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dwerbil wrote:

Marilyn:
My uncle once told me about a warrior who had a fine stallion.
Everybody said how lucky he was to have such a horse. “Maybe,” he said.
One day the stallion ran off. The people said the warrior was unlucky. “Maybe,” he said.
Next day, the stallion returned, leading a string of fine ponies. The people said it was very lucky. “Maybe,” the warrior said.
Later, the warrior’s son was thrown from one of the ponies and broke his leg. The people said it was unlucky. “Maybe,” the warrior said.
The next week, the chief led a war party against another tribe. Many young men were killed. But, because of his broken leg, the warrior’s son was left behind, and so was spared.

I loved Adam in "The Feast" Fucking hilarious.

bbelk wrote:He got a little busted up, but oddly enough, his bike ended up sliding down the road on top of the roll of fiberglass and had very minor damage.

Well, then. He was lucky.

Hmm, the twin shocker airheads had a reputation for bending the frame with a sidecar. Didn't the best 'outfits' have a subframe for the bike, to obviate that problem?

Would a stock mono motorcycle frame be any stronger in any way that matters when tugging a sidecar?

Ken

Addendum: I should have stipulated post '70 airheads in my above comment. Sometimes I seem to forget about them.

Ken in Oklahoma wrote:Hmm, the twin shocker airheads had a reputation for bending the frame with a sidecar. Didn't the best 'outfits' have a subframe for the bike, to obviate that problem?

Would a stock mono motorcycle frame be any stronger in any way that matters when tugging a sidecar?

Ken

Addendum: I should have stipulated post '70 airheads in my above comment. Sometimes I seem to forget about them.

I am a sidecar snob, Ken. It HAS to be built on a /2 Earles frame, or not at all.
I cannot imagine affording another one in my lifetime.

Rob wrote:I am a sidecar snob, Ken. It HAS to be built on a /2 Earles frame, or not at all.
I cannot imagine affording another one in my lifetime.

So I guess a Harley with sidecar is entirely out of the question then (setting aside the cost)? It's never happened to me personally (possibly because I've never had a Harley with sidecar) but I'm pretty sure nearly all chicks would love to go for a spin in a Harley 'outfit'.

Sure it would be a bit spendy! But for sake of argument?


Ken

In the late 70s, I worked at what we now would call a large Power Sports dealership. We sold 60 to 80 Harleys a year, which was no easy feat back in the AMF days. This was long before there where yuppies, and Harleys where really junk, and very expensive. What our main customer base lacked in personal hygiene and IQ was made up for with folding cash.

We sold a one sidecar outfit while I worked there, to a chap who very much fit our customer profile. To shorten the story up, the bike would not start one night after an evening at the local pub. Since he was with a bunch of his buddies, there was a pickup truck handy, but the bike was too big and heavy for them to load into it. So they decided to tow the outfit home. To save damage to the paint and chrome, the owner insisted that the tow rope be tied (remember the IQ requirements)........ around his waist.

Well you can guess what happened at the first corner. He went for a tow down the road, (the truck driver was in the pub with him) and the outfit was upside down in the ditch. The next day he showed up at our dealership, covered in road rash, with the smashed up outfit, demanding that we fix it for free, as it was our fault that this had happened.

Ken in Oklahoma wrote:
So I guess a Harley with sidecar is entirely out of the question

Ken

My Mom in 1999.

Ken in Oklahoma wrote:

Rob wrote:I am a sidecar snob, Ken. It HAS to be built on a /2 Earles frame, or not at all.
I cannot imagine affording another one in my lifetime.

So I guess a Harley with sidecar is entirely out of the question then (setting aside the cost)? It's never happened to me personally (possibly because I've never had a Harley with sidecar) but I'm pretty sure nearly all chicks would love to go for a spin in a Harley 'outfit'.

Sure it would be a bit spendy! But for sake of argument?


Ken

A H-D outfit would be cool, of course, but it would have to be given to me.
I predict I will die a pauper.