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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: Help?? Anyone in MN, WI Northern IA have a 3 seater schoolbus/woody type SC

I would make the windshield permanent, but mount the side windows in a way that they can be removed. Perhaps something as simple as a velcro strip al...

20 years ago
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RE: nav4all

I get suspicious when a new user posts something like this on the day he signs up and I find the same message posted on a dozen other websites, always...

20 years ago
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RE: new Ural Tourist comming tomarrow

Welcome Mike! You joined just in time! The SideKars Up Nort' Klub (SKUNK) Rally is in Cameron, Wisconsin June 2,3,4. There are always Ural owners a...

20 years ago
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RE: SteeringDampersRevisited

I think Jay has them on his website,Most sidecar dealers have them as well, but some get pricey.

20 years ago
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RE: I need help with our map.

Jerry's the one with the patches. I'll pass on the request, I need a couple myself. Before I met Sheldon Aubut, he invited me to the Minneapolis Mo...

20 years ago
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RE: using car tire on drive wheel

On two wheels a lot of guys use the high speed racing tires, but on three wheels I think a standard tire is much nicer riding. Definitely a softer ri...

20 years ago
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RE: using car tire on drive wheel

I use a standard $75 Goodyear Eagle on my Valkyrie. Much softer ride, no modification to the rim or bike. On another post, I mistakenly said it was ...

20 years ago
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RE: Car Tire exchange for a 170/90/15

Originally written by SidecarMike on 5/23/2006 9:40 PM Hal says the chart came from the Tire & Rim Association, the organization that sets t...

20 years ago
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RE: Car Tire exchange for a 170/90/15

Hal says the chart came from the Tire & Rim Association, the organization that sets the standard sizes. He says it was published in the sidecaris...

20 years ago
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RE: Car Tire exchange for a 170/90/15

Hal either posted it here or at SCT. I can't find it now, but I posted over there to ask if he could put it up again.

20 years ago
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RE: Car Tire exchange for a 170/90/15

Yes, I do. As do quite a number of Valkyrie riders without sidecars. I installed mine at the advice of the guys over on the Valkyrie Road Riders Web...

20 years ago
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RE: Car Tire exchange for a 170/90/15

Lonnie, you have that backwards. According to the chart that Hal had, I believe the 15" is the only one that was a problem. I checked the rim specs ...

20 years ago
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RE: Sidecar Newbie

Originally written by modelakathy on 5/23/2006 12:58 PM BTW -- HD installs the 5 degree triple clamp stock with the set up my husband purchas...

20 years ago
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RE: Mixing tires...

I'm curious about this as well. The local dealer is recommending that I switch to a Dunlop 404 bias ply on the front of my Valkyrie, but I have a fla...

20 years ago
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