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Union_man
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 07:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I thought these looked cool.






The website...http://www.hpsidecar.com/new/new.htm

They are Made in America. Wonder if it could fit on a Buell?

(Message edited by froggy on March 18, 2010)
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Greg_e
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 09:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Those bike no longer lean.... I want a sidecar that leans with the bike it's attached to.
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 09:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Boring. This is some sidecar fun!

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Avc8130
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 09:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

HOLY CRAP those guys are DANGEROUS riders! If the bike can literally no longer stay in the lane, what good is it?
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Phild1203
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 02:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

+1 Froggy

I'd love to have a Ural for winter time.
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Sparky
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 05:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

As a former Equalean owner, a leaning sidecar like the Equalean or Flexit that leans with the bike is a lot of fun. It really attracts attention especially when going through the twisties!
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Aptbldr
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 06:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sidecar/desert sled with V-rod power
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/11/13/harle y-davidson-v-rod-desert-racing-sidecar/

OT, but if you click above, check-out off-road specials with Sportster engines
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/10/09/harley-davidson-sportster-off-road-conversions/

(Message edited by aptbldr on March 17, 2010)
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Union_man
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 11:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Froggy,
How do you get the video in the post???
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Froggy
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Use the \ youtube{} command, details are in the help at the bottom of every page : )

I will edit your post, you can go and edit your post and see how its done.
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Union_man
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 12:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Froggy this is what I did...no joy.

youtube\vKmEhS-qmO0

youtube{vKmEhS-qmO0}

Help?
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Froggy
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Put a \ behind the youtube on that second one.
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Froggy
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/disc us.cgi?pg=formatting#images
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Greg_e
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 01:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



test
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Badrap
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 02:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm diggin the Ural Sahara. It's cool but its a shame it's only 40 hp. Boy my tastes are changing since I bought a Buell.
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Union_man
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 05:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

youtube{vKmEhS-qmO0}

This is what shows in the preview post window, even though I type \ before {.

Here see...

youtube{vKmEhS-qmO0}
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Greg_e
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 05:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

\goes before the youtube

looks like \youtube(fghjhghj) but with the correct brackets
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Union_man
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 06:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



Test
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Union_man
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 06:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

VICTORY!!!!

Thanks guys!
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Delta_one
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 09:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

this always impressed me



the guy needs elbow sliders

(Message edited by delta_one on March 19, 2010)
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Donniej
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 07:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A friend and me owned Ural's for a few years. We both put 10 - 15,000 miles on them. They're the biggest pieces of junk I've ever owned. My windshield cracked before I even got home, several alternators caught on fire, gas tanks cracked and leaked, transmissions ground to dust and the fuse boxes constantly got "sloppy". Sidecars are tons of fun but I'd rather walk than own another Ural.

PS. I know Ural keeps saying that they're so much better now but they told us the same thing when we bought ours (late 1990's).
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 08:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I know next to nothing about sidecars. Does the standard setup have the third wheel even, fore and aft, with the bikes rear wheel? If not, wheelies could be interesting.
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Gunut75
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 09:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My dad used to have a sidecar on his bike that my brother and I would ride in. It was fine until he was going down the highway at 50mph, and noticed the sidecar wheel about 3 inches off the ground spinning at about 20rpm with us in it. It was being held up in the air by aerodynamics. That was enough. I don't do sidecars.
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Glitch
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Does the standard setup have the third wheel even, fore and aft, with the bikes rear wheel?
If the sidecar's wheel is driven (2 wheel drive), yes.
If it's not, it's usually mid-way between the front and rear.
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Fltwistygirl
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"It was fine until he was going down the highway at 50mph, and noticed the sidecar wheel about 3 inches off the ground spinning at about 20rpm with us in it"

Additional ballast in the sidecar may have helped prevent that. It can be a scary/dangerous thing if you are not expecting it and don't understand the whole steering reversion concept.
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Captcaz
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 01:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Shifting the position of car fore and aft in relation to where the rear wheel changes how the hack rides ... going one way helps with straight line stability, but hurts turning ... gotta find the sweet spot.

I loaded a spare battery (6-volt) along with all my spares and some tools into the 'trunk' to keep the car from flying ... but with only 12hp when she was new (almost 60 years ago), there's little chance of breaking the sound barrier ... but she looks good trying


'51 BMW R-25 with Steib LS-200
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Slaughter
Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 07:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

We have the SRA out racing at Willow 4 times a year. Watching them in tech inspection or their pits lets you see LOTS of different vehicles. Everybody has their own ideas on what is the BEST (for their money)



And man, they are FUN to watch racing!
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Fltwistygirl
Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 12:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Very lucky to watch them race. Cool sport! Enjoy it, Slaughter! B.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 03:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You ride Ural, you WRENCH Ural.

If you dont wrench... its not your bike.

My crazy friends Vlad, Yuri, Oleg and Aleixi have all logged over 50k on theirs. Great machines... as long as you understand the limitations of said machine. The patrol in Orange is on my list to get
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