I have a 1999 Kawasaki 1500 Vulcan Drifter with a Motorvation Spyder sidecar. I am looking for a product to adjust the rake and trail for better handling. Anyone know a manufacturer that has something available for the Drifter? Thanks.
Thanks, I'll give them a try.
Ayone have any experience with Steerite. It sure seems what I am looking for.
Originally written by shoelu on 5/4/2008 9:45 PM
Ayone have any experience with Steerite. It sure seems what I am looking for.
I can say that Pete Smith who heads up Side Effects
( http://www.sidecars.ca/ ) the manufacturer of Steerite products has been around the sidecar world for many years and does nice work. He and his wife Donna are dedicated to producing some very good products.
I'm with Claude with Steer Rite, Pete did mine and the work was exceptional plus Pete is more than willing to answer any and all questions, if you ask him what time it is he'll explain how a clock works 🙂
Shadow wrote:
>>if you ask him what time it is he'll explain how a clock works :-)<<<
Excellent description....
Steerite modified the triple trees on my V-Star 1100 Classic with a
Hannigan Classic Sidecar. Pete is more than willing to answer any
question you can possibly have on modifying your steering, it has been
some of the best money that we spent on my rig.
To save yourself some issues, make sure you ask him about bolting up your windshield, lights or anything else that fits into your triple trees so that he makes allowance for that if he's reworking your trees.
I can highly recommend Steerite, Pete, and Donna. Their services and products are exceptional.
i have it on my sportster and it is a wonderful product. i had to send mytriple tree to them and waited for a few weeks to get it back. but it was worth it. it is like having power steering. it cost around 800.00
If these people are so good why do they never answer my emails. Do they just not like FX H-Ds? I have tried to contact them more than once and I never even get a *** you back from them.
I am a new sidecar driver. Having some problems with pull and steering, exactly what is Steerite and how does it work?
EZ Steer and other fork modifications reduce the trail (one element in steering geometry) which creates the caster effect on motorcycle steering and gives them some resistance against turning and the self centering effect.
Excessive trail will cause hard steering with a two track vehicle like a sidecar. A solo (single track) bike can lean in the turns to offset this tendency, while a multiple track vehicle like a rigid mount sidecar rig or a trike cannot.
Too little trail will cause erratic steering and a complete loss of self centering tendencies so some trail is desirable.
A leaner rig can still utilize leaning in the turns so it will not need this modification to ease steering effort.
Lonnie
Originally written by silvergoldsmith on 9/18/2008 1:08 AM
If these people are so good why do they never answer my emails. Do they just not like FX H-Ds? I have tried to contact them more than once and I never even get a *** you back from them.
I just gave them a phone call, I asked about an FLH and they said the couldn't do them. Maybe it's the same thing with an FX. (The courtesy of a reply would have been nice though.) If I recall it was because there wasn't enough meat by the pinch bolts. They suggested Champion.
