For sure you hadn't drunk cheap rum?
What you describe there are the symptoms for a hang over with cheap german blended rum...
=> next morning: "Hand me over the circular saw to open the door frame for my head!"
Possibly for the next few weeks you will be obligated to take in ballast and your dog.
Congratulations for your new combination!
By the way I can highly recommend Nicaraguan "Flor de caña" with 12 or 18 years.
Best wishes for your new ride,
Sven
you might want to replace that homemade tank with a very small aluminum oxygen cylinder such a s an M-6 its about 10" long and 3.5-4" diameter, its meant to hold up to 2200 psi. you can mount to frame with big hose clamps, much safer than a hommade tank. you can find used ones at medical supply dealers. Rick
It’s been a few days. I’ve been painting the body. Boy I hate painting.
Thursday night I finished sanding the primer and laid down the paint a nice urethane.
I had spent the day thinking about painting that whole thing with my little gun.
I finally decided to buy the big brother of my little gun that works so well.
Well that was a mistake trying to get the spray pattern right left me laying down a lot of paint.
I ended up putting almost a quart of paint on the body. In one spot the paint blistered and yes plenty of runs.
So today I sanded the runs and the blistering out. I had a hard time feathering the paint the paint was more like powder coat than paint.
Anyway I went back to my little gun and shot it again. This gun works nice the paint flowed ok .a couple of slightly dry spots.
Funny I only needed ¼ of a quart of paint this time.
The featheredging could have been better and I mist sanding one run on the bike side.
Maybe it needs some port holes there. Lol
Personally I would like to strip it and start over but it will be a month before the paint completely dries in temps outside.
I’m going to start on the interior. I’ve decided on black carpet on the floor and walls with removable seat cushions.
Did I mention I hate painting?
I’ve been working on it again.
The compressor is mounted with its check valve and a flexible hose. I have it wired with a relay that powers the compressor when the running lights come on.
I covered the interior with what I call trunk carpet.
I put a tie down for the dog leashes. I am making removable cushions that will install for human passengers.
The body mounted and ready to go. I can’t even get the jack Russell to come in the garage never mind get in the car. I’ll have to work on that.
next year i think matching paint is in order.
Great looking job even without the matching paint.
Good work spell; the rig looks great. Looking forward to pics from the road.
For a better platform for our dog to ride, I also made a plywood floor with hinged back covered with trunk carpet to replace the seat in the Texas Sidecar. But I might have to consider a "drop in" seat in case of a passenger, so as not to have to replace the stock seat -- well, it only takes 5 minutes or so.
Lee
MB5+TW200+CRF250L+GTV300+INT650
XL883R w/Texas Ranger Sidecar
Zuma 50F + Burgman w/Texas Sidecar<Mrs. SwampFox
The temp finally got above 45. We took the boys for their first ride. We started with the dogs in the car with the wife.
After a few miles we let them go solo. They seemed to like it. No one tried to get out anyway.
The air ride was grate this is the best it has ever ridden. The frame felt good no sign of flex.
I forgot how hard the steering is with the side car on. I thought I had wide bars but they seam really narrow when you pitch it into a quick corner and it don’t want to turn. lol
I have been following this with great interest.... I have an old Steib that I am going to restore....and reading stuff like this convinces me that I can do it.... That's a great looking rebuild...and I have enjoyed the build-up...
Thanks
Joel
Well we had some nice weather this week end. So we took the boys for their first long ride. We went to a few dealers looking for a new helmet for the wife. Didn’t find one but almost ended up with a new voyager. Lol. not this year. The boys seem to be getting comfortable in the car. Nubby the white one rode like a stature but he started barking at people buy the end of the day just like in the car. So he’s ok. Kc The jack Russell mix was hanging off the side with his head as high as he could get it. I had to shorten his leash he made me a little scared. We went about 100 miles. It was me that had the problems I had fingers and hand falling asleep from trying to man handle the steering. It’s pretty hard turning. Probably the hardest steering sidecar I’ve driven. Maybe I’m just getting old. I’ve gotten to toe and lean were they feel pretty good. The 30 to 40 mph wobble is all but gone. I’ve got back in the grove of using the road pitch to help with the corners. All of our roads here in new England seem to be w shaped that lets you drop the side car wheel in the w on right hander’s and the bike in the w on left hander’s. its kind of a poor man’s lean adjustment complement of the dot. Any way hears some pictures of the ride
second try
