Quote Originally Posted by fatenhappy View Post
Sidecars, broom broom and Pixie dust

I was 99% sure this could be done and then just today what was able to find, but a German based company 'Kalich side cars' who specialise in what they call 'swing'type side car mounting ... In other words the bike rider rides and leans as normal, but the side car stays absolutely parallel to the road ... I won't or need the 'swing' side of this, but it does prove to me I don't need any upper, or high-mount supports forCathy's side car project.

The other thing I really like .. if you go to their web site although written in German (which is easy enough to translate using 'MS-WORD") ... They set their 'boats' which we know as the actual side car nice and low to the ground .. may-be only 10 to 15cm or so off the ground. ... (4" or so) That'll make it fairly easy to incorporate my ideas of totally bagging the suspension to take it right to ground level so Cathy will be able to enter and exit fairly easily as we require ...

Almost there now before starting to actually measure, cut and create ... hopefully during the next few days ..

As an aside ; just doing the tracking and both my ECU; which has all-butlanded at the doors of Canadian based ‘Monster ECU’ for its dose of insanity or'pixie dust' which-ever way you prefer to think of it!! and, just as good, .... a couple of custom pieces of short exhaust from the UK are just about to leave there as well destination .. my place !....

Stay tuned, it’s all happening ... Yehaa! ...
Well I respect your DIY thinking process , but after all is said and done ....A new Gold Wing with side car will cost 1/3rd. of what the Spyder & side car is going to cost ...and the GW set-up will be SAFE ....yours will be a GUESS on the Safety thing .......... Stay safe ..... Mike