walton66 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I took this photo on Monday. There is a fairly large sidecar on the opposite side. I am curious about the fork modification and the wheel/tire combo. Any thoughts? Link to comment
Bud Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Car tire on custom wheel on the back. Perhaps a "Stoker"? Haven't seen the front mod over on the ADV Hack forum. Link to comment
TEWKS Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I always assumed they had the wider front tire for more contact with the ground giving you more steering power. Reading this, it seems a little more involved than just that. http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/misclsidecartech.htm Pat Link to comment
szurszewski Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Bud and I both posted this on ADV - Bud beat me, but my post was better Word is that rig belongs to and ADV memeber named Duncan who maybe lives in VA. I was told the rig has an EML front end, which is a bespoke fork setup to reduce trail/steering effort. Pretty rig - looks $$$! Link to comment
szurszewski Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I always assumed they had the wider front tire for more contact with the ground giving you more steering power. Reading this, it seems a little more involved than just that. http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/misclsidecartech.htm Pat Good reading there I opted for a larger front tire for less complex reasons - mostly increased contact patch for handling/control, but also longer wear. Since the tire doesn't really lean, you end up just wearing the center (as if you were rolling on the slab all the time on two wheeler) and it burns through a spendy moto tire quicly that way. I replaced our 120 front tire with a 130 rear tire with a bit higher profile. The current tire has almost 20,000 miles on it and is *almost* to the wear bars in the center of the tread. Our rear tire is a low profile 17" car tire, and we have 10,000 miles on the current one with a couple thousand left it in. Link to comment
Bud Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Pic stolen from ADV. The car looks big enough to carry two passengers, or 4 dogs! Are Josh and I the only hack owners on this site? Edited April 26, 2017 by Bud Link to comment
tallman Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Bud, Most of us try to avoid being hacked... Link to comment
sebjones906 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 May I suggest http://sidecar.com/ for knowledgeable responses. Link to comment
szurszewski Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Pic stolen from ADV. The car looks big enough to carry two passengers, or 4 dogs! Are Josh and I the only hack owners on this site? We are not - there are a few others but they are a quiet bunch. Link to comment
szurszewski Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 May I suggest http://sidecar.com/ for knowledgeable responses. ....wait a minute - are you saying our responses were unlnowlwdgeable? Link to comment
Shiny Side Up Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I am like the Swiss - I am neutral... Link to comment
RoanokeRider Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I have an 04 R1150RT with a Champion Escort. I run a Battleax rear tire on the front and the same rear car tire the Josh does on the stock rims. I have the DMC steering mod. I have also gone to a 37/11 final drive.I just got back from a 2200-2300 mile ride to Ft Lauderdale and Key West on it. Link to comment
walton66 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Bill, I may have seen you riding north the same day that I saw the rig pictured. I was riding south in south Florida and saw two RTs with sidecars headed north. Link to comment
szurszewski Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) We happened to be in the parking lot at Deal's Gap when Duncan pulled in on his rig - he was on the way home from Florida still We were there with some START folks and I didn't want to get left behind so I only chatted with him a moment. Rig looks even better in person (bike is a triple black GS with that "sparkly" black color) and he seemed a nice guy. Laura snapped a pic of us talking (we caught up to hom riding back to Maggie valley after the Cherahola and I got some video of him too!). Edited May 1, 2017 by szurszewski Link to comment
RoanokeRider Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 One red and one blue? That was us. We got back to the hotel in Ft Lauderdale at 7:50pm if the time frame helps. Link to comment
walton66 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Quite nice. We were headed home to the Keys. Sent a PM. Link to comment
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