I have finally jumped and have a bid on a Dnepr/ Ural type sidecar and am also seriously looking at a Honda CB 750c as a tug. ( the price is deffinitly right and is near where I live) The CB 750 has about 75hp is 5 speed and weighs about 545 lbs. I was wondering if anyone has this combo or thoughts about it. My primary usage would be around town, short trips and a kinda kick around back road rig.
The CB750 will be a good tug for the Dnepr car. Much better choice than a Russian 750.
Look for some decent rear shocks as they are very lacking in that department. The Showa front ends are skookum though.
The very short lower frame could use some sub-framing to accomodate the looong Dnepr frame well for a rigid mounting.
Commercial adjustable mounts are available for the Dnepr/URAL/CJ's or if you are (or have) a fabricator, the ball mounts also work well with a few modifications.
The front mount can be cut and rotated to move the car farther back and help accomodate the differences in frame heighths.
The rear sidecar mount can also be moved farther forward if needed.
Lonnie
Northwest Sidecars
Thanks for the info Lonnie, I guess I am going this way as I just bought two CB750,s The guy had one running and one with a seized engine . he threw in the second one for $100.00 It had spoked wheels which I wanted for the look to go with the Dnepr wheel.
Right now I am inclined to go with a Duantless Motors mount but with my son's help and your pics we might decide to fabricate the mounts ourselves.
Originally written by scrinch on 3/2/2009 4:05 PM
Thanks for the info Lonnie, I guess I am going this way as I just bought two CB750,s The guy had one running and one with a seized engine . he threw in the second one for $100.00 It had spoked wheels which I wanted for the look to go with the Dnepr wheel.
Right now I am inclined to go with a Duantless Motors mount but with my son's help and your pics we might decide to fabricate the mounts ourselves.
If you have never done this before, I would vote for a professional install, or at least a professionally built mounting kit. There's nothing difficult about connecting one to the other. The difficult part is doing it right and building in the right adjustments.
If you still decide to do it yourself, make it twice as strong as you think it needs to be.
I will no doubt go with a pre-made connection. I don' t want a Buster Keaton move on my hands with the sidecar going one directions and me the other.
If I can figure out how to load the picture I will include the last bike my son and I built.......(kidding)
FWIW, I had a Dauntless subframe on my Valkyrie. It was built to last. I would buy another from them.
