Does anyone have a sidecar attached to a Triumph Rocket 3? I am having difficulty working out how/where to attach the rear upper mounting point to the bike. Any input would be helpful. Also if anyone knows where I can buy a proper mounting kit for the bike, I would appreciate it. I am planning/trying to mount a Champion Daytona sidecar.
We make mounting kits for the Rocket 3, we also make triple tree's to lower the steering effort however right now the only rocket 3 tree's we have in stock are for the tour not the standard rocket 3. Lead time on mounts is about 3-4 week right now, triple tree's 6-8 weeks.
Do you already have the sidecar?
Jay G
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Hi, I took these pictures of a nice Rocket Three outfit at a rally last year unfortunately neither show the fittings.
Sid
Sidcar, thank you. Nice looking rig. It was helpful as it shows how the bottom fitting goes round to tie in on the non-sidecar side of the bike.
Not to get too far off topic...
But could anyone please identify the fairing on that R3?
TIA
The rally takes place again next month if the outfit is there I'll find out for you.
Sid
To answer the original question we drill a 1/2" hole through the 'gusset' at the rear seat side in front of the upper shock mount.and install a eyenut there. LBS does the same thing. You must be carefull to get the hole positioned right as there are cast in stiffeners on the back side and the outside surface is not totally flat.
The upper front can be a threaded eyenut on the motor mount bolt if you take it out and turn it around. We put a pinch block on the eyenut and run a tube from it to the lower mount on the subframe. Not a bad idea to do the same in the rear to tie everything together.
Claude,
Thank you for your guidance. Our spring tour often goes through Pennsylvania. Next time we will drop in and see you.
Cheers.
Chris. H.
I ran across this one a few years back at the AHRMA races at Miller in Utah. A bit of under kill on the sidecar and I did not get a real good shot of the mounting. I think I was more interested in getting the Cozy emblem just to prove that someone would put a Cozy on a Rocket Three.
Wonder if the guy in the pix was the pilot, or the monkey. If he was the monkey the bike to car weight ratio would be about right.
He was the driver, the monkey was a very small dog.
Scary rig!
I don't know if you still need this but here's a close of the fittings on that Rocket3.
Sid
Wonder who mounted that Cozy? We have turned away jobs that were less scary than that. BTW... We did a Champion a while back on a rocket , one of ours on one and also the LBS mentioned ealier. We are mounting an early Hannigan Astro on our own Rocket now. This is temporary as we will be putting one of our own sidecars on it at some point. Excellent sidecar haulers! They do beg for steering modifications though.
