ENDURO GS sidecar rig

Gee-Tee · 02-26-2005, 05:21 PM

Imagine the shit you could take along with you!
Here is a link to more pic's.
http://www.martinpreston.co.uk/ click on the GS.

Gee-Tee · 02-26-2005, 05:23 PM

Imagine the shit you could take along with you!
Here is a link to more pic's.
http://www.martinpreston.co.uk/ click on the GS.

configurationspace · 02-26-2005, 05:29 PM

uh, okay.

Will · 02-26-2005, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by configurationspace

That has got to be tough on the drive-train. How many miles do you think the differential would be good for with that kind of load....

RBJ · 02-26-2005, 07:36 PM

Damn, maybe Rider won't have to drive his civic to Ralleys anymore.

Jim Bud · 02-26-2005, 08:14 PM

or the same as one wheel drive??

boxermoose · 02-27-2005, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Will

That has got to be tough on the drive-train. How many miles do you think the differential would be good for with that kind of load....

Probably as long as a typical BMW final drive

Overall a pretty cool concept put into reality - and something I'd seriously look at if I couldn't get both feet down due to injury or illness

BM

Will · 02-27-2005, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bud

or the same as one wheel drive??

Figure the one wheel weighs twice as much now (cause it's two) and there are always friction losses from all those bearings (looks like at least 3 bearings and 4 constant velocity joints). Adds up to a lot more load. And what about turning corners? All kinds of twisting forces with that that don't occour normally on a motorcycle...

DoctorIt · 02-27-2005, 06:27 AM

that is one hell of an ambitious endeavor... I'd love to see an FEA of that driving axle, betcha there's some hella big loads and stress concentrations there.

something about a motorbike with car tires turns me off though

Schtum · 02-27-2005, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Will

And what about turning corners? All kinds of twisting forces with that that don't occour normally on a motorcycle...

If you mean because of the differing speeds of wheel rotation across the rear axle when turning corners, the site says that the sidecar wheel is drive via a viscous coupling. That should effectively do the job of a differential.

02-26-2005, 05:21 PM	#1
Gee-Tee ^OP DR dual-sporter Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Eastern Missouri Oddometer: 87	ENDURO GS sidecar rig Imagine the shit you could take along with you! Here is a link to more pic's. http://www.martinpreston.co.uk/ click on the GS. __________________ Deo Vindice 2007 FJR 1300

02-26-2005, 05:23 PM	#2
Gee-Tee ^OP DR dual-sporter Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Eastern Missouri Oddometer: 87	ENDURO GS sidecar rig Imagine the shit you could take along with you! Here is a link to more pic's. http://www.martinpreston.co.uk/ click on the GS. __________________ Deo Vindice 2007 FJR 1300

02-26-2005, 07:36 PM	#5
RBJ Ph.D in B.S. Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Cambridge, Taxachusetts...i.e. Hell. Oddometer: 514	Damn, maybe Rider won't have to drive his civic to Ralleys anymore. __________________ Freedom isn't free. Free men aren't equal. Equal men aren't free.

02-26-2005, 08:14 PM	#6
Jim Bud Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Castle Rock, CO Oddometer: 3,438	I wonder if the load really is any greater this way... or the same as one wheel drive?? __________________ Jim Bud "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character......give him power".....Abraham Lincoln

02-27-2005, 06:27 AM	#9
DoctorIt vrooom! Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Springfield, MA Oddometer: 5,661	that is one hell of an ambitious endeavor... I'd love to see an FEA of that driving axle, betcha there's some hella big loads and stress concentrations there. something about a motorbike with car tires turns me off though __________________ Erik Professor for hire.

02-26-2005, 05:29 PM	#3
configurationspace delooper Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Deutschland Oddometer: 6,918	uh, okay.

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