I am in Northern California. I am here mainly to become more informed. The story is that I was hit by a pickup truck a few years ago while riding home from work. After over two dozen surgeries over three years, another year of healing, therapy, mobility restrictions and losing a lot of weight I gained from not being able to walk for a year, I finally attempted to see if I could still ride. Well I could, but two things stood out. I needed to make some adaptive changes to the hand and foot controls, and that due to many factors, coming to a stop was very uncomfortable. Three wheels has always been my plan B. At the same time, I was doing a makeover on my rigid bike as a way to teach my hands to work again, (I lost about 50% use of them). When that bike came off the lift, I added a third wheel to it so I could concentrate on building the adaptive parts I needed. It definitely isn't a sidecar, and reading through the technical section here, I seemed to have gotten everything wrong designing it. But it has worked remarkably well for me. I always intended that third wheel to be temporary, but I want to prepare for my plan B. I do have experience working on and test riding customers Harley rigs, but I am a bit clueless as to aftermarket sidecar alternatives. So I am here to read and learn. Thanks for having me
Welcome, Chrisnotbob! Don’t know if that’s going to work as a nickname, but let’s see what happens.
It sounds like you have had a very challenging time getting to now and you’ve got an invictus attitude that we can all learn from. Add another two posts and you will be able to add pics of your invention for the folks who have built their own rigs to offer advice.
In fact, I would suggest starting a thread in the Technical Discussion area to be dedicated to your unique rig. It would keep things centrally located.
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@not-bob: Wow, perseverance should be your middle name. Welcome to the forum. Are you from the "real" Northern California (Above Redding) or what most people just "call" Northern California, (AKA "The Bay Area")?
Chris. @not-bob, are you committed to your ride being an H-D, or are other brands something you would consider ?
I ask, because 2 of my sidecar rigs are Hondas with the DCT transmission. Which means no clutch lever for your left hand to pull on, and your right hand can use a Throttle Rocker, so.....left hand is just assisting in the steering of the bike, and right hand rests on the Throttle Rocker, which means no tight grip on the Throttle, just using your wrist to go fast.
Many former riders that now have some sort of physical disability find that sidecar rigs allow them to keep riding, as you don't have to balance the rig when stopped.
Open up to us, as you already have, and let's see if we can solve Whirled Peas for you.
Where in Nor Cal ? If it's a guessing game, I say....Arcata.....Fortuna....Ferndale......or.....Eureka, I found you. 
Oh, and WELCOME to the greatest Sidecar forums on this planet, and any other planets.
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