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Buellgrrrl
Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 06:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The (lost) Motor Company just announced that sidecar production will end with the 2010 model year, and no further orders will be taken. First they kill Buell, then they turn on their own... Is their end to their insanity?
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Dragonwing
Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Fine with me. I could never understand the attraction of the sidecar, on any level. They're ugly, uncomfortable, and crap up the handling of an already marginal machine. Other than the 'geek factor' or, if you're apt to be carrying your dog (wearing the obligatory goggles, of course) to the local bike night, they're really laughable creations which saw their zenith during WWII. Oh, but I forgot, HD's stuck in a time warp, anyway....

DW
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Buellgrrrl
Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 07:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Agreed, under normal conditions a solo bike will outperform a hack'd bike. But when your legs won't hold the bike up, you've got a cartful of groceries to haul home, or you've got to ride on ice and snow... A sidecar is the way to go!
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Dragonwing
Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 10:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If you have a cart full of groceries to haul home, or you're riding on ice and snow...you're taking the car.

DW
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Bartimus
Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 02:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dragonwing,
some people are so passionate about motorcycles, they actually ride them everywhere, for every task, in all sorts of weather. Not just for enjoyment.
I've owned bikes all my life, and there have been quite a few years there, when I didn't have a 4 wheeled vehicle.
I've ridden in snow, and I've hauled all sorts of things home on the back of my bikes.

So, maybe YOUR taking YOUR car, but some of us still choose to have our face in the wind...
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Dragonwing
Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Lighten up, sport. I know full well that people ride in all sorts of weather. I do myself.

DW
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Kenm123t
Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

They are replacing with a Ural model in CHROME
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Gater
Posted on Sunday, August 01, 2010 - 01:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

In Washington DC the U.S. Park Police and the Metro DC police use side-cars in the winter because the do a lot of escorts. Below is a link of two side-cars for sale.

http://www.bikerbill.com/SC3.html

http://www.bikerbill.com/SC4.html
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Swordsman
Posted on Monday, August 02, 2010 - 04:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ural FTW!

My father-in-law was looking into buying one before he passed away. You think Harley's are slow... Urals get downright dangerous at 65 mph (told to us by an actual dealer). But are they still fun? Hell yeah!

http://www.imz-ural.com/downloads/movies.htm

~SM
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Strato9r
Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 - 01:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It could be that the Trikes have wiped out the demand for the sidehacks. I didn't quite know how to take the three wheelers when the dealers started pushing them, but have met a few riders with disabilities that would not be able to ride a regular machine.
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Rex
Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 05:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

we love all kinds of motorcycles. trikes, sidecars, two wheels....One of these days, when I cannot hold up my bike, I will still want to ride. trike or sidecar it will be....
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46champ
Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Somebody needs to put a Trike and a Sidehack on a track to see which one is faster I'd put money on the sidehack.
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Paint_shaker
Posted on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 08:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'd rock a hack.
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Zac4mac
Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 11:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a lo-slung, mid engine trike frame in storage for when I can't hold a bike up anymore.
All tabbed up for a rubber-glide.

Not yet.

Z
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Maru
Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 12:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Side cars and Harley go way back. While not for me, I know of several guys that started riding them in their golden years. With the Harley market going up in age, side car production makes more sense to Harley than any other motorcycle company. The current management thinks only of the short term bottom line.
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Sparky
Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The Harley trike, if they are still making it, would be better overall for aging riders, IMHO, that the HD sidecar. The trike is easier to maneuver, takes less footprint, is likely lighter, faster & easier on gas.

Besides the sidecar aftermarket makes rigs with better suspension and more modern looks than the, what, 80+ year old frozen-in-time hack H-D has been offering all these years.
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