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Claus
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Joined: January 19, 2015 6:44 am
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RE: Assembling a Hack

Will come with a DMC subframe make for the KLR and all their fittings. That was a good idea. Looked at the separate brake pedal, but sin...

11 years ago
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RE: Assembling a Hack

Due to the wall thickness of the kawasaki frame tubes ( 0.04" ) I would buy or make a subframe for the motorcycle. This should connect both sides of t...

11 years ago
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RE: To Damper or not to Damper

Most of dampers are way too stiff and make steering a workout. I use custom made dampers that only need 70 to 90 N to be moved. This takes out any wob...

11 years ago
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RE: New member from Germany

Sven, to build a rig from such a bike needs much more skills than I have. Have a look here (long thread!). The guy is paraplegic and built himself a r...

11 years ago
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RE: New member from Germany

Thanks for your welcome! I enjoy to be here in this forum. It“s a good chance to fresh up my rusty English and to learn more about sidecar riders ...

11 years ago
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RE: Velo 562 -Kawa KZ1100 mounting opinions

Yes you can go with larger axles, stronger wheels, stiffer shocks, better mounting systems and frame up grades but at what point is it worth all of th...

11 years ago
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RE: Velo 562 -Kawa KZ1100 mounting opinions

If you want to make a subframe the best material is seamless drawn precision tube annealed. But you can take anything else with a wallthicknes from 3 ...

11 years ago
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RE: Velo 562 -Kawa KZ1100 mounting opinions

I had about the same problem with a near similar sidecarframe: The frame was not long enough to set it in a sane way beside the bike. I ma...

11 years ago
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RE: Whole assembly not staying properly rigid

I see a very simple solution for your problem: You need at least a subframe that connects the lower front and the lower rearjoint to your motorcycle. ...

11 years ago
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RE: Rebuilding my sidecar

That“s a really nice sidecar! I like those "space shuttles" . And a nice rebuilding job too.

11 years ago
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RE: sidecar

Under German law you can build up a rig up to 50 hp without a sidecar brake. Over 50 hp the brake is required. This in my opinion is a good regulation...

11 years ago
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RE: Newbie and looking for suggestions...

I would highly recommend a subframe for that type of bike. For such a heavy bike you will need a heavy and stout sidecar. And you need to introduce fo...

11 years ago
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RE: Help setting up my brakes

This post is about 6 months old and I hope, Markisaspy has solved his problems. Anyway, I 'd like to write some words. It depends on how much surfac...

11 years ago
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RE: BMW /2

I owned a BMW R80/7 rig with a Ural sidecar and have build several BMW rigs during the past 15 years. As long as your rims for spoked wheels are steel...

11 years ago
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RE: New Ride

Great looking rig! And with the "newish type engine" it will go about forever!

11 years ago
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