"I've heard the same criticism said of sidecar outfits, but to me, they're in a different league to trikes. You can put a lot of junk, including a passenger or dog in a sidecar. And being such an insanely lopsided vehicle, they're a hugely comical thing to ride."
could'nt agree with you more there Cam, both on the road and on the track, I even combined both and put a racer on the road, they make no sense whatsoever, but I just love them. It was a cut down featherbed, leading link forks, Norton TLS and ex Chris Vincent 650 BSA complete with 45DCOE and the "Houghton" howler (a 2:1 with mega) at the time a currently competitive outfit, the aluminum "bodywork" went someway to make it legal for a passenger and also hide the fact that she didnt have a proper seat, just a kneeler pad, IT WAS perfectly legal (16" race tyres excepted) for me on my own, but with a passenger (vital for safety/stability) maybe not. I once collected the mother in law from her work place, scooping her out of a bus que of female mates all waiting,smoking, chatting, giggling,together and when I got her home she needed new tights, since she insisted on kneeling, a great lady always up for a laugh, her workmates absolutely roared with laughter, youre not getting on that thing, you never will, you havent got the bottle etc, of course it had to be a U turn, which got the rear wheel spinning, these things just have to be done.
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