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So tell me what you have added to your sidecar since you have gotten it.

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Dennis P. Spokane WA USAF Retired 1996 Harley FLHTCUI with Liberty Sidecar

This could be a fun and informative thread

I added a functional hood scoop that allows the rider to adjust air flow inside the car and a rear spoiler with brake light to match the rear spoiler of the bike

On my first side car I did the same but also added a 6 gal gas tank and had it tied to the bike tank with a 1 way check valve and electric pump so you could transfer gas on the fly 

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The Hannigan twin classic. Nothing. I knew what I wanted and and made sure it was all installed right away.  I did have it repainted to match the new bike.

 Replace the convertible top in March  it was showing the miles and age.

The Velorex. I cut out their axle replace with one from a Harley 750. Tossed their 16 inch spoke wheel and tire in the trash. Changed it to same wheel and car tire the bike has.  Changed the factory shock

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My Ural sidecar I added Lights to the front, Mounted a jerry can between the bike and the sidecar add dual USB connectors and added a forward and a revers camera that records all the time.

My Liberty sidecar I have not added anything to it. Yet!

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Dennis P. Spokane WA USAF Retired 1996 Harley FLHTCUI with Liberty Sidecar

No need to add anything to it, it's perfect just the way it is!! lol...

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Quote from Reardan Tom on April 6, 2023, 2:34 pm

No need to add anything to it, it's perfect just the way it is!! lol...

Tom I am going to add a pin wheel at the nose of the Sidecar so Oakley has something to watch.

 

happy kyle larson GIF by NASCAR on NBC

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Dennis P. Spokane WA USAF Retired 1996 Harley FLHTCUI with Liberty Sidecar

How about a small airplane prop set up like a pinwheel. Make everyone else on the road think that's your power to move it down the road. And large enough for Oakley to see...  Grin....

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ballast 🙂

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I’m thinking about adding a step pad on the sidecar frame to give me a stable place to but my right foot when shifting weight to the right. A few times I have put my boot on the sidecar frame tubing and it helps me to keep balanced while shifting my weight to the right and gives me a wider stance making is easier to steer right. I know a step would be a better solution if this isn’t a bad idea to start with.

Are you supposed to keep your feet on the peg or is this one of throws personal preference things?

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Ural racks, front and back. Soon to have some Quick Fist clamps for a few different things—shovel, comealong, traction board, pump—because I’m obviously not original in thought, lol.

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Quote from Joe David on April 8, 2023, 10:12 pm

I’m thinking about adding a step pad on the sidecar frame to give me a stable place to but my right foot when shifting weight to the right. A few times I have put my boot on the sidecar frame tubing and it helps me to keep balanced while shifting my weight to the right and gives me a wider stance making is easier to steer right. I know a step would be a better solution if this isn’t a bad idea to start with.

Are you supposed to keep your feet on the peg or is this one of throws personal preference things?

Joe, I saw this pic of your Sportster rig and my immediate thought is that I'd put a big long step on that tube so that I could stand on it, or use it to rest my foot while I straightened my knee, or even to lash something to it.  Certainly not a bad idea.  Anything you can do to keep the car down on energetic right turns is fine.

In fact, standing on that bare tube looks kinda dangerous because I think your foot could slip through the gap between the tube and the car body.  Things could get dicey!  

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Put a dash in the Ural tub, electrified the tub, adding USB ports, 12V lighter port and heated seat. The wife loves fall rides with the heat and plugs her 12v heated blanket in for the legs. Also added RAM cell phoner mount for her.

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Quote from BriSco on November 23, 2023, 1:01 pm

Put a dash in the Ural tub, electrified the tub, adding USB ports, 12V lighter port and heated seat. The wife loves fall rides with the heat and plugs her 12v heated blanket in for the legs. Also added RAM cell phoner mount for her.

I'd like to see a pic of that dash.  Did you make it or buy it?

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Had a LBS leading link front end put on my R1250GSA/Expedition rig.  

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Made a Bike rack so me and Lucy can have double fun

 

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On the Double Bandit I have added a tonneau cover that covers the windshield as well as the tub. Plus a black tonneau for the tub itself. I also added a Ram Mount ball for either a cell phone or a cup/jug holder for long trips in the tub and also on the Bandit itself. On the Ural I have added a mirror to the sidecar. A sidecar soft door. A ram ball for the tub and for the tug. A Tacho and reworked the taillight.   The Ural is fun but they are just tragically slow and unreliable. 

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 Buy the time we purchased the twin classic we knew what we needed and wanted. had it set up with all of it right away.

However I do want to add another air vent . When the top is on it needs a little more air flow on a hot day.

Also considering a snap on cover so I can remove windshield and top when riding alone. Doing so will reduce drag and increase MPG.

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Not enough pics on this thread.  Remember the famous Internet slogan - Pics or it didn't happen!

I remember when it was hard to take pics and you had to do this weird thing - drop them off, develop them, and pic them up.

Guess I better post a pic so I don't get called out.

Here' s what I added to my sidecar recently - the front end of a different one. 

The second pic is why I had to.

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I was never a fan of body work, not that I haven't done a bunch. Just not my favourite thing. 

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Here’s a couple for Ya Drew

this came with the rig but didn’t have the Snaps installed. That was a lesson in itself. 

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