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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

That boat seat looks like it has good lower back support. Good for you to please the wife.

11 years ago
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RE: Front M/C tire on sidecar Question

You might be right, I hear Double Darkside thrown around whenever the front tire is changed to anything other than the OEM front tire. Hmmmm, new...

11 years ago
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RE: What makes a good Nat Rally

Arriving late to the party, just saw this thread today. 1. Have you been to a Nat Rally? Yes, but avoid Harley type rallies like a plague even i...

11 years ago
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RE: Front M/C tire on sidecar Question

Ken, the sidecar wheel on the rig I bought from DMC has the rotation toward the front, i.e. not reversed. Had not heard of reversing the SC tire direc...

11 years ago
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RE: raising the rear of a Gl1500 any Ujoint issues?

VLAD - 11/20/2015 8:15 AM /blockquote> VLAD, thank you for the link. Think I'll order one now to have on hand when the FuelMax is worn out.

11 years ago
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RE: raising the rear of a Gl1500 any Ujoint issues?

VLAD - 11/18/2015 12:35 PM Use 175R16 taxi tire. It is about 1" taller then OEM. Where are you finding this tire today? When I was nee...

11 years ago
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RE: raising the rear of a Gl1500 any Ujoint issues?

Ace, I replaced the aging air shocks with the recommended Harley shocks. In hindsight, should have looked for longer shocks, but..... as the OP asked,...

11 years ago
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RE: raising the rear of a Gl1500 any Ujoint issues?

Fastjoe, am very interested in the advice you get on increasing clearance. Have the same issue on my '94 Wing with Escort SC. Sits so low I have to r...

11 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Sunday, the sun was shining, the weather was warming, time to take the KLR rig out for some photos in the national forest, There are a couple of dead ...

11 years ago
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RE: 2015 Monumental USCA Rally

Bent valves???? That's a first. Got my KLR rig up and running, plan to take it to Colorado too. Thanks for letting me steal some of your mod idea...

11 years ago
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RE: Semi-Novice to 3 Wheels

Wings with a chair are a natural. Plenty of power for interstate cruising or a cross country jaunt, as you already know. Are you looking at plumbing...

11 years ago
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RE: Leading link front-end.

This might help a little, DMC sells a leading link front end for the KLR650 for around $2000

11 years ago
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RE: Assembling a Hack

Tested the weight distribution on the sidecar and Jay is right, too much weight too far forward. So rebuilt the SC platform with one gas can in fron...

11 years ago
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RE: Damper - PLEASE HELP

Champion the maker of your sidecar sells a damper kit. Try Good luck

11 years ago
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RE: New to us rig help with gl1500

There are several YouTube videos on changing the Goldwing rear tire. Here is one You do not have to disconnect the sidecar or remove anything o...

11 years ago
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