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  • #1

    Unique bike...

    I saw this while driving by in Eureka Springs, AR this weekend. I wish I had stopped to take a few more pics of it. It's a double sidecar setup. I'd sure hate to have to change the center rear tire! Looks like he's about due for all three.








    Thought it was kinda cool.


    Tod
    Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

    You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

    Current bikes:
    '06 Suzuki DR650
    *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
    '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
    '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
    '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
    '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
    '81 XS1100 Special
    '81 YZ250
    '80 XS850 Special
    '80 XR100
    *Crashed/Totalled, still own
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  • #2
    Steering?

    How does it steer? It looks like he has extended controls going to the left side?
    Also look as though he took off the actual seat of the bike?
    81 SH Something Special
    81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels
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    • #3
      side car

      that center tire could take some time but it looks like the right side looks alittle bald!!

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      • #4
        If you look at the 2nd pic, you can see a steering handle down over the tank. Looks like it would be awkward to me, but you would get used to it I'm sure.

        No comments as to why the right side tire may be balder than the other one...


        Tod
        Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

        You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

        Current bikes:
        '06 Suzuki DR650
        *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
        '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
        '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
        '81 XS1100 Special
        '81 YZ250
        '80 XS850 Special
        '80 XR100
        *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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        • #5
          "Maybe the wrong weight rating on that tire?"

          The center tire follows the front tire. The side tires wear quicker due to the 'scuffing' sideways during turns.
          "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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          • #6
            Yeah, neat concept.

            Hi Prom,
            Sidecar tires "scuff" because the wheel usually "leads" the rear wheel, my own rig has a 12" sidecar wheel lead and it's tire shows hardly any wear at all. Typically sidecar tires will last way longer than the other two. The outer tires on that double rig look to be in line with the rear tire so there will be zero scuffing but what does cause rapid sidecar tire wear is excessive toe-in and with an amateur-built rig that can easily happen. But in this case it's more likely that the pair of Comstar wheels the builder salvaged for the project (you can see the rightside wheel still has it's drive sprocket) are still wearing the baldies they came with.
            Fred Hill, S'toon
            XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
            "The Flying Pumpkin"

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            • #7
              That's not a bike .....
              Rob
              KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

              1978 XS1100E Modified
              1978 XS500E
              1979 XS1100F Restored
              1980 XS1100 SG
              1981 Suzuki GS1100
              1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
              1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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              • #8
                It has four wheels it's a car
                Nubee

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                • #9
                  Actually all..................except for the outside mods, that is a kit you can buy for several models of bikes. The center wheel is the motorcycles's wheel. The outer two do not drive the bike.
                  81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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                  • #10
                    Rocket Bike

                    Must be a redneck!!!

                    1980 XS Eleven Special

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