Finally got my Astro 2+2 mounted and took it around the school parking lot. Some steering wobble up to about 15 mph, but controllable. Pulls to the right. Steering is pretty heavy, esp to the right. I'll play around with the lean out adjustment to see if I can reduce it.
Originally written by CherryHog on 3/7/2009 5:18 PM
Finally got my Astro 2+2 mounted and took it around the school parking lot. Some steering wobble up to about 15 mph, but controllable. Pulls to the right. Steering is pretty heavy, esp to the right. I'll play around with the lean out adjustment to see if I can reduce it.
Very nice work, and great looking sidecar! Hope its Ok that I linked in your pic.
I just mounted my Hannigan Bandito (about 225 lbs) onto an 800 lbs Triumph Rocket III.
I had/have similar issues. I'll tell you that getting it adjusted properly, which took me an eternity it seems, helped tremendously. I think when I do all the adjustments again (when I pick it up from the painters), I should be able to adjust it probably 5x times as fast.
Also, the steering was REALLY heavy. I was worried I made a big mistake. But after riding the rig intermittently for just a week, it's already MUCH easier.
If it is pulling to the right, I think you need more lean-out. On my hannigan, I figured out that it was easiest to adjust the leanout first using the rear strut, then adjust the toe-in using the front strut. If your kit is similar to mine (which I'm thinking is likely the case) this method may serve you well.
Good luck with it!
I'm not sure but others will know if the Harley adj triple tree would fit your bike this would just about eliminate the hard right turns, there is of course places that you can have your TT modified to reduce trail.
hotness. moAr pics!!!
The early shovel adjustable trees don't work on the late Harleys.
They have the forks mounted behind the neck stem these days.
Pete Larsen at Liberty Sidecars is where we get ours. These are not modified stock trees but engineered especially for Sidecar usage.
Fingertip steering and no headshake (no damper needed.
Lonnie
Northwest Sidecars
Got the rig re-adjusted with 1" toe-in and 2 degrees lean out and it steers pretty neutral (thanks David!!). The electric camber control is a lifesaver due to the varying crowns on the roads around home. Now for that matching paint job 🙂
