grcamna5 said:That's a nice fit and now all one-piece Will your stock upper rear shock tower still operate on the left(looks like you have plenty of room there) or will you need to fit that side rear shock differently? Have you chosen a fiberglass cockpit for it or will it be an open chair ?
Erskine said:Shock mounts will be the standard ones, there's loads of room. Also need the main frame completely returnable to standard so as to keep the insurance companies and MOT people happy, hence not being able to weld straight on to the frame. However a sidecar is considered purely an accessory and in the same class as fitting a rack or a screen!
Plan for the chair is to fit a nose cone, and will cut that shape out of a steel bath. If it's too heavy I shall use that as a mould and fibre glass one from it.
grcamna5 said:They classify it as an add-on/accessory?? ask them to drive both types and they may change their mind. You'll need to make some Strong clamping mounts or has an aftermarket company already been making those ?
beachcomber said:Steff - check out "Ragged Edge Racing" for super cheap race GRP.
pacomotorstuff said:For the hack wheel, look around your local aerodrome for an old airplane wheel pant to repair / modify.
I've made some for aircraft and am dying for one of our local sidecar racers to try one out, but so far, no luck.
Pat
teazer said:Steff,
That will work if you grind of the "top" of the brace so that is fits down a little closer to the swingarm. What it effectively does is to double the depth of the swingarm. Grinding off the top allow you to weld better down each side of the tube. Angle the open ends and don't have a sudden change in section which acts as a stress raiser like the edge of a cliff. That was almost exactly what I had on my CB77 race bike.
The other way to brace a swingarm is to make a shallow (say 2" deep) brace similar to the triangulation of the monoshock arm on P1 but only say 2" deep at the front. Like this one
Erskine said:Take chassis, add wheels .....
It's a roller
Yep, thats a pitbike one i picked up along the way, its v v stiff, i can't compress it. it may or may not end up being the right length though.grcamna5 said:Do you have a different shock on the chair wheel ?