Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Steve H on November 13, 2008, 10:04:37 AM
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Due to the recent hacking episode, which effected quite a few sites on the server, the hosting company have introduced a few new rules which effectively prevent the photo upload functionality working. I will need to refactor this to fit in with the new rules, so this wont be working for a while.
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test
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll130/chairhead64/sidecar%20pictures/dscf3170.jpg)
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Ok to qualify this further its photos uploded to this site using this page http://www.thumperclub.com/uploadphoto.php wont work
Linking to photos stored on other sites are not a problem as the photo is stored on another server.
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Roger that :D
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And people say sidecar outfits aren't sylish! ;D
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/one.pot/dscf3170.jpg)
Even by my low-budget standards that is a pants choice of luggage carrier.
GC
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Well i thought it was great/unusual :D,what a fab way to carry your gear, cost him nowt,it wont rust,no wind Resistance
he put the wheels from the trolley on to a stool which he uses to scoot around his workshop,
how many other outfits have been seen with one,i had to laugh when he said
Ich habe jetzt viel Platz für meine Kartoffeln.....................und oinion.................und speck................... und eier............................und so weiter :D :D :D,mind you he was off his trolley when he said it ::)
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"I have now much place for my potatoes ..................... and oinion ................. and bacon ................... and eggs ............................ and so on"
No, fair play, it is a stunning use of free parts.
Citroen 2cv wheel on a Dnepr chassis by all appearances... Wonder if he's using the 2cv hub?
GC
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Well I for one reckon it's dead cool ;D Mind you, if it's anything like the tolley's in Tescos, it'll be a bu99er to get round corners when it's loaded :o
I'll leave quietly by the back door :-\
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No you're quite right . I 've just had an almighty titser in the dairy aisle in Tescos. Went in right off the main drag , front end tucked in { investgation later showed a discarded piece of plastic had jammed nearside front trolley wheel} , locked up and straight into large stack of 4pint semi .Shook me up , I can tell you.
This appears to be a sporting outfit . If it had been a child adult job , he'd have used one of the trolleys with the child seat or the bit on top for the car seat .
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You have to sayt this is quiet neat. It looks a treat with that wheel and although I cant see the suspension it look all self contained. Not sure about the trolley but well done that man
Ken
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You can see the pivot point of the swingarm in front of the wheel. Behind the wheel is a loop with a shock mount at the top.
GC
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Neat, to my untrained eye the chair wheel looks quite far back though?
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to my untrained eye
there you go ;)
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Alright alright, quiet in the cheap seats ;) :P ;D ;D
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Sidecar lead looks about right to me...
Not too sure about the toe in and lean out...!!!!
Jethro
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Would be interesting to hear about sidecar setting to bike. I guess when its all correct the bike will go straight as a solo? What happens when the wheel is too far back?
Ken
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No, with the chair installed correctly the outfit will pull to the right slightly when off the power. However, there's no absolute 'correct' setting, every bike is different.
For example, because I carry heavy loads all the time in my toolbox/chair, I have lots more sidecar lead compared to most rigs. My chair wheel spindle is nearly 13" ahead of the rear wheel spindle. Most guides say start at around 9". My outfit handles fine with teles and clip-on handlebars.
The best fitting guide (imho) can be found HERE (http://www.cossackownersclub.co.uk/article_1.htm)
GC
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I had a memory that having the sidecar wheel too far back could increase the possibility of the dreaded rollover towards the chair.. but as mentioned before I am no expert! ;)
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Quality german engineering to the fore again!.............not too sure about the 'terry-towelling' fairing on the front of the chair though...?