Author Topic: Be The First One ON Your Street (Read 5021 times)

Mr. Green Genes · « **on:** August 28, 2011, 12:51:53 PM »

http://www.hpsidecars.com/ForSale/2009_C14/Album/index.html

gPink · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:57:46 PM »

Cool. Now we can have a real "car tire on a Concours" thread.

Pfloydgad · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:46:09 PM »

So how fast can you ruin a good bike?
This fast I guess.
Ride safe all, ATGATT please.
Greg

T Cro ® · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2011, 06:52:36 PM »

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.

Mr. Green Genes · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2011, 12:09:59 PM »

Quote from: Pfloydgad on August 28, 2011, 05:46:09 PM

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

CigarSki® · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2011, 04:32:14 PM »

Saw one of these at the Vermont Country Store in Weston, VT a while ago.

Rhino · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2011, 04:47:52 PM »

Cannot tell from looking at the pic how the front steering works. I wonder why they didn't just use the OEM forks.

gPink · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2011, 04:52:21 PM »

http://www.hannigantrikes.com/content/hpsidecars.html

T Cro ® · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2011, 05:06:32 PM »

Quote from: Rhino on August 29, 2011, 04:47:52 PM

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.

Gearhead82 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2011, 05:12:36 PM »

Quote from: Rhino on August 29, 2011, 04:47:52 PM

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

Mad River Marc · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2011, 05:40:38 PM »

He's asking 30k for that

it's a nice setup but man oh man what I could do with money like that

CigarSki® · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2011, 06:02:11 PM »

This one is only 20k...

gPink · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2011, 06:22:23 PM »

You would really have to trust your driver not to be stupid.

JetJock · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:20:32 PM »

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!

Snibbor · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:31:52 PM »

Quote from: CigarSki® on August 29, 2011, 06:02:11 PM

This one is only 20k...

Oh, that's just ruining a fine piece of machinery

DannyL · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:56:48 PM »

Quote from: JetJock on August 29, 2011, 07:20:32 PM

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 $$$$$$$$$$

T Cro ® · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2011, 05:17:35 AM »

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"

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....

gPink · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2011, 06:06:58 AM »

Should have enough HP to pull the Airstream too.

Rhino · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2011, 07:35:50 AM »

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.

Stasch · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:10:52 AM »

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.

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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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Author Topic: Be The First One ON Your Street (Read 5021 times)