OK here is my new question. I have a 1998 Honda 1100c with a new Velorex 565. I do not have many miles on it but trying to keep it in trim is driving me nuts. when I 1st got it I had right pull after playing with it that was fixed till I put something in the car. Is this just something I am going to have to live with? I was told that I can not put an electric trim on the car because it has a bike tire. But the person that told me that was trying to sale me another car at 2 times the price after he could not sale me a trike. I never wanted one and there was a lot of “0” in the asking price. I am a poor boy. Help!!!!
Your trim is going to be a compromise. Different loads and road crowns (camber) will make the rig track differently.
Load the bike chassis and the sidecar with your normal expected running weight and adjust the alignment from that point. You are looking for neutral steering at an even road speed. You will always have the push to the right on acceleration and the push to the left when decelerating or braking. you will get used to that in a short while.
Allow about 1 degree of leanout for road camber. Maybe more if running high crowned roads. I use a magnetic angle guage for this, on the front rotor.
For toe-in you might start at about 1/2" to 5/8" measured at below the bike axles. Road test it. See how it tracks. If it's close it can be fine tuned at the lower front mount slip tube by loosening the jam nuts and moving the sidecar a bit closer or farther out by a turn or two of the nuts on the lower clevis bolt. Closer will increase the leanout and also increase the toe-in at the same time. Farther will do the opposite.
Check tire wear after a few miles for any unusual wear patterns.
Lonnie
A trim device can be installed. Having a bike tire has exactly zero meaning on that. Wish i still lived in Florida I could fix you up in a day. Yes, you can compromise the setup as Lonnoe mentioned but a trim adjustor woudl be a big plus.
Thanks for the help. I have got it running with out too much pull. I did a 150 mile trip on Sunday and it was Tuesday before I could move and do some triming. I have a few thing that I am working on, not all the rig, but a trim control is on my list of things to do.
One more time thanks.
