motoddrob
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- S/W Australia
One for Cam non Laverda
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Dellortoman
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- Location
- Tasmania, Australia
Cool! Never seen that style of sidecar before. Do you know what breed it is?
Here's mine
Here's mine
Ooh, front brakes are serious, 3 calipers! Also, I didn't realise whitewall tyres were white on only one side! Like a coconut.
cheers,
bazzee
motoddrob
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- Location
- S/W Australia
He has no idea of it's breed
Bit of a mongrel really
The sidecar wheel also has a disc brake
Bit of a mongrel really
The sidecar wheel also has a disc brake
Dellortoman
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- Location
- Tasmania, Australia
I didn't notice the 3 calipers. All 4-pot too, so 12-pot brakes. Must have a master cylinder the size of a soup tin!
I've not found the standard Kawasaki calipers (2 x 2 pot) on my bike to be inadequate. I can lock up the front wheel if I squeeze hard enough.
His front wheel looks further forward than mine. It must have almost no trail. Low trail is a good thing on a sidecar otherwise the steering is too heavy and you can get a feedback wobble from over-correction. It would be interesting to have a ride on his to compare the handling. I've occasionally thought it would be interesting to make the leading link adjustable to experiment with trail. But I can't be bothered. It works OK as it is.
I've not found the standard Kawasaki calipers (2 x 2 pot) on my bike to be inadequate. I can lock up the front wheel if I squeeze hard enough.
His front wheel looks further forward than mine. It must have almost no trail. Low trail is a good thing on a sidecar otherwise the steering is too heavy and you can get a feedback wobble from over-correction. It would be interesting to have a ride on his to compare the handling. I've occasionally thought it would be interesting to make the leading link adjustable to experiment with trail. But I can't be bothered. It works OK as it is.
chrisk
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
Needs a fridge for the beers.
AndyW
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Is that JC (TC?)'s new outfit?
motoddrob
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- Location
- S/W Australia
No Andy, it belongs to another mate. JC has a GSX1400 outfit.
Dellortoman
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- Location
- Tasmania, Australia
I didn't know Jesus Christ was a sidecar man.
My cousin had a cat called JC (Jesus Cat) because when he was a kitten he was seen walking across a wide but very shallow puddle. It looked like he was walking on water.
Andy
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- Auckland, roughly
We have a bloke at work called JC. It’s his actual initials but he is also often referred to as “jeeezus kerrrrist”
The Sock
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- London, England
John Chennells? There may be more than one.
