motorcycle sidecars
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Get a cheap beater car. A motorcycle that can't lean is just a dangerous convertible.
they definately take a lot of getting used to! they are tougher to ride with than you would think... and yes they can be dangerous, (in my opinion) more dangerous by far than just having the dog sit on the tank and holding the dog between your arms
I have ridden around on one but wouldn't suggest them, especially if you are riding in the MTNS, you really want to connect with the bends in the road!!! LEAN MAN LEAN... you cant do that with a side hack!!!
I have ridden around on one but wouldn't suggest them, especially if you are riding in the MTNS, you really want to connect with the bends in the road!!! LEAN MAN LEAN... you cant do that with a side hack!!!
as much as i like motorcycles i do need to admite Sidehacks are Evil...
Here are a few fotos from the Intermot show in 2004 and Here are some of the fastest DirtHack ever developed..
i will say if anything just get a normal bike and a trailer, not as perfect but for sure far easier to deal with, plus you get a bike to ride around town in the deal.
oh plus bad sidecars are the Biggest nightmares and the Good ones cost a Ton of money maybe the reason why i never got one since I can not stand halfAss machines and the good ones like scott's cost more money than 20 nicolai's nucleon's combine
Here are a few fotos from the Intermot show in 2004 and Here are some of the fastest DirtHack ever developed..
i will say if anything just get a normal bike and a trailer, not as perfect but for sure far easier to deal with, plus you get a bike to ride around town in the deal.
oh plus bad sidecars are the Biggest nightmares and the Good ones cost a Ton of money maybe the reason why i never got one since I can not stand halfAss machines and the good ones like scott's cost more money than 20 nicolai's nucleon's combine
Sick ****er. Is that considered acceptable in SF?sanjuro said:
It's the center of alternative lifestyles.Westy said:
Dude I have friend that carry her labrador on top of the tank from sacramento to san francisco all the time, her whole tank, triple calmp area is cover with some cheap carpet so the bod can sink his spikes on it.....LordOpie said:
and somewere i have a link to a "Dog Walker" service that takes big dogs (6-8 of them) on leasure walks at remote places ussing a specially made sidecar/trailer rig (Sidecar for the humans/ trailer for the dogs), really cool stuff, i can just not find it..
That looks like hell
1. Put the dog in a back pack. Leave it a little open for doggie head to get some air/see stuff/drool.
2. Make your girl wear the back pack.
3. If it's a big dog, get a big pack.
4. If your girl can't support the weight, get a big girl.
Congrats on getting married! Hope you have a fun trip!
2. Make your girl wear the back pack.
3. If it's a big dog, get a big pack.
4. If your girl can't support the weight, get a big girl.
Congrats on getting married! Hope you have a fun trip!
how about this one..sam_little said:
That looks like hell
plus this is what happend when you have a 150 horses underneat your Butt..
actually the reason that the stuff breaks is because the traction with the paddles is a little "To Intense" plus check that rear sprocket..
this thing varelly wheelies so all the power goes into forward mothion , that is if the parts can take it..
bikenweed said:
dog is 35#. Eventho she can carry him, I can't imagine it would be fun for either of them on a long ride.
Thanks for the congrats
As for putting dog on gas tank, he's way too energetic to sit safely still.
Maybe I can build something to attach to the back where the lunch box used to be? I dunno, the box was attached with four bolts through the fiberglass 'trunk'... where my jacket is sitting...
that is Funny,,LordOpie said:
a K75 is the exact sae bike my girdfriend kira riders her dog on...
is a Big Golden lab too at least 45/50 pounds..
how yeahLordOpie said:
Nothing, no ropes, not even the stupid classes that some people put on their dogs...or do you have some sort of harness system keeping the phucker from jumping off whenever he sees another dog?
as far as i know she is being riding like that for about 6/7 years with out incidents somehow i think she loves that dog more than her own self....
oviuslly this is a exemption to the rule but far better than carring your dog inside a cage..
If you ride motorcycles now forget all your current riding skills, you are starting fresh. No countersteering, accelerate pulls one way, braking pulls to the other direction. But they do lean pretty cool...
I remember seeing about four different times dogs riding in sidecars in CO. One of them being a client at the clinic I worked at bringing his dog in in a sidecar. Another waa a guy who lived down the road from my boss. Every once in awile he would cruise by with his Lab in the sidecar.
The oddest thing was going up I70 into the mountains, a 60lb German Shepard sitting in a fairly large milk crate that was bungee corded on the back of a motorcycle. Goggles on with his head resting on the drivers/riders shoulder.
The oddest thing was going up I70 into the mountains, a 60lb German Shepard sitting in a fairly large milk crate that was bungee corded on the back of a motorcycle. Goggles on with his head resting on the drivers/riders shoulder.
^ cool Steve! And yeah, i wanna get my doggie some goggles
Trainwreck, is that you and your boy? That's awesome!
A thought just occurred to me cuz I'm too dumb to think faster... I can just learn how to handle it properly alone. I don't have to have my girl and dog with me, duh!
Trainwreck, is that you and your boy? That's awesome!
A thought just occurred to me cuz I'm too dumb to think faster... I can just learn how to handle it properly alone. I don't have to have my girl and dog with me, duh!
Actually that is a friend of mine from San Diego and his daughter, it was a really cool rig though. I do have a picture from a Beemer rally at home of a guy with a boxer (dog) in a side car with leather helmet, googles and scarf. If I can find and scan it I'll post it for you.LordOpie said: