Need frame for Daytona 2+2

Welcome @sidecarwilliam!  One more post and you will be able to add photos to your posts.  As an introduction, would you please go to the New Member section and introduce yourself.  Sounds like you've been around a while and know some folks already.

I'm on the far north eastern side of Utah (Roosevelt, UT), and have a trailer.  So if you need a relay runner to help extend that "travel range", drop me a note.

Posted by: @sidecarwilliam

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I am looking for a frame for a Champion Daytona 2+2 .  I have a Daytona now but with frame problems. I am in the SF Bay Area and will travel farther than I should to P/U what I need. Otherwise I will repair what I have.

Thanks for any help.

sidecarwilliam@yahoo.com

E-mail me and I will call back to see what we can do.

I'm wondering -- what kind of frame problems?  Once you remove the fiberglass body, any repair should be fairly straightforward for a decent weldor.  I'd suggest you start a new thread in

Technical/Mechanical Discussion

Be sure to post plenty of large clear pictures showing the problem from several angles.

I have bent the frame and have a very good welder friend that will help me if and when we reach that point. I am looking for that guy that has a trashed out 2+2 that wants to get rid of it.  May be easier than the needed repair.

I have been pushing sidecars for well over 40 years and did much of my own work before the internet so I have some idea of what I am getting into and just looking for an easier way to do it. I have two other sidecars that need attention but provide fun but there is noting like a Valkyrie powered S/C unless it might be a Rocket  III powered S removed link  

bill.

Come to the Flint Hills Rally and you will see both of those!

OK, I get it now.  I'd probably be looking for a complete rig at the right price where I could separate the Daytona then sell the tug for a decent price and end up with a relative bargain.  I know I saw one like that maybe a couple of months ago.

I'll try to poke around and see if I can find it.

OK, so this ain't it, though it's close to you.  If you got the guy down to $10,000 and sold the GW for $3000 that still leaves you $7000 out-of-pocket for the car.  You and your weldor friend can fix your frame for way cheaper than that.

https://fresno.craigslist.org/mcy/d/merced-honda-goldwing-champion-person/7755697713.html

Good luck with your search!

Found an old time welder with a sense of humor and lots of knowledge and we set out to work.  To make it short and sweet he had a third idea of how to do what was needed and $200 later I had a new friend and a proper tracking sidecar frame,

Now to put it all back together again.

bill.

Posted by: @sidecarwilliam

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Found an old time welder with a sense of humor and lots of knowledge and we set out to work.  To make it short and sweet he had a third idea of how to do what was needed and $200 later I had a new friend and a proper tracking sidecar frame,

Now to put it all back together again.

 

bill.

Great news!  Will look forward to seeing how it all comes out. 😎