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From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 31 Dec 2009 16:01 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Ever ridden a sidecar outfit? Strange, but huge, huge fun. Until you > crash. And everyone does. Not everyone. [1] :-) And since I sold the last one a couple years ago, I guess my, um, record will remain intact. <beams> But yes, huge fun is absolutely true. If my wife hadn't lost interest in the open road (not the sidecar), and we hadn't moved to a house with a much smaller garage, I'd still have it. 1. I will freely admit there were a few close calls. -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: Sean_Q_ on 31 Dec 2009 21:57 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Ever ridden a sidecar outfit? Strange, but huge, huge fun. Until you > crash. And everyone does. Now waita bloomin' minute there, TOGster, don't just drop a conversational bomb like that and then casually stroll on your merry way out the door without another word... I wanna hear more about how I'm likely to crash and what can I do to avoid it. SQ '06 Zuk S40 / '85 Dnepr MT-11 / various faded glories
From: The Older Gentleman on 1 Jan 2010 07:28 sleazy <none(a)nil.net> wrote: > My one year experiment in hacking - > http://sleazyrider.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1984-GL1200-Hack-Rig/dscf0001 /417679830_BvxEP-M.jpg You call that a hack rig? It's brilliant. You're too modest. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 1 Jan 2010 08:06 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: >> The Older Gentleman wrote: >>> Ever ridden a sidecar outfit? Strange, but huge, huge fun. Until you >>> crash. And everyone does. >> >> Now waita bloomin' minute there, > >> TOGster, don't just drop a conversational bomb like that and then >> casually stroll on your merry way out the door without another >> word... I wanna hear more about how I'm likely to crash and what can >> I do to avoid it. > > The danger comes when you attempt a fast left-hander - well, > right-hander for you lot, as your chairs are fixed to the right-hand > side of the bike. > > And you start to panic, and the siscar wheel lifts and the bars snap > straight and... well, then everything depends on road furniture and > run-off space. There are two ways to get the sidecar back onto the ground when you find yourself going too fast into a [left][right](toward sidecar) turn. The chair will lift off the ground, right? 1. Turn bars and go straight, directly into oncoming traffic. 2. Grab throttle, and *increase* greatly, and quickly. Number 2 is the correct answer of course, though most beginners will never do it... hence, they crash. :-) > When I bought my outfit there was a flywheel from (I was told) an old > Sunbeam car as ballast in the chair. I threw it out, and then > discovered why it was there. I had two ~50 pound bags of gravel... for when the missus wasn't along. -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 1 Jan 2010 08:23
sleazy wrote: > My one year experiment in hacking - > http://sleazyrider.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/1984-GL1200-Hack-Rig/dscf0001/417679830_BvxEP-M.jpg > I put 5500 miles on it, mostly commuting, but it did make a trip to > upstate NY and the Adirondack Mountains. That was fun. A California Friendship II. 'Zactly what I had (my last one). -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul |