Post a pic of your V11 - No words

[Tomchri]

Another easy explanation, the krokodilla (crocodile) mention, I have to be more home taking care of Daffy the rottweiler when there is nice weather.  Why not a side car next thought. Me think close to26000 km with the dog in the sidecar And a very happy and proud dog. K1100RS, with a german made sidecar, made by doctor professor ingeniør. Good experience, but no dog no sidecar.

Cheers Tom.

[audiomick]

Quite a few members of the German forum keep a sidecar for the winter. Favourite choice seems to be a Ural, with which the concerns about the frame not holding up to it are a non-issue because they are built as a sidecar.

On a completely different note, one that I haven't seen other than on photos but would like to, and would like to ride:

It was built by the bloke in the second picture, a fellow administrator of the German forum that I am active in. To put it into perspective, Holger is about 5'4" tall.

The motor is from an 1100 California, with a Doc Jensen cam and a bit of tweaking. The really impressive bit: at first glance, or on the photos, you don't notice any lights apart from the headlight, but the thing is road-legal and registered. That, in Germany, is quite an acheivment.

Edited yesterday at 01:16 AM by audiomick

[Tomchri]

Nice Guzzi wagon.   No dog onboard, always a 30kg mangan bag in the sidecar. Quite a few G's possible in left corners . Don't let of the gas coming in to fast right corners, brakes have to be used correctly.

Cheers Tom.

[guzzler]

Sorry fellas, but I'm with Phil on this.....

It's either two wheels or the car with four!

Cheers 

[Lucky Phil]

The thing that amuses me is perfectly demonstrated in Micks images. You take a motorcycle and then put car wheels, tyres and suspension on it to try and make the silly thing half way decent dynamically. Why not just go buy/build a Lotus 7 kit car or something. At least it will go around corners like it was on rails. I can 100% guarantee the outfit shown looks a lot better than it rides esp at low speeds like car parks etc. The steering would be killer heavy at those speeds. I once had a short ride on one of those Spider 3 wheeler things and was shocked at the heavy low speed steering. I mean heavy enough to need power steering. I also remember the sidecar guys at the races in the 70s and 80's banished to the far side of the pits like leapers. One walk through their area looking at water pipe frames and cobbled together everything and you knew why they were there. Modern racing outfits are now some weird 3 wheeler race cars you sit on. Same weirdos still race them.

Phil 

     

[audiomick]

7 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

....I can 100% guarantee the outfit shown looks a lot better than it rides esp at low speeds like car parks etc. The steering would be killer heavy at those speeds....    

Probably.

To be fair to Holger, the thing is road-registered, but he built it for track days, so I reckon he can live with the low-speed heaviness. He also wrote somewhere that he can't sit (lie) on it for more than about 45 minutes at a time. It's a toy, and he likes it.

[Pressureangle]

Was gonna sell the BMW GSA, but I hate leaving the dog while touring and then, well

[audiomick]

3 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

... I hate leaving the dog while touring ...

A mate of mine in Australia had a blue heeler named Harry. The mate did eventually end up having a side car for a while, in fact the CB900 with the double chair that I mentioned further up. He bought it off the other mate and rode it for a while.

That was after Harry, however. Harry used to ride on the Tank of the K100 RS.

 

PS: blue heeler...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog

Edited 9 hours ago by audiomick

[Pressureangle]

1 hour ago, audiomick said:

A mate of mine in Australia had a blue heeler named Harry. The mate did eventually end up having a side car for a while, in fact the CB900 with the double chair that I mentioned further up. He bought it off the other mate and rode it for a while.

That was after Harry, however. Harry used to ride on the Tank of the K100 RS.

 

PS: blue heeler...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Pressureangle

[audiomick]

Yes, they are very cool dogs.