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Joined: June 14, 2011 6:09 am
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RE: velorex 562 mounting on a 1997 883 sportster

Your wheel lead should be 10-15% of the wheel base of the bike. Here is a link to basic sidecar installation instructions that explains this. Jay G ...

11 years ago
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RE: Another Battery Question!!??

We have in the past used Optima gel cell batteries, what we usually do is use 2 six volt batteries as they can be mounted in a lot of places a standar...

11 years ago
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RE: Triple tree degree & supplier?

No adjustable tree's are made, the way the fairing is done on your bike it would take quite a bit of work just to get to the tree's to adjust them. If...

11 years ago
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RE: Riding two-up, empty chair?

Watsonian no longer makes the wider sidecars such as the Oxford and Cambridge. I had an Oxford on a GL1500 back in the 1990's It has two forward facin...

11 years ago
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RE: Assembling a Hack

Studebaker manufacturing is also I believe KLR.com Here is a link to their contact information. For what it is worth, they also for a while were broug...

11 years ago
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RE: Riding two-up, empty chair?

Another thing that enters into all of this is how heavy are you and how heavy is your passenger? This is covered both in the sidecar trike class and i...

11 years ago
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RE: lead weight

If you were running a small light weight rig like the MZ silverstarr Gespan that I use to run 500cc single then yes, you would want to remove the weig...

11 years ago
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RE: Assembling a Hack

As to suspension, talk with Kelly at Studebaker, he is a sidecarist and has ran two of our Enduro sidecars to the Artic ocean on KLR's He knows KLR be...

11 years ago
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RE: Riding two-up, empty chair?

Really not the best way to go, If you can get her to try the sidecar more then likely she will find it a much nicer place to ride. When people tell me...

11 years ago
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RE: CSC seat

As it is an SE which is pretty much a copy of the Champion Escort, (some of the internal details are an exact match) it is wider then more Friendship ...

11 years ago
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RE: Assembling a Hack

As many people read these posts for many years to come, I will comment. Yes to the brake, there is limited traction on the front tire on the KLR with ...

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

It was nice speaking with you on the phone, The question is not an easy one to answer, some people go by engine size or HP. Engine size or HP does not...

11 years ago
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RE: To Damper or not to Damper

In general we try and avoid dampers, Dampers increase your steering effort all of the time. Most other sidecar shops tell you that you need a damper, ...

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

I have up until now chosen to stay out of this as frankly, this sidecar should not be mounted onto this large of a bike however I wanted to correct a ...

11 years ago
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RE: WTD V-Strom based rig

If you can not find one built, which we have built many, we do have the parts to put this together your self including the bike side mounts and steeri...

11 years ago
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