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Alan_Hepburn
@Alan_Hepburn
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Joined: June 11, 2011 3:23 pm
Topics: 2 / Replies: 28
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RE: bike/hack value

Valkrider - 7/9/2018 12:53 PM NADA average retail on the bike is only $3100. So that's giving 6k for the sidecar. Seems way high to me. I...

7 years ago
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RE: Auto tire equivalent size

Ritch Williams - 4/18/2018 8:38 PM I thought the Taxi tire from England was a direct fit for a 16" tire? I just cant do it, But I've read of l...

7 years ago
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RE: Champion Daytona 2+2

Thanks for the reply - the boss says that the logistics of getting down there and then finding someone to remove our hack, then mount the new one, wou...

7 years ago
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RE: Champion Daytona 2+2

What bike was this attached to? I've got a 1994 GL1500SE with a Friendship I sidecar right now but I'm thinking about changing the sidecar for one tha...

7 years ago
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RE: Car tire installation recommendation?

Thanks, Drone - We're already members of the Silicon Vally Wings group - great bunch of people! Between them, other friends, and the instructions foun...

7 years ago
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RE: Car tire installation recommendation?

Thanks everyone - the OEM tire size is 160/80-16 and a lot of people are recommending a Bridgestone Drive Guard 195/55R-16. It's a bit wider than OEM ...

7 years ago
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RE: GL1500 heater connections

If you add plumbing to the bike's cooling system doesn't that upset the design parameters of the system? Seems to me you'll be removing more heat whic...

7 years ago
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RE: Looking into getting my first sidecar

IamDan - 7/20/2016 7:41 AM That has led me to the idea that I should get a used Ural to train in, yea it's got no power, but they are set up fro...

9 years ago
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RE: Looking into getting my first sidecar

Red, while it's hard to get real experience without any seat time, you CAN gain a lot of insight by reading the Sidecar Manuals available on this foru...

9 years ago
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RE: new ural or new hack?

...I see sidecars on smaller bikes, the Ural is only a 750. The Ural is a 750 cc, that generates around 41 hp. Up until 2014 when they went to a...

9 years ago
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RE: new ural or new hack?

I am a sidecar owner - have had both a Ural and "other". In 2011 we bought a 2006 Tourist that only had 4210 km on the odometer. From 2011 to 2016 we ...

9 years ago
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RE: Looking into getting my first sidecar

If the retro look is your thing, then you need to get yourself a Ural!

9 years ago
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RE: Looking into getting my first sidecar

On the other hand, my wife absolutely LOVES our sidecar! With a replacement knee, and backproblems, she could nolonger climb onto the back of a bike, ...

9 years ago
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RE: Looking into getting my first sidecar

We've been hack riders for just over 5 years now - bought a gently used Ural Tourist back in 2011 - it was a 2006 mode lwith only 4210 km on the clock...

9 years ago
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