Get the Trim and Brake......have one with and one without.....I prefer with!
I own a Champion, it's a very solid rig! Wish I had the brake and Trim!
Dundertaker
i just installed a hannigan astro 2+2 sidecar to my 86 harley electraglide. i also became a dealer for them. i went to the factory and did 2 tech days. they are a first class operation. the electric lean is very helpful and with the harley, i wouldnt be without the sidecar brake, both stock items on the hannigan. they will require you to install the steering damper if you need one. the install tech (dave) will usually let you know after riding it. this is my first sidecar rig after 22 years of riding. i like the sidecar, i can bring 2 kids along with room to spare. soon to get the raked trees, i am getting shoulder muscles like hulk hogan. lastly the kids stay dry and warm in the hannigan, when its top is on. 100+ miles last weekend in 35 degree weather. (i was cold).
best wishes, tommy.
??? Anybody have a photo of a hannigan astro 2+2 sidecar, I have an 03 HD Classic with a dead battery, the electro trim and doublewide sounds interesting.
duck
scooz me, I found the Hannigan web site.
check out the photo area on this site. i have some photos of my harley and hannigan 2+2 taken when we installed it during a tech day at the factory. thanks, tommy
Does MSF Rider Coach mean the state might be able to get an affordable sidecar class going? :0) I would come to Appleton and I know at least one other who would at the drop of a hat.
Looks great Tommy, but check out the yellow Gold wing rig. on the Hannig web site… now,,wipe the slobber off the key board.
For sale—03 HD Classic, lots of extras, plus dead battery.
another coach and i are looking into the sidecar school. affordable???? the school we teach at (FVTC)depends on state funding------ we will keep trying. an independant schools cost would be impossible with insurance costs. a guy i know does the ERC but you have to be a member of the gold wing club or their insurance wont cover the class. maybe he can help. he said you dont have to own a goldwing to join.
oh yeah, the yellow wing rig at hannigan is really cool. i would rather the bmw though. check out their tri-cars. they are really cool. its a trike/sidecar all in one.
thanks. tommy.
My Valkyrie usually gets me into Goldwing functions without an arguement. :0)
The other rig is a CX500/California.
Maybe Fox Valley could be talked into it. How many rigs would you need to convince them?
The MSF is running an ERC course in Madison this year, but my daughter really needs a beginners course first. I'd sign up to give her a friend in class. I've been riding a long time, but have loots of bad habits to unlearn and can always learn something new.
Tommy,
With the raked trees you should be able to dump the damper and get road feel (feedback) again.
Lonnie
You folks should do as I did here in Washington.
I got together with the Chair of the State Legislature Transportation Committee and started the ball rolling for State subsidized parity with the two wheelers as far as training for three wheeled endorsements. So far, through my (and others, who kept the ball rolling) endeavors so far we have gotten:
1- Three wheel only endorsements that empower the handicapped and non solo riders to operate, without having to pass the standard two wheel testing.
2- A 100.00 per capita State subsidy toward offsetting the cost of three wheel (Sidecar & Trike) training.
This was all done by the next session of the Legislature.
Some are unhappy about the extra endorsement fee but it puts a lot more trained sidecar and trike drivers on the roads I have to share.
That works for me.
Lonnie
Bob:I answer somewhat tongue-in-cheek.I'd never consider destroying what has taken me 3 years to build by adding a leading link front fork. My Triumph looks exactly as it should with a sidecar attached and handles perfectly to speeds of 100 mph. Because it's an English bike, I was trying to acheieve a "look" and some compromises are in order. In so much as being set up right, it is. I initially aligned the outfit by placing it in it's entirety on the bed of a horoziontal planer and then optically aligning the chair and bike for toe as well as lean out.I believe that if you need a steering damper with an Earls fork on your Beemer, then you are the one who needs a geometry change, not I.As time progresses, I will most likely re-machine the upper and lower triple clamps to adjust the trail without the unsightly (at least on my outfit) leading link fork and at the present time I have executed drawings and will machine a stem type damper for the Triumph that will be in keeping with the correct look and I will at that time, discard the external "gorilla" damper.I built my outfit primarily as a show bike and to ride in my spare time. Even unfinished last year I entered two Brit shows and took a first at each.
