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07-24-2016, 08:26 PM | #41 |
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I don't recall. There are Youtube videos of them. This one had a snowmobile engine IIRC...
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07-25-2016, 09:56 AM | #42 |
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Well I completed my 250 mile ride home with the bike yesterday... quite a trip in hot weather. Handling was much like I had imagined, and I filled it with the luggage we brought with us to give it the feel of having a person in it. Made a big difference.
Now to work on the little things that bothered me. Carbs need cleaning and adjustment, a replacement windshield on the car (cracked on both corners), some adjustments to be made to the center sidecar attachment, then some touchup paint here and there, and finally some new tires. New photos will be posted for the before shots... then after shots once the work has been completed. Thanks for all the comments. I may be selling her after I have played with her a while and fixed the defects I mentioned, so if you would be interested, let me know. (The wife isn't real thrilled with it... she wanted a TRIKE so I may have to change bikes again... but we'll see what she thinks after the mods and tuning are completed.) The nice thing about this 1983 bike is everything works! They sure knew how to build them back then.
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07-26-2016, 12:08 AM | #43 |
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1983?!? Heck, that's almost new!
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07-26-2016, 09:32 AM | #44 |
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"Back then"??? My daily ride is a 1972 Honda CL450 'Scrambler'...That's "back then"...
1983 is contemporary!...
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I just came in from a ride on my 1973 850 Norton. A glorious day for a Norton ride!
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Did you sell the 1983 BMW + sidecar rig??? Or is it collecting dust in your garage...
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Looks like you have 2 and 3/4 nice cross country motorcycles there. I have 1 and 3/4 long distance "trip" motorcycles.
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I built up a rig using an early shovelhead. many years ago. It was a lot of fun.
Currently restoring a 65 Panhead and original hack. My legs are beginning to show age and this will be a relief and safer. I've had a couple Beemers in the past and never saw any cylinder issues. Once referred to as the stone ax of motorcycles. |
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I've never owned a motorcycle, but have enjoyed riding with friends.
That almost changed a few years ago when our state's Capitol Police agency surplussed a few BMW 1600CC shaft drive roadsters. They were tempting...
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"Stone ax" is probably close to the truth, BMW's are supposed to be super reliable and almost bulletproof, but their only problem is that BMW has never built a nice looking bike IMHO. So they do not appeal to a large group of riders. Square saddlebags, strange shaped body parts, odd exhaust, terrible gas tanks, and that engine, that huge engine that is four feet wide. Witness that strange looking aberration used in the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies". I think it was a 1200 or something like that, Beemers attempt at making a "street cruiser" style bike, a poor attempt at that. That scooter has to rank up there with the Honda "Rune', and the Victory brand of bikes as the most fugly things made with two wheels. Some vehicles the germans just always seem to make in an ugly, weird, teutonic style, mostly super reliable, but just "different" looking.
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I was actually interested in whether the BMW + sidecar rig had been sold, as John hinted. I am currently struggling with an older Sportster and I haven't ridden any cycle in two years. My thighs are killing me, and my legs keep getting caught in the wrong place when I stop/start. A nice sidecar rig would suit me just fine.
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nice ride !
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Sweet John!!
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i too had concerns about riding, having some injuries to my back shoulder and hip. I started investigating sidecars and was directed to the advrider forum, they have a comprehensive sidecar section with some very knowledgeable people on all aspects of building and setting up cars. Pretty much any bike can be adapted to sidecar use, and theres a wide variety of cars, some better suited to light bikes, some fine with heavier ones. I found a used DMC M-72 sidecar for the Low Rider, Im hoping to get it finished this summer and start taking the dog riding. I like the body style, the door cutout and step by the door to make it easier on my dog and my back (I wont have to help her get in or out). |
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