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Chris Murphy
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Joined: October 11, 2025 1:18 pm
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RE: What Is It About Your Rig That Makes It So Awesome?

Ok, I'll go next. It's not awesome, but it is um..."special". Since two wheels doesn't look like it will ever happen again, putting the little trainin...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Current activity. After the bazillion TIG welds on the top and bottom came out so well, filling in around my giant tack welds on the verticals with th...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Thanks. I tried to get as much weight near the wheel as possible. In a pocket directly under the axle block I hid a pile of steel bar stock, and in th...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Now the axle block. I wanted this to be as heavy as possible, so it is mostly 1/4" plate. The axle tube is 1" ID .188 wall that I honed to be a snug s...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Probably not, the style of the bike now is close to what builders in Japan are riding. I may return the bike to what it looked like in 2008 though. ...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

While the front mounts are crude, the rear mounts are barbaric. There was no way to make it look, even remotely, good. Again, using existing mounting ...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Here is the upper front mount. It uses the stock crash bar mount on the frame. Utilizing the bolt holes and the mount itself to lock it in place, alon...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

All the hardware you see is just setup stuff, things I had laying around. Before it got assembled to hit the road, all that hardware was replaced with...

5 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Made progress on the chassis, all the vertical welds are done. I couldn't come up with a way to TIG weld them, so I used the MIG, and boy are they ugl...

5 months ago
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RE: So the question is

Chris, you are in good company here, if you have been booted or banned from another forum or website. Currently 3.14159% of the sidecarists on these...

5 months ago
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RE: So the question is

Yes, BUT....did you enjoy a Stroopwaffle with your cuppa tea ??? And yes, I have said this for the past 2 decades, so-called "Social Media" is the o...

5 months ago
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RE: So the question is

Ha! Yeah, went to Kindergarten and 1st grade there. So close to Lions Drag strip the house seemed to shake a little on the weekends!  

5 months ago
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RE: So the question is

Well, the reaction to your post has been quite interesting to me. I'll admit that I've been lurking at the other place for a few days now. I'm feeling...

5 months ago
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RE: Assault On Batteries Conversation

I have no experience with them, however I just read an entire thread on this subject on the forum I sort of bad mouthed here earlier. Are you familiar...

5 months ago
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