My grandfather's Vespa P200E has a sidecar and it will keep up with freeway speeds. That's a 200cc 2-stroke so I would think a 750 could haul one around, though it'll be slower of course. That said, there is nothing more terrifying than riding in a sidecar on a Houston interstate highway. On May 15, 2016 22:06, "Phil" <bailey.phi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm with Kurt on this one. You have not even started to add weight to your > monster sled. Look at the overall capacity weight of your motorcycle specs. > Even one of those 1300cc Suzuki's may have a hard time pulling it although > they could. Unless you have experience doing this already, I'd say you are > going to flog your engine and maybe provide a safety danger. What's that > formula, something like (assume optimistically) 6.7 lbs = 1 hp (for your > motor)? In addition, the weight will be off-canter to the cog and have > tracking force issues. > > O/W, looks good! > > On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 1:39:20 PM UTC-7, jman2343 wrote: >> >> Sidecars tend to be heavy, with a passenger and loaded, you could add 500 >> or more lbs. Right now I'd say the frame is around 60-70lbs. Going to >> hook it up too the 1981 CB 750c. The upper struts can mount easy to the >> frame. The lowers is will take some work. Plus you have to be able to >> adjust sidecar wheel lead, toe in, and lean the bike out from the car. >> Lots of black magic. Speaking of the cb700 were you the one who wanted the >> lens? I couldn't remember who wanted it. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 15, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Kurt Nolte <vturbin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> That looks pretty heavy. Where are you planning to mount it on the 700? >> On May 15, 2016 09:02, "Jeremy" <jman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Moving along on my sidecar frame to attach to the CB750c. Using a swing >>> arm and rim from a gsx600f katana I had laying around. Coil over is from a >>> 2005 goldwing with electric damping adjustment. Making the mounts to >>> correctly attach it to the bike is going to be the hard part. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nighthawk_love...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to nighthaw...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nighthawk_love...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to nighthaw...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nighthawk_love...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to nighthaw...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_love...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthaw...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
