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Al Olme
@al-olme
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Joined: January 27, 2005 5:47 pm
Topics: 176 / Replies: 1535
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RE: Riding Eastern Canada with Damit

If you haven't followed Jan's link to his blog, you need to do it now! Great pictures and a really well told story.

8 years ago
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RE: Uneven Rear Tire Wear

DRONE - 8/13/2017 10:57 PM On my rig, leanout doesn't change if you add weight to either the bike or the chair. It also doesn't change if I'm o...

8 years ago
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RE: Flood Control

OK, EVERYBODY! Flood Control on this site has been set at 4 minutes for the last 15 years. No, I wasn't the one who set it. Until now no one ha...

8 years ago
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RE: Car identification

It is not. BMW never made sidecars for sale. They did rebrand Steib sidecars and resell them. I could easily be wrong but I believe that the only c...

8 years ago
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RE: Identify Sidecar - Picture Attached

It looks like parts of several sidecars. Maybe take some more pictures from different angles.

8 years ago
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RE: florida.

Before the South Dakota rally we did a similar thing but we had a nice place to visit on the way...Yellowstone Park. We encouraged folks to join and/...

8 years ago
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RE: Results from the Rally weight in

Ken, Your thinking is perfectly solid. The distance from the center line of the bike to the center line on the sidecar is in effect the moment a...

8 years ago
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RE: 2017 National Rally

It went up on Tuesday. If you look at the "USCA Sponsored Rally Info" forum, it's two posts down from the top. Here's a link

8 years ago
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RE: Results from the Rally weight in

I really didn't pay much attention to what was on the scale, so I don't know if any were Urals.

8 years ago
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RE: What is this ?

Bob bought Ride-by-side, a Michigan manufacturer. The molds came along with the deal. The molds did not come from Side Strider.

8 years ago
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RE: Joined USCA

Lloyd, If you knew the whole story you might understand the delay. Our guy was riding in Europe and didn't have much in the way of communication...

8 years ago
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RE: Accidents Concerning Sidecar Rigs

On a Harley or any other rig with a sidecar brake, the behavior of the sidecar is based on the load in the sidecar. If you depend on your sidecar bra...

8 years ago
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RE: RALLY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CORNING, NY RALLY

I'm willing to spend some time in registration.

8 years ago
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RE: Fine Tuning Alignment

You're right, everything is a compromise. "Usually", a pull to the right is a combination of road camber and bike tilt. If you almost always get a p...

8 years ago
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