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FlyingMonkeys
@miles-ladue
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Joined: December 28, 2022 3:57 pm
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

Official Announcement: The Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills Rally.....officially.....starts 4 weeks from today. Be There, or ...

1 year ago
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RE: Clanking Noise From Front

I must concur....I say, I must concur....with my colleague from Utah. In my experience there should be a locking nut just above or below the one shown...

1 year ago
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RE: Clanking Noise From Front

James Gross @jim-g, does that forward braided brake line hit the stick on wheel weights, when the wheel rotates? I can not SEE the wheel weights, ca...

1 year ago
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RE: Clanking Noise From Front

James @jim-g, okay, that info helps. Now, moving forward, if you can FEEL a slight single pulse in the handlebar with each clank, then IMO, I would ...

1 year ago
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RE: Sag setting for the chair wheel

Drew, the two people that I know...for a fact...would have that info, is Mike Paull, currently driving one of his many sidecar rigs around Europe, so ...

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

Ahem...Unofficial reply to the Official Announcement posted above ^ What...a quantity of less than Pi to the 4th power, and you call that enough to...

1 year ago
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RE: Flint Hills. What about my dog?

John @spat, the OP here...Calvin, Caretaker of Sidecar Willie, usually does have his sidecar attached to the bike, and he will have it attached to his...

1 year ago
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RE: Clanking Noise From Front

James Gross @jim-g, a little bit of history of the rig may possibly help, as in....who installed the LBS Leading Link ? Where did you get that rig f...

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

Yo, @spat, just in case you might be interested... there is a 1995 K1100LT Touring w/EZS sidecar rig for sale in Spokane, only 29k miles on it, and pr...

1 year ago
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RE: Unsupervised again

Dave, on a serious note, perhaps you should become friends with Chuck @54vintage, that lives in Eugene. He is THEE man for building top notch ...

1 year ago
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RE: Should my leading link be super stiff?

Calvin, Caretaker of Sidecar Willie, the immediate answer is....YES. As you have already figured out, quite a different front end than what yo...

1 year ago
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RE: Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

Four (4) weeks 'til Blast Off...for my 4,000 miles sidecar journey going to, and from the Joyce Canfield's Flint Hills Sidecar Rally.

1 year ago
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RE: Looking to buy LBS complete rig

Mike here is THEE rig you are looking for: There is phenomenal history with this BMW...LBS....sidecar rig. It is currently owned by a gent name...

1 year ago
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RE: BMW 850 GSA Sidecar?

Ben (I invented lightning) Franklin, that 75w/90 might work well in the HEAT of the southern Arizona deserts, but those of us north of the 45th parall...

1 year ago
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