Valid question, I first built this bike in 2006 when I was 47 and was asked the same question. I had other bikes in the garage, this was built for wee...

This is great, sprung, un sprung, weight, weight bias, center of gravity, etc. All things I took into consideration when figuring out how to build thi...

It looks like our weeks of wet fog may end soon, because rain is on the way. So I'm setting up to drill about 20 holes inside, each one takes some tim...

This part is important because it is where I will mount the 15+ lb. 6x6x8 inch hunk of steel that is the axle block. With much gratuitously added stee...

Finally some progress. We've been fogged in for weeks, which is keeping the temps in the low 40's so everything outside just stays wet. Plus some new ...

(@miles-ladue) Tungsten Carbide Tipped, no shower of sparks like an abrasive wheel, but puts out it's share of hot little chunks of metal. Loaned my c...

Michael Lydon I don't have them do that for me, although Online Metals, where I sourced the steel, does offer custom cutting. I have this, which makes...

(@scott-h) Setting them 90 degrees from each other as I did, in my mind, would allow up and down movement of the chassis for lean adjustments, but mak...

Some progress. Moved stuff around the garage to make room to build this, parked the bike in its spot and got it secured and level. Cleaned and inspect...

I really can't speak to the sidecar questions you have. But as to daily commuting, I can. I commuted 5-6 days a week to my last job for nearly 15 year...

FlyingMonkeys Twenty miles from the end of the American in downtown Sac. Ten miles from the Sacramento river. I'm in the middle of millions of acres o...

I'll build this the same way as the narrow chassis was. It will be heavy and rigid. The narrow chassis, fully welded, before ballast was added, weighe...

My new chassis has arrived. Ordered everything before 9am Wednesday, the Summit Racing parts came Thursday, and the Online Metal parts came Friday. So...

Well, you may have seen it already, but a youtube channel named Whiskey Mechanic has a video about one. He says it's a reproduction, but he holds it r...

(@scott-h) I'll just start fresh, mainly because there is about 10 lbs. of steel bar stock hiding inside the current chassis in the areas that would n...