that is a nice looking car Barry,...that will be a sharp looking rig when completed,...cheers crawf.
Barry, I'm betting that most everybody who is following your tale (or tail) here would be plumb-tickled to come to Michigan and lend a hand. There are few things that will get you more excited than that first little run around the block to see if the rig "runs." Keep the shiny side up----
If you don't need the mounts for the GL you should be able to sell them, although the market for them is probably not big.
SidecarMike: I will keep you in mind if I decide to sell them. I have no idea what their value is.
Crawf: thanks for all your advice and I hope it does look sharp when completed.
Notanlines: now that I have school behind me for the summer, I am getting excited to get this rig together.
I finally got the opportunity to put the bike and sidecar next to each other. It looks like I will have about a 9” lead and 60” track width. I have seen track width measured from center MC tire to center SC tire. I have also seen it from outside MC to outside SC, and this is what I measured. I am now working on getting the brackets situated. The mounting points on the sidecar are 33” apart, the best I can do on the MC frame is 20” apart for the lower brackets. Do you guys thing this is sufficient?
just ran a tape across my two rigs and both track bike tire center, to chair tire center at 48", with aprox a 7-9 inch lead of the chair axles,..I was also suprised to find chapter 13 in my Clymers manual for the '81 Goldwing has a section on how to set up a sidecar and how to mount a car tire on the bike if required,...interesting reading,.. there is several shops on here if bolt on parts are required,..good luck, crawf.
Track is measured from centerline to centerline of the tires. Wheelbase: axle to axle.
Lonnie
