Anyone with a "sidehack"?

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Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby Spyug53 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:01 pm

Also know as chair or more correctly a sidecar. I am noodling around with the idea of taking the new to me CB and bolting on a small sidecar. I have a friend on a local board who works at a shop that specializes in Enfields and Urals with them and he is the past president of the local sidehack owners group so I have an in for info but I wondered if any members here currently run one. I'd just like to see how one would look.

Any and all information is appreciated.
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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby rb550fours » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:21 pm

I picked up a beat sidecar a while back, I've been tucking it further and further back in the shop each time I go in it.
It's one of those Yugoslavian sidecars, forgot the name. Went to their site for more info, there was lots, and not all that I wanted to hear.
According to what I read... Your favorite bike will never handle again,
It'll be even more dangerous to ride,
You'll be going through tires,
And you will have to train yourself how to ride with a sidecar because it is nothing like what you are used to. Basically.
There was a specific section on set up, very important information there for sure. If the initial reading of the product didn't scare me, the set up and the reasoning for each and every Why and what could go wrong explanation did. The real test of if it was attached to motorcycle properly, was if you made it back from the shakedown ride, then it's probably right.
Okay , I could be stretching this a little but, not by much.
I decided That I will go through the sidecar to be sure it's factory safe, if there is such a thing.Paint the whole deal camo, change the seat to OD Green, and plug it onto a Camo 550F that was built for just that occasion.
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I don't expect to be driving it much because truthfully, it creeps me out.

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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby rb550fours » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:35 pm

I met a couple of riders with Urals, both with sidecars.The extra wheel is a drive wheel unlike what I have, I would expect that setup to be far superior but, it's on a Ural.

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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby Folsoml » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:47 pm

I love that 550. I picked it out of your initial picture of your collection as my favorite.
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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby Volker_P » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:29 am

Here are two pictures of CB650s with sidecars somewhere from the web. But no further info, sorry.
I think the poor low rpm performance of a CB650 won't be advantageous for this application.
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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby cb650 » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:25 am

Even though I cant imagine the extra weight that red one looks good. Defiantly you need some thing with gobs of low end torque.
Did you clean the tank out?!?!?!?!

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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby Volker_P » Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:06 am

Another issue is the quite weak fork (which however more or less is true for all bikes of that time).
Note the fork stabilizer at the red one.
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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby mojoblues » Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:48 am

'79 cb650z RC03

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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby MEHall » Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:58 pm

mojoblues, whos bike is that? :?: I'm interested in how the turn signal is mounted on that bike! :wink:



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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby Volker_P » Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:40 am

Looks like a CB500 headlight with its turn signals, see e.g. http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/pictures/1 ... da-cb5004/
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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby mojoblues » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:56 am

MEhall: I don't know, I've stumbled across that site. I believe it's danish site, you might want to try and contact them :idea:
'79 cb650z RC03

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Re: Anyone with a "sidehack"?

Postby mojoblues » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:58 am

In the place of those blinkers (on the link above), I have reflective circles, cat's eyes, and I think that is where it's possible to place them..
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