Re: side car
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:45 pm
It's a royal pain in the butt to haul a side car along.
I took lessons for my side car license on an Earles fork BMW owned by an enthusiastic driving instructor. It's about as good as it gets, if you stick to normal motorcycles with added side car, as opposed to dedicated rigs like EML from Holland.
Turning to the opposite side of the side car takes lots of strength, but at least it's not clear and imminent danger.
Turning to the same side as the side car sends the side car's wheel into the air, if the side car is not heavily loaded.
Accelerating makes you turn towards the side car, braking vice versa.
It's only for the novelty effect, and that wears out quickly.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it out.
My Guzzi T3 with Czech Velorex side car wasn't much worse than the BMW I learned on.
Don't waste your time and money.
I took lessons for my side car license on an Earles fork BMW owned by an enthusiastic driving instructor. It's about as good as it gets, if you stick to normal motorcycles with added side car, as opposed to dedicated rigs like EML from Holland.
Turning to the opposite side of the side car takes lots of strength, but at least it's not clear and imminent danger.
Turning to the same side as the side car sends the side car's wheel into the air, if the side car is not heavily loaded.
Accelerating makes you turn towards the side car, braking vice versa.
It's only for the novelty effect, and that wears out quickly.
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it out.
My Guzzi T3 with Czech Velorex side car wasn't much worse than the BMW I learned on.
Don't waste your time and money.