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Bosun
25-09-2006, 08:08 PM
ive never driven a sidecar outfit
its my next challenge i think

and also never ridden a 6 cylinder bike
or a prewar bike
Blue
25-09-2006, 08:33 PM
Sidecar outfits are brilliant fun. Unlike anything you've driven or ridden before. When I got one, I took it to the bottom of the yard, and thought 'I can't ride this!' But once I got used to it it was great fun. Especially when I'd worked out how to get the chair in the air. Always had a job finding passengers, though... :D
Bassman
25-09-2006, 09:08 PM
Had a couple of chairs..
an old Jawa.. which was a bit crap..

and a Gl1000 with a watsonian palma.. lovely bike, and great fun on the twisty bits!!..

you gotta try one fayji!!
DaiPunk
25-09-2006, 10:11 PM
oooooh
done sidecars
not my idea!
dont want to do it again
but reccomend(sp) trying
its fun

cheers
Dai
two wheels good......etc
johnr
25-09-2006, 10:59 PM
sidecars are wonderful contraptions. ive had sidecars for as long as ive run solos, my outfit(1100wing and watsonian oxford) is my family vehicle cos i dont own a car. if yer ever anywhere near lancs youre quite welcome to come and take it for a spin, i can even find a private car park for you to try and go in a straight line !!! :D
Big Pete
26-09-2006, 09:06 AM
I thought this looked fun

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/GarageofPower/misc%20bike%20pics/HPIM0295.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/GarageofPower/misc%20bike%20pics/HPIM0293.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/GarageofPower/misc%20bike%20pics/HPIM0292.jpg

especially as it was up for £1500 and looked even better in the flesh.
misterchaz
26-09-2006, 09:07 AM
Sidecars are the work of the Devil. They were invented as a cunning "hedge magnet" to draw me towards at each corner.

I have mental scars from my youth about these things. Although I take my hat off to those who have mastered this "black art".

Then again..... maybe it's me that's just crap?
Who knows :confused:
Nik
26-09-2006, 09:38 AM
I've never ridden a six either - always wanted a CBX, but never a Z1300. :)

Umm, prewar bike, nope, not ridden one of them either, I don't think. Ridden a Norton Big Four, but can't remember what year it was. Ridden a late '40s Vincent though - that was ace. :D
scouselee
26-09-2006, 09:43 AM
Sidecars are toooo scary, it was the method of transport for my family when I was a young kid.

When I tried I was mounting kerbs and trying to run over old people waiting at the corners to cross over.......I think I'll stick to 2 wheels as well :)
pyro
26-09-2006, 10:48 AM
When I used to race, this guy needed someone in his sidecar for practice as his mate was late. I foolishly agreed to get in (on??) the sidecar for a few practice laps.... I have never been so frightened in my life, fecking loonies sidecar riders, wanna sidecar? get a car!
BigBod
26-09-2006, 12:19 PM
Taken my sidecar outfit up and down the Alps/Dolomites/Pyranees. bloody good fun and quicker than a solo on them hairpin bends...

Went to Berlin & Barcelona on it this year...even if I did break down 500 miles from Calais..... :mad:

Wouldn't be without the sidecar now, especially as the Mrs is expecting :D
Creature
26-09-2006, 02:39 PM
only 2 left now

1. to build my drean chop - probally wont happen but will continue dreaming

2 then to ride it around the USA :):) certainly wont happen
Blue
26-09-2006, 06:01 PM
I thought this looked fun

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/GarageofPower/misc%20bike%20pics/HPIM0295.jpg

especially as it was up for £1500 and looked even better in the flesh.

Did it sell, BP? I really liked it too.

You either love or hate combinations, a bit like trikes there seems to be no halfway house.
Dougie
26-09-2006, 07:05 PM
ive never driven a sidecar outfit
its my next challenge i think

and also never ridden a 6 cylinder bike
or a prewar bike
Tried an outfit,scared the crap out m'self!
Bloke lent me his Z13,didn't tell me the back tyre was barely legal with about 10 PSI in it (Yes,I know I shoulda checked! :rolleyes: ),hit a cats eye at mebbe 115MPH and got a fairly nasty tank slapper...... :eek:
And my bike IS pre-war.Falklands War that is! :p
BikerGran
26-09-2006, 10:06 PM
I'd like to try an outfit - although it seems that most peeps end up in the ditch the first time!
Bosun
26-09-2006, 10:58 PM
And my bike IS pre-war.Falklands War that is! :p
:D ......... :D ... :D
Friar Tuck
27-09-2006, 06:12 AM
When I used to race, this guy needed someone in his sidecar for practice as his mate was late. I foolishly agreed to get in (on??) the sidecar for a few practice laps.... I have never been so frightened in my life, fecking loonies sidecar riders, wanna sidecar? get a car!
Same thing here, except I was sponsoring a New Zealander who was over here in the early 90's, promoting Speedway sidecar racing!!

I think I shat myself!

All I remember was leaning out of the chair as far as I could reach, him screaming at me to leanout further! I was about six inches off the ground hurtling around a shale track at something like 3000 mph, and I looked slightly to my left and was greeted by a wheel about three inches from my helmet from another rider trying to come up the inside of us!
Friar Tuck
27-09-2006, 06:17 AM
I'd like to try an outfit....
My missus tries an outfit everytime I have to go shopping with her! :(
pepperami
27-09-2006, 07:39 AM
Can't say I'd want to try an outfit, but have been talking about doing the elephant for years!!
johnr
27-09-2006, 07:42 AM
Can't say I'd want to try an outfit, but have been talking about doing the elephant for years!!

erm, i wouldnt broadcast that desire, you can be arrested for that kind of perversion you know. and you best buy some ladders if youre serious :D :D :D
GreatBritishRob
27-09-2006, 07:43 AM
I'd like to do a trip abroad (nope, never been abroad on me bike. Car yep but not bike). I'd also like to have a stab at doing some enduros again hence getting the TTR250. Its fun spending 2 days up to yer neck in mud and grass and sweat and tears, honestly :D
pepperami
27-09-2006, 07:43 AM
erm, i wouldnt broadcast that desire, you can be arrested for that kind of perversion you know. and you best buy some ladders if youre serious :D :D :D

Now why hadn't my perverted mind thought of that one lmfao!!!! Nice one!!!
slob
27-09-2006, 09:07 AM
I want to ride around the UK and also the Alps. I want to take a week in for each. would also love to ride through the far east...doing a long way round style trip from one side of eastern asia to the other.

I want to build a chop and I want that to be the bike I do the touring on (i'd use a jap sports tourer for the far east).
rainbow
27-09-2006, 09:22 AM
Got lots of things i still want to try as I have only owned one bike in my life :) Bigger bike and I hope to ride my bike abroad next year :D
slob
27-09-2006, 09:32 AM
Got lots of things i still want to try as I have only owned one bike in my life :) Bigger bike and I hope to ride my bike abroad next year :D


i've yet to own a bike that I don't break!
rainbow
27-09-2006, 09:52 AM
i've yet to own a bike that I don't break!

I am very suprised that I have not broken mine yet :D
ernie the dwarf
27-09-2006, 10:49 AM
I am very suprised that I have not broken mine yet :D


Let me have a go,it'll break :D
slob
27-09-2006, 11:14 AM
Let me have a go,it'll break :D


get him a ladder first so he can get on it :D
hermann
27-09-2006, 11:24 AM
get him a ladder first so he can get on it :D
Unfortunately someone is already using it
http://ricker.com/images/products/pw-97-b.jpg
rainbow
27-09-2006, 11:24 AM
get him a ladder first so he can get on it :D

"snigger" :D
ernie the dwarf
27-09-2006, 12:09 PM
"snigger" :D


shut it..... :p