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RE: Negative Trail ? ? ?

Quote from CCjon on December 8, 2022, 2:55 pm Reading another thread about building a leading link, reducing trail, etc., got me thinking. With s...

3 years ago
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RE: When did CSC stop making sidecars?

The fire was in 2010 and it destroyed the molds for their fiberglass bodies along with most of their sidecar inventory. Thread about it here -- Cal...

3 years ago
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RE: 2 sidecar bodies

Quote from High Octane on December 2, 2022, 6:04 pm What does the GT look like? Do you have a pic and the specs? I couldn’t find it on your websit...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Cal, probably best to use Messages to send Dana your email address and get the zip file that way. Messages on this forum are wonky. Hey, Dana, mayb...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Never say die! Sorry you had to go through all that but I'm sure the next time around everything will go smoother.   Sometimes it's a fine li...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Don't worry about the track width. Really doesn't matter. 55, 56, 57, 58 -- doesn't matter. Anybody else reading this thread? Doesn't matter, righ...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

I get what you mean about the chemo brain but you don't need to be able to imagine it. You can simply DO it! The dogleg has TWO joints in it -- see...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

That dogleg is frozen? Well, then, yes, definitely hit it with PB Blaster. The advice "not to lube" the clamp joints in your brackets is of course 1...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Can't help you on the air shock question. Your bungie corded rail is the way I do setups so of course I think that's a great way to do it. Assuming...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

I think the main reason that sidecar makers use heim joints instead of fixed bar ends is because they do provide a bit of "fudge factor" when things d...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Once you get the struts to your liking, and do the setup, you still might find that the rig steers like a school bus with no power steering. Most of ...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Quote from Quick_Cal on November 23, 2022, 8:52 pm Correct me if I'm wrong. But I THINK the way I want it to work is if the rig is pulling to the r...

3 years ago
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RE: What 145/R/13 tire do you guys recommend?

Tire reviews are like oil reviews. Pretty much meaningless if coming from the keyboards of individual users. The only "tire review" I trust is an ac...

3 years ago
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RE: What 145/R/13 tire do you guys recommend?

Cal, I think you said in another post that this is your first rig? One thing you'll discover is that once you have the rig set up correctly the sidec...

3 years ago
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RE: Starting my CSC Friendship 1 and 1500 Goldwing project. Testing a CSC lean motor?

Quote from Quick_Cal on November 20, 2022, 4:54 pm Would this switch work? I don't think I could get 2 in the box vertically. But I could put ...

3 years ago
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