I did get a handful of 125cc dirt bikes into the country.  Grandson still has one (beat to heck, but it still runs).