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Smitty901

Smitty901

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Robert
I am a fan of Sidecars. For 3 and 1/2 years had a budget one mounted on a 1996 Harley FatBoy it worked very well. It is now mounted on a 2015 Harley Street 750 and performance is outstanding. It's main purpose is for a granddaughter that is in a wheel chair so she can ride. And ride she does so far about 4,000 miles in it not bad for 9 year old.

I ride 20-60K a year between 3 bikes. Wife rides with me on the Touring bike about 30% of that. Age is catching up. Heavy full Touring bike all the stuff adds up. To prepare we are putting a sidecar on our 2017 RGU.

It will be detachable. Looking at a Hannagan Classic Twin. Stopping by their shop in May to look it over on a ride. I have already ordered the parts for a Harley Trike front end for the rake.

The Trike tubes are about 2 inches longer so Bike will be a stock height with Hack off. The Trike steering stabilizer is a nice factory fit . The front end will go on after our May ride. That will give me time to ride it with no hack attached. I will have the Sidecar attached by local HD dealer. They have always done right by me and figure keeping some of the money near home is the way to go.

I am listening so if you have experience offer it up.



1996 FB with same sidecar installed I can switch them in less than a hour.

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Robert,

Welcome to Trike Talk. Your granddaughter has wonderful grandparents, she looks like she is enjoying her ride. I can't offer any help, just a welcome.
 
Thanks for the welcome, I have been riding 49 years. The first sidecar was meant for one thing let Payton ride a little. I never dreamed it would work as well as it did. I fell for it.

When it was moved to the 750 Street I got a lot of the it will never work, it can't pull it ect. The 750 Street pulls it better than the Fatboy. At 80 MPH it is stable. Almost don't know the hack is there.

 
Robert, welcome to TrikeTalk from west Texas. Sounds like you’ve got a plan!
 
Hi Robert,

:welcome: to the Trike Talk Family.

The pictures are great.ThumbUp

It looks like everyone is having a ton of fun.:D
 
The Main reason for switching the hack from the Fatboy to the street was to give me time to go over the FB. Bike has been a round a while and I want it to last another 20 years.

Going into the swap to the 750 Street I assumed it would be an in town setup only. In my mind saw it as to small and weak. I was so wrong on that. Worked out so well with Payton's approval we are keeping it on the Steer. I think she is teasing me about wanting to paint it Pink.

We had planned on it taking most of the winter to move the sidecar over. With two 9 year old Grandchildren helping it was done in a week. If anyone has plans to do something like this and has question just ask. It was no where near as hard as some make it out to be.

I do not normally get excited about a project with the bikes. Age has mellowed that. However putting a sidecar on the 2017 RGU has me excited. This is the next project.

Sidecars were once normal they were every where. Now there is just so little information out there about them. I have a goal of sparking more interest in them.

 
Hi Robert! Welcome to Trike Talk! As stated earlier, your granddaughter has wonderful grandparents to set up your bikes so she can enjoy riding with you!
 

Can't wait to get the bill for color matching the sidecar. Two youngest Grandchildren picked that color.
 
Jack Klarich said:
I read alot of your posts back in the Glider days

You sure ride alot of miles;)
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Riding is our Hobby and passion. Some go fishing some go hunting. Cruise ships bore us. The first year of retirement resulted in a little less riding. Adjustment period. You can plan all you want retirement is still a shock. When you have little spare time you make the best of what you have. Seemed like retirement caused a we can go next week way of thinking. Over that now. Two funerals in the last 3 weeks of people we know that lived long great lives sever as a remind do it now while you can.

Even after 43 years after a long day of riding in the rain the most fun is drying each other off at the end of the day. Summer storm chasing ride are still a lot of fun.

We see the sidecar as a way to extend the years. We demoed some trikes , and they did not met our needs. Just not the storage we wanted and trailers were out of the question for us. We are not done with two wheels yet. This will just give us more options.

The ARK last May 3 days of pouring rain. What better weather for a visit to the ARK. Part of a 2 week ride.

DSCN6206 by bob smith, on Flickr
 
:cool: I am resurrecting an 82 Goldwing Interstate, along with a Vetter Terraplane sidecar. Stripping the Wing naked, then plan to add a Windjammer V and Vetter Bags & Trunk. It's a retro work in progress. Both were "barn finds", but the price was right for both. It keeps me busy, when I am not riding the Voyager, and allows me to spend money on something other than silly stuff. Would enjoy batting the breeze with anybody involved in similar projects. No pictures yet as every thing is scattered around the garage
 
:welcome: FROM SOUTH
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To the Trike Talk Family!
 
Ray Paige said:
:cool: I am resurrecting an 82 Goldwing Interstate, along with a Vetter Terraplane sidecar. Stripping the Wing naked, then plan to add a Windjammer V and Vetter Bags & Trunk. It's a retro work in progress. Both were "barn finds", but the price was right for both. It keeps me busy, when I am not riding the Voyager, and allows me to spend money on something other than silly stuff. Would enjoy batting the breeze with anybody involved in similar projects. No pictures yet as every thing is scattered around the garage
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Welcome. post pictures of the project it should be interesting.
 
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