Hello,
How is everyone I am what my teachers at abate called a natural rider I built my own ride 73 honda cb 750
I then put it on the streets in January and thats been two years ago with no training and in the slush!
I ride all the time in fact I have a facebook page called riders of the storm
I ride in the storm and not in the storm rain or shine.
So it has become an idea to take my kid and wife with me and so my friend said check out this site for ideas and so I have and what I have seen is out of my budget and not in my style not to say they are not cool just not for me.
So has anyone bulit there own sidecar and would they like to let me in on there ideas and craftmanship so I can get an idea of what I am getting into?
Thanks for your time
Many have built their own hack.
Start by downloading some of Hal Kendall's books from this site and do a bunch of reading regarding basic sidecar physics.
Training helps for survival with a S/C rig. It's waaaay different than a solo bike.
Good Luck,
Lonnie
🙂 thank you hack'n
I have downloaded everything I could thus far even the chapters I am going to get started on them monday when my son is in school in the mean time I am still looking for that one special frame I can mimic.
Depends upon what you are looking for as far as loading or passengers. On road, back road, or off road usage.
Your 750 isn't going to be a freeway cruiser in any event.
Lonnie
I want to bulid my cart first then bulid the bike to tug it
I know that is putting the cart before the horse, and I am okay with that I don't want to build something to make due with what I have i want to build something to hand down to my son
its going to be sci fi. look like a star fighter sort of or star wars ship and then once its built I can start looking for the motor and wheels to tug it
by the way I do appreciate all the help man it pretty cool to get so much feed back
Sounds like you are fairly handy when it comes to fixing mechanicals. And ya gota love those Honda CB's from the 70's, I have two of my own! I'm not sure how well they would work out as a tug unless your car is rather light. Those inline-4's tend to hit their sweet spot at the high end where as you'll need low-wend torque with a sidecar.
To build a car tho, is going to take a fair amount of fabrication skills and equipment. Most commercial frames are made from bent tubing. Is that what you are planning? Maintaining a rigid frame with a well aligned wheel will be critical. If you are planning on passwngers, then suspension will be important for their comfort. Adding an electric actuator to adjust the rig on the fly and for variong weights would be nice, but not so critical.
The cars themselves vary, but are usually fiberglass, aluminum or steel sheet. A car made of wood would be too heavy for your CB, I'm thinking.
I wish you luck and hope you start a build thread.
Some people will start by buying the mounting kit for thier bike or we also offer a sidecar frame that many people will buy and build there own sidecar body for. A used sidecar might also be a good way to go that way you could spend some time with it finding out what you like about it and what you do not like so that when you do build you own sidecar you have a better idea of what your needs and wants are.
Jay G
DMC sidecars
www.dmcsidecars.com
866-638-1793
my cb 750 can be seen here
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.183392821726484.42206.171851099547323&type=3
the red gs750 i sold to my friend
I intend to just take my time and that means silly little sessions of the wife and son sitting in my little boxed area designated as the seat part well then so be it.
Perhaps you could find the link to the home-built sidecar project that was on here a year or two back. It was an excellent job.
Building a sidecar would be a lot of work, but very satisfying.
I've often wondered what became of that guy and his project. Seems to me his name is Wes and he's from Idaho. Would be good to hear from him again and get updated...
Reardan Tom - 8/22/2012 6:24 PM
I've often wondered what became of that guy and his project. Seems to me his name is Wes and he's from Idaho. Would be good to hear from him again and get updated...
Yes, that was Wes. He did a nice job on his sidecar but we haven't heard from him since. I imagine we could look him up.......
A Canadian guy I met years ago runs a homebuilt sidecar that is very professionally done. It was white when we met at a UMCI rally those years ago. He and his wife came to the National in C d'A. They're still running the same rig but it's been repainted... I'll post it here.
I dig that Tom, do you by chance have more pics of that side car?
I'll send you a PM with the guy's name and e-address. He's not in that photo btw...
I got this booklet off Ebay building sidecar frame. The rig looks pretty stout with the square stock used and the reinforcing gussets. Put "build sidecar" in the search box and it will come up. If I build one I plan on using a torsion axle to simplify things, probably mounted on a hinged plate with an electric linear actavator to adjust the lean angle on the fly.
