Hi everyone, I am pursuing an interest in the Fleximum. I used to have a honda reflex with an armec sidecar and had a blast around the beach area. Had to sell the rig at one point. now, I would like to get a "leaner". I have located one that is 10 yrs old and needs a little work, but was wondering if anyone here on this forum has ever rode with one? how does it ride? any other information would be helpful. how much is it worth?
thanks so much 🙂
You may have better luck going to Flexit sidecar owner's group. It is for leaners (mainly Flexit but all kinds including home made like mine.)
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlexitSidecarOwnersGroup/
I have a Fleximum attached to my GL 1100 I love this car as does my dog and granddaughters,I can get groceries,beer, travel with my dog (100lb Bullmastiff) she draws alot of attention when we are riding.Mine has 2 seat belts and can take an adult and child between thier legs, it fits my 2 granddaughters(6and 4) perferctly I paid $1500C for mine and had to fabricate a mount, it is very easy to attach to the bike I can attach in 5 mins. Of course I use way more gas when the car is attached and go through tires faster than normal. Also be prepared for a fight if it is windy.
First time seeing Fleximum pic.
Interesting.
No front linkage?
That lower linkage must take a lot of stress then.
Well everyone, I just got back from Quebec visiting family. did a little search while there and found a fleximum for sale! just happened to have the cash and bought it. it is red and I will probably have to fabricate the connection to my bike, but who cares, another project! will update with pics later!
Wow!
Very interested in looking at the bottom linkage.
will post some pics later when I start to work on it. might be a while as I have family visiting this week and other projects to finish first!
Here are some pics of my linkage, I am interested to see Flamingo's rig,I have seen a few different body designs. they all had the same frame and linkage.
So that linkage prevents sidecar to rotate in yaw axis, right? (no separate front linkage)
That is attached to the bike (Goldwing?) below the rider foot peg.
Very interesting.
Flexit's chain driven linkage is unique but Fleximum also got very clever design it seems.
I will copy it for my next build (if I ever do it again.)
Yes the guy who designed these was a very clever man,I had the car off last week and have some good pics of the sidecar frame ,if anybody is intereted they can contact me for more pics.
So, I finally got my rig back a few weeks ago and then the holidays and "polar vortex" hit. I have only been able to get it out a few times. Got a pretty ugly attachment until I can figure out a better one; it works, but I will have to move it back a few inches as it interferes when I put my right foot down; I have to inch up ahead of time and plan accordingly for a stop. It took a little bit of time to get used to the slow speed vibration, but cruising around 45-55 does not seem to be a problem. It's better with a person as I think the weight help. Getting used to cornering came like riding a bike the 2nd time, LOL. I plan to have a lot more rides completed by the time the rally is this year.
I read somewhere that tightening up the steering bearing helps to eliminate some of the slow speed vibration. Any thoughts?
will try to attach pic
hopefully a pic now
Nice!
Looks more comfortable than Flexit which kinda forces the passenger to lay back.
> I read somewhere that tightening up the steering bearing helps to eliminate some of the slow speed vibration. Any thoughts?
Unison leaners should not have any low speed vibration.
I had it once and it turned out that there was a play in steering head bearing.
After tightening it up to spec, no vibration.
I bought one of those at the end of the summer also and mounted it on a K1200lt. Got 2500 km in the month of October on it and it works well, allowing me to scrape the pedals and all.
I have it dismantled now going to the paint shop.
I was fortunate to be able to get the instructions from the manufacturer on how to set it up. The rear wheel is supposed to be centered with the bike's rear wheel. The correct measure is to have the front mounting bolt holes 21 "ahead of the center of the bikes rear wheel, and high enough to allow for cornering.
If not I can imagine that it might cause some vibration.
The nose also seems a bit low. The mouting bracket should be level to ground when the bike is on its wheels.
I'll post pictures when I get around to remounting it in March.
do you mean the front mounting bolt hole attached to the bike or the sidecar bracket front mount hole?
