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slim63

Never surrender
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WTF ! who would be daft enough to put a sidecar on a bike :(:oops:
 

Pow-Lo

Make civil the mind, make savage the body.
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I wouldn't normally entertain a side car. However, if I had a garage the size of a small Welsh village and money to burn, I'd have a rat bike side car outfit. The guy in the supermarket car park looked like he was having a riot; those guys mud-plugging on (what looked to my uneducated eyes) WW II outfits looked like they were having a hoot, too. The 1150 GS outfit was wrong on every level.
 

Cougar377

Express elevator to hell
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A flat track Harley and sidecar..... :jaja-no::meparto::meparto::meparto:
 

Vinterceptor

Been there, and had one
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One of the lads at my first job (mid 1970's) told us all that he was getting a bike. Couple of weeks later he pitched up on a spanking new Yam XS250 sidecar outfit:meparto::meparto: I vaguely remember that there was some licensing or insurance reason why he did it but I cant think of it at the moment.
 

Squag1

Can't remember....
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On a run one guy had a left hand drive Ural. At the first stop his mate in the sidecar got out and said never again.

He said facing oncoming traffic at the white line wasn't funny.
 

Martin L Batley

Been there, and had one
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Did you see the green one? Lol all that money pumped into the side car and its seat is two bits of plywood painted black.
 

ogr1

I can still see ya.....
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My mate has a combo unit a yammy FJ1200. I can't keep up with him in the twisty bits. Has bash plates on the unit, goes over humps, lands and sparks
everywhere, mind you he is a loony, but a safe one.
It handles like a slippery feckin eel.
 

slim63

Never surrender
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I wouldn't normally entertain a side car. However, if I had a garage the size of a small Welsh village and money to burn, I'd have a rat bike side car outfit. The guy in the supermarket car park looked like he was having a riot; those guys mud-plugging on (what looked to my uneducated eyes) WW II outfits looked like they were having a hoot, too. The 1150 GS outfit was wrong on every level.

Bmw boxer shaped engines by any chance ?
Probably Ural or Dnepr outfits that could be 40's or brand new, one or two have a driven chair wheel which I always thought was a great idea

Tried a combo once & only once, managed a grand total of 3 yards before chair/lamp post interface, that was enough for me
 

JayTee

Si vis pacem para bellum
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Best fun I’ve ever had, an old 600cc sloper panther with a sidecar frame on and a coffin attached to it, belonged to me brother in law before he became the aforementioned, we slid that thing all over North Devon ending up in the hedge too many times to count, every time we took it out we had to clear all the vegetation and crap we had accumulated before he got it home and his mum and dad saw it.
Happy days.
 

Duck n Dive

Rebel without a clue ...
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I can recall the Dutch contingent turning up for the bash Rolfy organised with too many wheels....
 
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