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A few notes for people new to sidecars
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All About Sidecar Racing | Cycle World | JANUARY 1967
https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1967/1/1/all-about-sidecar-racing
Sidecar wheels are almost always 12 inches, with 16-inch ones on the machine. This practice is partly dictated by the availability of flat-tread uni-directional sidecar racing tires in …
Sidecar - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidecar
Road racing sidecars began to change away from normal motorcycle development in the 1950s with them becoming lower and using smaller diameter wheels and they kept the enclosed "dustbin fairing" banned in solo competition in 1957. By the 1970s, they were using wide slick tyres with a square car-like profile, the rider kneeled behind the engine instead of sitting on a seat and the …
Adjusting a Motorcycle Sidecar - Steve's workshop
http://www.steves-workshop.co.uk/vehicles/bmw/sidecar/sidecaradjustment/sidecaradjustment.html
A few notes for people new to sidecars
http://www.sidecars.org.uk/info.html
Light weight or low power combinations are rarely seen with car wheel conversions. Basic Geometry Generally, the sidecar and bike tow in towards each other, so the track measured at the front will be narrower than the track measured at the rear of the machine. In addition to this, the motorcycle usually leans very lightly away from the sidecar.
How to Align Your Motorcycle Sidecar the Right Way
https://www.cycleworld.com/2014/05/28/align-your-sidecar-the-right-way/
A few subtle differences make a huge change in the way the machine handles compared to a "normal" bike. The bike is leaned out a few degrees as a counter to the sidecar's mass. The front also toes ...
Bike Leans and Sidecar Doesn’t - Haul N Ride
https://www.haulnride.com/leaner-sidecar-combination-bike-leans-sidecar-doesnt
2 Locate the Lead and Clearance. To locate the Lead, place the sidecar wheel hub 8-12 inches (200-300mm) forward of the motorcycle rear wheel axle. To locate mirror and handlebar clearance, place the motorcycle beside the sidecar. Using chain blocks, lower the bike towards the sidecar between 45 to 50 degree lean.
Adventure Rider - Ride the World.
https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/sidecar-set-up-geometry.451266/
Adventure Rider - Ride the World.
The good, the bad, ...overview of sidecaring, sidecars, sidecarists
https://bmwmotorcycletech.info/sidecarbasics.htm
Trikes have few advantages over sidecar rigs. They are, more or less, balanced in operations to the left, to the right, ...and straight-forward (as in braking). They can be quite wide, but usually not as wide as a sidecar rig (especially a 2 …
Suspension Geometry - Part 1 (Camber, Toe, Caster, KPI, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbReLNi2JP4
Part 2: https://youtu.be/oh535De4hKgSprings and Anti-roll bar video: https://youtu.be/NFGkZNrNTIE
B.E.A.R.S sidecar outfits - British Historic Racing Online
https://bhronline.uk/eligibility-bears-sidecar-outfits/
SIDECAR SPECIFICATION: The minimum diameter of the sidecar wheel is 17”*. Sidecar must bolt to the bike as in the Pre 1959 event. Streamlining restricted to a small nose cone. Sidecar brake not allowed. Sidecar chassis must be made of steel tube or box section and conform to B2/B3 ACU Handbook regulations. Aluminium frames not allowed.
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