Hello all I have been lurking here for a couple of months now reading all the past threads and have yet to find answers to a couple of questions. Sorry if these have been ask before, but I have not found the answers.
Once a rig is set up and handling well is it a ongoing battle keeping the handling right or does it pretty much contuniue to handle well?
Is a sidecar rig good for around town use or do they become "work" with stop-n-go and alot of turns?
I have never laid eyes on a sidecar rig other in pics, but think it is something I would enjoy as I am the type that likes to be different. I have two boys and would like to use a s/c to transport them around.
Thanks for your Help.
Ray
I have had my rig for about 6 weeks and use it for all my running around. I'm 61, is that some help?
I'm retired and use my rig every day , several times a day, doing errands...to bank, PO, town hall, shopping, whatever. lots of times I Take my 2 dogs along for company And enjoyment. They love it!!
when my wife comes home, and on weekends we take the rig wherever it is possible instead of my truck or the car.
I am 66, and we are leaving on the rig tomorrow AM for theUSCA Nat in Beaver, AR. 10 days of great riding!!
I agree- it is not work. (Although of course every rig is different, depending on your bike, sc etc) I am a 'girl' ;-P and ride all around town for fun, off-road, and took a 1500 mile road trip in May. Had my rig since March and can't wait to get on it everytime! Since I am in Phoenix, AZ, with the heat at this time of year, it's not so comfortable to ride to work, but I have earlier this year- before it got to 104 -yuck- I will admit to some fatigue on the 1500 mile trip, but that would happen no matter what you're riding.
Have fun!
Depends on how early in the day you start drinking, and how big your boys are.
Some days the handling seem to go all to H E double hockey sticks.
If the kids are big enough, they can help you push.
Thanks for the help everyone. From the replies I can believe that there is no reason to think of a rig as work. One of my fears is spending the money for a rig and then opting to leave it in the garage and taking the car because the rig is just to much hassle.
Thanks again
Ray
Once you have found the SWEET SPOT and if all the mounts are solid and true and well designed they should not rotate or move. The rig should be just as tractable today, tomorrow, and ten years from now. This presupposes that the rig was set up for sidecar operation and that the sidecar was not just "hung" onto the side of a solo bike.
To make a solo bike into a tug or a dedicated sidecar bike might require considerable work and expense including items such as a set of LL forks or modifying the upper and/or lower triple trees, adding a fork brace, changing gearing, changing the rear wheel, adding a sub-frame, re-working the exhaust system, reworking the braking system, adding a anti-wobble system, adding extra fuel tanks, adding extra battery, adding extra lighting, adding sidecar ballast, and so forth. Not all need be added at once. This is the tip of the iceberg re extras - see any sidecar manufacturers list.
So - bottom line - a sidecar can be as little or as much as you want it to be. SOme are very utilitarian - some are extremely plush - as you will see when you go to any rally site. From $500 to $30000. You pick a number. Most are towards the lower end - around $2000 to $4000.
