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SidecarMike
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Joined: February 28, 2003 8:25 pm
Last seen: July 1, 2025 7:36 pm
Topics: 74 / Replies: 1618
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RE: Proper Ballast Recommendations

1) The 2/3-1/3 rule means the bike with gear and rider should weigh no more than 2/3 of the total vehicle weight. I prefer saying that the sidecar ...

18 years ago
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RE: VW Steering Dampner

Originally written by gnm109 on 7/19/2008 1:01 PM Originally written by Hack'n on 7/19/2008 10:37 AM All Evo and later Harleys with facto...

18 years ago
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RE: Spirit of America + GL1000 ?

Absolutely! You'd have to add so much ballast you'd collapse the poor thing. Unless you can move it way out away from the bike, I'd either look for ...

18 years ago
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RE: I'm sidecarless once again.

Perhaps. What model is it?

18 years ago
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RE: I'm sidecarless once again.

:0) This was my choice. I still have the bike and expect I'll have another sidecar and/or rig soon. Mike

18 years ago
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RE: VW Steering Dampner

You'll only feel it at very low speeds, like maneuvering around a parking lot. If you spring for the expensive ones, most are designed that there is ...

18 years ago
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RE: VW Steering Dampner

I don't know what the difference is, but have always been told to specify the Super Beetle one. That's the one I used on my Goldwing and on my Yamaha...

18 years ago
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RE: What is this trike?

Originally written by skiri251 on 7/14/2008 9:48 PM Thanks. Late 90's... I thought it was a new thing. With gas prices, maybe the...

18 years ago
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RE: What is this trike?

It's a Corbin Sparrow. Mike Corbin, of comfortable seat fame, tried to market them in the late nineties. They were electric.

18 years ago
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RE: Trailer hitch with sidecar

How on earth would it stress your upper mount?

18 years ago
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RE: Sturgis Coming up!!

I was last there in 1974. I thought I'd go back when it wasn't so crowded. :0)

18 years ago
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RE: Steerite

Originally written by GaryB on 7/7/2008 5:02 PM Hi All: The 93 Goldwing/Escort Sidecar I'm buying has Steerite. I've Googled on "Steerite" and ...

18 years ago
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RE: Seatbelt in a sidecar?

Originally written by North Pole HD on 6/24/2008 11:37 AM Just wondering what you experienced sidecar pilots feel about the use of a seatbelt. ...

18 years ago
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