Gonna make her into a sidecar rig....I think

[hworley]

I have owned one H-D or another for the last 30Yrs. But I have always wanted to own something else. Just couldnt lay off the Harleys though. A few months ago, I picked up an 800 XC. WTF have I been waiting for! Such a kick in the ass. But that leaves my old sled sitting in the corner. I have been tossing around puttin a hack on her. I found the car style I like, Liberty Side Car. I hope they are worth a shit. I plan on attending some sort of training, but beyond that I have no plans at all. Is a side car rig fun? My ol lady and myself are getting older, and I havent felt comfortable having her on back for awhile now. So it is either a hack, or Trike. I aint quiting riding. Sorry this is so convoluted, I'm trying to hurry before my boss catches me F'n off. Thanks fellas

[leejosepho]

At least for some of us, I think a hack is just a natural progression during the days of the setting sun ...

[hworley]

Damn bro', your answer is killing me! Make me want to jump off a bridge. Setting sun? Let me ask you this. Do you enjoy your rig as much as you did when you rode 1 up? If you answer dont talk about my ever advanceing years, I may have to open a vein. ( Just screwin with ya)

[jaydmc]

I assume that the 800 XC you purchased is the Triumph Tiger. The most fun sidecar bike I ever owned was a Triumph Tiger that I mounted a Ural sidecar on and painted up in "Tony the Tiger" orange and black paint. We of course now build our own sidecar similar to the Ural. We have not done the "new" tiger as of yet but it should be a great sidecar bike.
Sidecars are a blast, Dual sport sidecars even more so.
Jay G
DMC sidecars
www.dmcsidecars.com
866-638-1793

[jaydmc]

The Tiger was also a blast in the snow.
Jay G
DMC sidecars
www.dmcsidecars.com
866-638-1793

[ClearwaterBMW]

i've always loved the look of that tiger rig
sorry for the "blow out" post-processing
i just wanted folks to be able to see this rig a little better:

[jaydmc]

The original photo was taken at dusk with the sun setting in the back ground.
After the photo was taken we built a leading link front end for it. I then sold the bike and it went to California. The new owner sold it to a friend who could not get use to the really light steering so he sold the leading link front end on ebay. The leading link ended up coming back to my general area to some one who was going to adapt it to a different bike. The bike then got sold and ended up in the midwest. Last I heard they blew the engine on it and were going to put the sidecar on a metric cruiser of some type. A bit of a shame. I was the second owner on the bike. The original owner was Coach from the Cascade Endurance center. He added D&D mufflers and rejeted the bike. It flat hauled. The bike in the first picture along with my tiger was know as the "ratacade" (I believe it is for sale by one of the employee's at south sound BMW) it started life as a Suzuki Cavelcade. Both the ratacade and the tiger have spent many miles riding toghether including one short blast to over 100mph on gravel.
I will not be on line for a couple of weeks. In about an hour I leave to go to my boat a 1940 Chris Craft. I am taking my mother and my 96 year old Grandmother for two weeks in the San Jaun islands.
Jay G
DMC sidecars
www.dmcsidecars.com
866-638-1793

[leejosepho]

Originally Posted by hworley

Damn bro', your answer is killing me! Make me want to jump off a bridge. Setting sun? Let me ask you this. Do you enjoy your rig as much as you did when you rode 1 up? If you answer dont talk about my ever advanceing years, I may have to open a vein. ( Just screwin with ya)

Somehow my body got to be older than me, so now "me" has to do something different. Similar to your situation, I have actually told my wife *I* am no longer comfortable having her on the back ... "So it is either a hack, or Trike."

Do I enjoy my rig as much as when I rode 1 up? Yes, I will when I finally get it built, and that will be largely because I will not have to worry about falling down! Just last week on two wheels, I had a difficult time on an uphill grade at a stop sign while trying to get out of a parking lot (and nearly dropped my bike on the high side), and that will be no problem at all on a hack where I can keep both feet on the footboards at all times!

[rathackman]

Not only is sidecaring fun and much less perceived as an "orthopedic device" than a trike, it becomes addictive. The only bike I have other than my sidecar rig is a little Honda CT110 tiddler for around town. At one time I had 23 bikes on the property in Alaska....

I have ridden all over the states, some in Canada and in Mexico on mine. In fact this coming November/December I am planning a sidecar ride around Mexico....Just me and my podna', my little cowdog Dina. Maybe a couple of friends for the Baja portion.

Two wheeled motos don't really appeal to me much any more and I am not old...only 67....

After many years of attending BMW rallies (and there are usually a number of hacks there too) I find that the only rallies I am interested in these days are sidecar rallies....rallies where the bikes are owned, built and ridden by a bunch of truly innovative and wildly inventive wannabe engineers.....I have never enjoyed social gatherings more than with the hack community. Not only are they family friendly and great fun but welcoming of any and all riders...of any marque, model, style or condition....

I think you will have a great time with us and if at all possible I would see if I couldn't take the training first so you can see if you even like hacking.....I know my young wife doesn't and she rides a lot on her two solo bikes after having a hack and doing a lot of miles on it. She just likes her "twisties"on the solo rig....

Good luck and happy trails,

[DRONE]

Originally Posted by hworley

Damn bro', your answer is killing me! Make me want to jump off a bridge. Setting sun? Let me ask you this. Do you enjoy your rig as much as you did when you rode 1 up? If you answer dont talk about my ever advanceing years, I may have to open a vein. ( Just screwin with ya)

Alot of guys ask something like this--"Is it as much fun as a solo bike?"

To me, it's irrelevant. It's like asking, "Which is more fun--golf or tennis? Archery or rifles? Beer or wine?" The answer is always the same -- WHO CARES? THEY'RE ALL FUN! AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT!

One thing I will say about sidecaring--you can definitely relax a little more. Unexpected sand on a curve is not going to put you into the guardrail. Lock up your brakes in a panic and you don't low side or high side--you just skid. Hit a deer--survive.

This is my first season as a sidecarist, and I'm loving it! That doesn't mean I'm selling my Guzzi--

[NortwestRider]

I gave up over 40 years of 2 wheels for my rig about 4-5 months ago.I'm 48,in OK health and have no problems with 2 wheels ( I still ride/race off road) and I find that 3 wheels is just "ME",the people I have ment at rallies ( yes you Drone!) have given me a warm welcome,I tell my friends that : I have found my people".!!!