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Yes, because some people find them fun. A mate of mine had a double-boot on a CB900. Sitting in the boot was fun, hanging out in the corners and such. Riding it was interesting. I picked it up for him after he had a sky-diving mishap, and rode it about 100 km home (somewhere down near Dandenong up to Macleod, for those who know the territory...). It was fun to ride somehow, even though it pulled to one side pretty heavily. The mate was about 30 kg heavier than me, the thing was set up well for him, and with me on riding it didn't want to go straight. So I can see why people like them, but don't want one. The reasons why not are pretty much exactly what @Lucky Phil wrote. I would like to have a go on a serious racing sidecar, though. Both as rider and as swinger.

Not many PC800 riders around. It is a very different bikenality (not personality) than the V11. That's for sure.

Yet they remain.

Sidecars, good lord sidecars. All the worst aspects of a car and a motorcycle rolled into one and then made even worse. A case of less than the sum of it's parts. The sidecar is what the poor working class in the early 20th century bought to attach to their motorcycle to transport the family because they couldn't afford a car. They were a poor persons transport band aid and nobody worried about the obvious dynamic shortcomings which not only make them suspect to operate but also destroy the motorcycle itself mechanically. A motorcycle chassis isn't designed to cope with side thrust loads so the mechanicals take a beating and you end up with chassis cracking and high wear on everything including the driveline lugging around the extra weight. The advent of the Austin 7 or Baby Austin, in the early 1920's, an affordable car that the working class could afford killed off the sidecar manufacturers almost entirely and with good reason. Phil

I had to look that one up ;-). There was this one time at Americade I went into the demo lot for Harley. With a muffler on it it was a quiet bike. As I was rolling through I could hear on the the people I passed say "It's one of them f***ing electric ones."

Ducati dry clutches were always their weakest link. Phil

Having owned a Pacific Coast, I would venture that rode and handled well, made decent power, and hid its V-twin like a drug habit. The trunk made it a great grocery-getter. One of the biggest differences with the V11 Sport is getting groceries on it takes me four hours.

I will go do far as to say I am relieved it was not converted to a trike . . .

He does doesn't he.... But how could you do that to a greenie...or a V11 for that matter?? Sidecar I mean!

"It never needed any work and had things like self cancelling turn signals, hydraulically adjusted valves, and a big trunk to carry things. If the Guzzi is even close to as enjoyable I'll like it a lot." Ruht Roh, Rhaggy

Bikes I've owned so far: '66 Suzuki 250 Hustler 2 stroke '71 Ducati 450 Desmo single - Dunstall exhaust '74 Honda 550 4 cylinder with Kerker exhaust, TT100's '77 Yamaha 750 triple '84 Kawi 1100 '89 Honda Pacific Coast '98 Triumph Trophy 900 2005 Yami FZ1 2009 Yami FZ6 2003 Guzzi V11 Sport. There is a very big difference between bikes for sure. Favorite would be the Honda Pacific Coast. 47 h.p., 630 lbs. It never needed any work and had things like self cancelling turn signals, hydraulically adjusted valves, and a big trunk to carry things. If the Guzzi is even close to as enjoyable I'll like it a lot. Grant

Saw this and felt it was too good to keep to myself. It's in Lancaster, PA. Despite the comedy attempts in the description, it appears to be legitimate, but i don't know for sure. I do not know the seller, and am not associated with this listing in any way: https://www.facebook.com/share/15Qc7164g4/

I hear ya. funny how much time i’ve spent over the years thinking i’ll just get a nice little kit for each bike, then each year I get on a bike and realize it has only a partial kit or no kit, because I probably went on a big ride in previous year and robbed an item from it. should be so easy, but the tire kit gremlins are sneaky little bastards… Small is the usual and obvious goal, so for me the dynaplug little setups are what i usually get (which seem overpriced, but I usually end up with those as they’re small and they work), then either a few co2’s and the adaptor, just to get me to someplace for a proper air fill, or if its a bigger bike with carrying capacity i’m now popping in one of the Fantik (costco, amazon) cordless inflators, since i use those for more subtle pressure adjustments as well. But it’s the off-road bikes with tubes that give me the headaches… hate having to carry irons, a tube, and all that, because its so much stuff, its a drag to have to use on the trail, and on those kind of bikes there’s less room and more stuff needed. For ADV bikes i just get or convert to tubeless, but dirt bikes i’m always fiddling with “smaller” vs “easier to use”, based on what mood i’m in that day.

Love Pecco and glad he won the race, but Marc was legitimately the fastest Factory rider on the track.

That dog looks very happy with itself in that nice boot.

If you have a true expert then you don't need a machine. The guy at the automotive paint shop supplies I use mixed this 2K for my bike. I took him the old alternator bracket off the frame and he matched it by eye. No machine not even using a spray gun just his skills. It's as close to perfect as you can get. In the image is side plate and front frame I painted myself with the original lower frame member for a colour comparison. The colour match is perfect but my spraying and the deep richness and gloss 2K gives straight off the gun is the only difference. These people are rare these days unfortunately. While I was waiting my turn there was a car restorer before me that was having some metallic silver paint matched to the original wheel colour for an old Alfa. Once again he nailed it and the restorer told me this is the only place he sources his paint and matching because the guy is the best there is. Also the front frame compared to the original paint on the main frame back bone.

I love the dry clutch sound. There's nothing better than pulling up next to a rider on an HD at a stop light, and they immediately start looking down at their bike in a panic. It's always epic.

Too funny! Went out to my shop last evening and shortly after, noticed the "missing" clamp lying in a corner below my work bench I use for clean work. Bingo!

Thanks for your reply, fuel flow, tank to pump to filter to throttle bodies. Apparently 2 logical for me to make sense of! Have everything reconnected, ready 2 go except for a short 2prong female electrical connector on the right side above throttle body. Don’t see a male counter part and only thing on tank is is on left side. When ive another moment, I'll see what o.m. and p.m. can teach me.

Say Grant, isn't that the coolest thing about motorcycles, that they all have their own personalities no matter what it might be.

Hey Phil I also have a Ducati Super Sport, so it's tough to decide which one to ride. Both the Super Sport and Le Mans beckon me like alluring sirens.

I believe Marc misunderstood the rules and thought he would have to start from the back of the grid. But he was banking on another mis-understanding of the rules, hoping ten other racers would follow him off the grid. He was confusing the situation with another situation, if more then ten racers pull down pit lane at the end of the warmup lap the rules say the race start will be postponed. That rule was added after most of the grid pulled into pitlane after the warmup lap at, I think, Argentina a couple years ago (but I could be wrong about the specific location). However, that rule was strictly about riders pulling down pitlane at the end of the warmup lap, to prevent a debacle like that from happening again. The rules Marc did not know as well as he thought actually meant he would go out on the warmup lap and start the race from his original grid spot, but then have to do a drive down pitlane to add to his race time the equivalent of lost time as if he had swapped bikes to his other bike to get off the rains and onto slicks. This article covers the various possible scenarios pretty well; https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature/1066604/1/marc-marquezs-cota-motogp-grid-gamble-wrong-reasons-right-decision I don't see what happened as a sign of Pecco getting on equal footing with Marc. What happened was Marc made a few mistakes, the new Marc we have seen went away for that race and the old Marc surfaced. He outsmarted himself trying to outsmart everyone else, and was lucky he didn't face the consequences he was supposed to. And he wanted to crush the field to show his dominance, but he failed. He had the win, the race was his to lose, and he lost it. I hope at the next round Pecco pulls himself up on equal terms with Marc and beats him straight up. Then it will really be on.