by lavrentyuk » Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:40 am
Thanks for the responses chaps.
David, sadly I don’t have the option of hanging it on the BMW. The Dart is very lightweight, I don’t have the appropriate fittings and anyway the Beemer is currently awaiting major surgery on its gearbox and wiring. On the MZ fittings the possibility of hanging it out further doesn’t come into it, the rear mount is pretty much fixed. Even the later two strokes came with factory approval for sidecar fitting, which BMW refused to give.
Puffs - there are few alternatives right now, eventually a hip replacement might do it - but I’ve hankered after a sidecar for many years anyway. The Dart is a very lightweight sidecar that came from the importer as an option from new as the Superelastik only ever came on the ‘wrong’ side for us. Some Velorex were fitted too I believe. I have other bikes I can ride solo when fitness permits, I suspect the sidecar will be for mainly local jaunts and the odd rally within Wales still.
Mr_luke some nice suggestions there. I certainly intend reducing the gearing and have a sprocket and chain ready to do so, somewhere in a shed. I’m missing the threaded rod and have yet to dry assemble what looks like a very weird mount with two bearings. I may come back to you. Do you still have yours? Some photographs would be most excellent. Looks to be an interesting learning curve - I have lots of friends with sidecars who seem to zoom about all over Europe with them. I have one who protests very loudly after a crash in his that they are a fools errand. I will be putting plenty of ballast in - which he didn’t! Further information on that front fitting would be gratefully received.
Richard Marshall
Wales, U.K.
MuZ Skorpion Tour, ETZ 300 or two (one with a sidecar - really insane mode of transport), a couple of TS125s, ETZ 125, BMW R100S and an Enfield Interceptor for daily use.
(some of them work too).