Originally written by Hack'n on 3/30/2009 11:42 PM I've had a few XJ650s with URAL sidecars run on and off road and the only brake ever used was...

You may want to consider powdercoating it. Call around...price may be much less than you think. If you know someone who is going to send out somethin...

The Chang sidecar should do okay. The rig will be stable in right handers.

Got a kick out of the 'trapped bolt' 🙂 Good to see i am not the only one who has a 'duh' from time to time. Wes, if you can get away from the flu...

Originally written by Wngnut on 3/21/2009 3:06 PM I have a little 110 volt mig that I like to use. I just don't think it burns hot enough for wh...

Originally written by Wngnut on 3/15/2009 5:01 PM How do you align a leaner? Just toe it in a little and it's set? Just curious:o) Thanks, ...

DAVE WROTE: >For street use, it seem that the camber force would tend to push the hack to the left (on US style rigs). Is this a useful thing to ...

It should do well. I had been comunicating with a guy in Arkansas who is also doing a hardtail rig based on an XS650. His is a weld on with A 2" stret...

>>I have thought about running the wires through a tube. But it will have to be a bit bigger to hold everything. I'll come up with something tha...

Lonnie is right. The Velorex without extensive modifications is not suitable for such a large bike. Note that Lonnie (North West Sidecar) has probably...

Good on the use of the mity vac. They work well and are not very expensive. If you get the plastic one do not overdo it when pumping it up as you can ...

Originally written by Wngnut on 3/8/2009 6:15 PM I made a quick stand for the bottom mount bar out of some scrap metal. This will let me keep th...

I will jump into this I suppose. We do car wheel conversions for various bikes that run a single sided swingarm. Typically BMWs. We do not do a...

Looks great. Like the rack on the back of the bike too !

There is some good sidecar info in Hal's books which are here at sidecar.com as a free download. Click on the link in my signature below. Oh, and y...