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tinboatcapt
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10 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Today I threw caution to the wind and took Barb and the rig on a ride to check out fall colors and hit our favorite ice cream shop. She went reluctant...

10 years ago
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RE: Researching sidecar - need some info

Some of the experienced riders are sure to jump in here, but as a new rider to side cars, and one who is very near your age and size I might offer som...

10 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

I actually rode it for the first time since it died just before the Monumental rally. Repairs were complete so I made a short neighborhood ride to sor...

10 years ago
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RE: What makes a good Nat Rally

1. Have you been to a Nat Rally? 2015 Monumental Rally 2. How many? 1 USCA, A few BMW and a few ST-Owners Club 3. How far will you go to a...

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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Today was the first day of my future sidecar riding. I solved the starting problem with the tug. the day before leaving for the Monumental Rally ...

10 years ago
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RE: First ride: Phoenix to Minneapolis

The Helix is a pretty bulletproof ride. I just cringe to think of mixing with the truck traffic on US-54. If you do get to Minneapolis, PM me we can m...

10 years ago
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RE: First ride: Phoenix to Minneapolis

That was a somewhat familiar trip as I had ridden my ST1100 Phoenix to Mpls once and driven the approximate route in the cage twice before. It is an i...

10 years ago
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RE: 2015 Monumental USCA Rally

Made it back with only a few drops of rain a couple of miles from home. It was a great time riding in the hills, but as every year there were a few sp...

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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Thanks OldSchool, These links are a gold mine! looks like a winter project, I have too much going on this summer to dig into it now. jim

10 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Ok, so my last post was WAY to prophetic. I took the loaded rig out for a ride, swore at it, kicked it, hated it and had it towed. I think the alterna...

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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

I loaded the car with the camping gear to check lean out with a load. I had to make a small adjustment to eliminate the 'lean in' caused by the weig...

10 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

I made the first day ride on my rig, with a passenger. I rode over to the great river road (Mississippi River) and crossed into Wisconsin to ride sout...

10 years ago
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RE: Broken front axel

I worked customer service for the US importer of RE's and Cozy's and in my time never heard of a broken front axle. Jim

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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Thanks Peter Pan. I did check the whole rig, replacing all the tub mounting bolts including those that were the right size. I didn't want to take a ch...

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