Kawasaki Concours Forum
Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: Mr. Green Genes on August 28, 2011, 12:51:53 PM
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http://www.hpsidecars.com/ForSale/2009_C14/Album/index.html (http://www.hpsidecars.com/ForSale/2009_C14/Album/index.html)
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Cool. Now we can have a real "car tire on a Concours" thread.
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So how fast can you ruin a good bike?
This fast I guess.
Ride safe all, ATGATT please.
Greg
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It is not ruined; it is just different!!!
If you've never rode a sidecar equipped bike you don't know how much fun your missing....
If you've never rode a sidecar equipped bike that was purposefully designed for high speed handling the you REALLY DON"T KNOW HOW MUCH FUN YOUR MISSING !!!! Caps Lock not stuck.
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So how fast can you ruin a good bike?
This fast I guess.
Ride safe all, ATGATT please.
Greg
Oh, I don't know. I think it might be done a little faster.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/mcy/2571585498.html (http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/mcy/2571585498.html)
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Saw one of these at the Vermont Country Store in Weston, VT a while ago.
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/wsikorski/Concours/IMG_0017.jpg)
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/wsikorski/Concours/IMG_0018.jpg)
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/wsikorski/Concours/IMG_0019.jpg)
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Cannot tell from looking at the pic how the front steering works. I wonder why they didn't just use the OEM forks.
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http://www.hannigantrikes.com/content/hpsidecars.html (http://www.hannigantrikes.com/content/hpsidecars.html)
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Cannot tell from looking at the pic how the front steering works. I wonder why they didn't just use the OEM forks.
Is called a Leading Link Front Suspension and works great in that it does not nose dive when you grab the front binders; also steers worlds better than OEM forks would have due to the relationship with the sidecar.
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Cannot tell from looking at the pic how the front steering works. I wonder why they didn't just buy a Can-Am Spyder.
Fixed
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He's asking 30k for that :o it's a nice setup but man oh man what I could do with money like that :)
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This one is only 20k...
(http://www.hannigansidecar.com/content/xSuportingPages/turnkeyunits/06ZX-14Rig.jpg)
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You would really have to trust your driver not to be stupid.
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I love it! I've been a passenger in a hack and would have no problems owning one. And when you lack for passengers, you can fill it up with CASES of beer and eats!
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This one is only 20k...
(http://www.hannigansidecar.com/content/xSuportingPages/turnkeyunits/06ZX-14Rig.jpg)
Oh, that's just ruining a fine piece of machinery :o
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I love it! I've been a passenger in a hack and would have no problems owning one. And when you lack for passengers, you can fill it up with CASES of beer and eats!
I'm with you, I love it! wish I have the $$$$$$$$$$
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And with such a rig you will absolutely gather a curious & admiring crowd no matter where you go from coffee house to bike night; only real short coming is you will surely catch the attention of some big guy who just can't help himself with saying "you sure do know how to ruin a bike" :stirpot:
While I don't have such a high speed rig I can promise you that when I ride my sidecar equipped Ural that I enjoy it just as much as I enjoy my Concours just in a different way... Without the sidecar my wife would not be interested in riding with me more than once or twice a year.
Plus I've used the hack to bring home just about anything you can think of from sacks of grass seed and fire wood to a 20" tube type TV.... :deadhorse:
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Should have enough HP to pull the Airstream too.
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Concours 14 $15,000
Hannigan Kit $18,000
Total $33,000
Hmmmmmmmmmm there has got to be a less expensive way to transport a passenger but still be in the open air. The passenger could be on the back. Or you could just buy a Mazda Miata. Or as T-Cro pointed out your could buy a Ural for $10,000.
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I used to have a Kaw Voyager XII. When I bought it, I was deciding between it (1999 model) and a 1995 with a 2 tone color matched side car. Thought it would be pretty cool, especially since it was able to be removed / re-attached relatively quickly.
I also still had a C10 to do the 2 wheel thing in.
You would really have to trust your driver not to be stupid.
Not sure how that would be any different - wouldn't you have to do the same riding pillion or in the passenger seat of a 4 wheeled vehicle?
In addition to TCro's list of things you can do with a sidecar that you can't on 2 wheels, I recall a post and even a pic of his rig in 20 degrees and snow on the ground. Quite bit of snow.
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Cool. Now we can have a real "car tire on a Concours" thread.
+1
Tire thread!
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Is called a Leading Link Front Suspension and works great in that it does not nose dive when you grab the front binders; also steers worlds better than OEM forks would have due to the relationship with the sidecar.
Do you know of anyone who makes one for a Voyager XII?
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I want to say that I've seen one somewhere but can't remember where...
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And with such a rig you will absolutely gather a curious & admiring crowd no matter where you go from coffee house to bike night; only real short coming is you will surely catch the attention of some big guy who just can't help himself with saying "you sure do know how to ruin a bike" :stirpot:
While I don't have such a high speed rig I can promise you that when I ride my sidecar equipped Ural that I enjoy it just as much as I enjoy my Concours just in a different way... Without the sidecar my wife would not be interested in riding with me more than once or twice a year.
Plus I've used the hack to bring home just about anything you can think of from sacks of grass seed and fire wood to a 20" tube type TV.... :deadhorse:
I have to wonder why different has to equal bad for some people...
A hack is not something I've ever desired, but I still think they look cool. Hell even the Crocodile bike looks kinda cool, but I sure wouldn't buy it.... if nothing else, I admire the engineering it took to put a hack on a Connie... !