davet - 3/21/2014 6:10 PM Sorry I forgot to mention this before but another good source for old parts I found is www.tomsnosparts.com He is in Ohio and has a lot of stuff for sidecars and older Harleys.
Paul,
I have a pretty long list of part's suppliers for used and nos items, Tom has a fair amount you may also want to try Clete and Bart Borchett down in Georgia at Old Dude parts Russ Dupree in Grand Rapids Michigan you can find him on e-bay also under easyruss......and the list goes on...it's an addiction 🙂
Ballast weight? I wonder if I need one of those too? Can't I just ask Blondie to lean further out?? Nah.... bad idea. By the way, Blongie has a "M"" endorsement on her license and is already saying that I'll be in the sidecar!! Does anyone know the price for removing macho tattoos these days!!?? Whodda thought that a sidecar would become an existentialist conumdrum?? I got a rep to protect! - AZP **smiling**
I do not enjoy riding my HD rig solo without weight. I keep 120lb of sand bags in there. The HD is my second rig and it fly's if I look to the right. Maybe I am just skittish but it makes me nervous without ballast and I have had it a few years.
I'm glad to hear it isn't just me. Being in a small town there isn't anyone else to compare notes with. I foresee piling stuff in there for certain events like shows (canopy, chairs, ice chest) but can see I'll need a little weight for routine riding. Do you have a spare tire on the sidecar? I've got one on the sidecar that is fairly heavy I would think. Maybe less than 120# would still do the job. It hasn't lifted so far but then again I've gingerly made turns much slower than if I were riding solo. The tub is off again so I can finish restoring some items on the right side of the bike and change the battery. I want those rear crash bars back on the bike and something was changed in the clamping when new mufflers were installed and the bars were removed. Everything is a lot easier with the tub off and I'll probably have to reconfigure muffler clamp spacers in order to get the bars back on. Thanks for the advice.
