Wheel lead on an on pavement only sidecar should be between 10 and 15% of the wheel base of the bike.
With Velorex sidecars you often have to modify the arm coming from the sidecar as Velorex provides not proper way to adjust wheel lead other then by placing the "universal" clamp where it needs to be for wheel lead which seldom works in the real world.
Jay G
DMC sidecars
www.dmcsidecars.com
866-638-1793
Doug, We should meet up sometime. Let's make it happen.
Not sure how much my S/C tire leads my bike rear tire but I will take measurements today.
According to the installation brochure, Step #10: "IMPORTANT In final assembly, the short Strut at the bottom rear of the
sidecar frame must be at an exact right angle (90 °) to the sidecar and motorcycle frames, thus placing the sidecar wheel ahead
of the rear wheel of the motorcycle by 8 to 10 inches. This wheel offset distance is important (see figure 13)."
Sorry for the delay Tom, i havent been getting notifications and been riding and working. I also found another sidecar memeber near me Pbrowne he is just over in Shepherdstown WV maybe we can fidn a warm saturday in the near future to get together . Maybe Frederick or Leesburg there is a good BBQ place in leesburg I know
Doug,
My next available Saturday is Nov 1. May be a chilly ride but you never know how the Wx may change.
Tom
I will put that on my calendar Tom and we will see what happens and I will get in touch with Paul Browne to see if he would liek to join.
Doug--I have a UMD basketball game that day. Rats. Nov 2nd?
Tom we can do Nov 2 in Frederick MD Chef Lin Chinese buffet is good they have a huge variety of food. I talked to Paul Browne and he couldn't make it at all this weekend but we can keep him in mind for next time.
