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Chris Murphy
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Joined: October 11, 2025 1:18 pm
Last seen: August 1, 2026 4:22 pm
Topics: 5 / Replies: 139
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RE: Up to you.

(@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...

8 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

8 months ago
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RE: Is a sidecar right for me?

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...

8 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

8 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

8 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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

8 months ago
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RE: Harley sidecar step 88490-88A

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...

9 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

(@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...

9 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

So, with the liquid sunshine coming down here, I started working on plan B. A rough 1/4 scale of a new chassis in PAD, (pencil aided design). I incl...

9 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

(@scott-h) Excellent question. This was my first ride 4 years after I got hit, 9 months after my last surgery, and just released from walking restrict...

9 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Well, I guess that wasn't the final installment here. Cut up an old pedal to make a new one. Made it big, then cut away the parts that don't look like...

9 months ago
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RE: Harley sidecar handling.

I guess I did it backwards, I ran mufflers on this from 81' to 92', when I sold it. Then my bikes seemed to get progressively louder through the years...

9 months ago
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RE: Harley sidecar handling.

Here is a pic of the latest style adjuster on a 06' Harley Dyna. A model with many first year designs, and many first year problems. Self adjusting, b...

9 months ago
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RE: What might have been.

Cool, I looked at the pics of the Pan. Observe the wire and fuel line routing. It may give a clue of the workmanship put into it.  

9 months ago
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RE: What might have been.

My got away. A 12 year old bike, with low milage, destined for the sales floor. I owned it by the end of the day. Shortly after that, I got hurt and w...

9 months ago
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