I have to disagree Phil, I'm on the high side maybe with my guess on total weight, but remember they sell sidecars for vespa scooters, Royal Enfield 500cc bikes have a sidecar option. Will it slow it down? Yes. It will also change operation of the machine all together. I might change the drive chain gearing to help. I did however hone and ring cylinders plus cleaned and lap the valves. So hopefully restored some stock hp. Still breaking it in.
But the fact I can still pick that frame up myself and carry it into basement, it can't be that heavy, I'm not very strong lol. They say to use 1 3/4 sq tube but it's an odd size so had to buy 2inch. The frame has to be strong. Guess we will find out. Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2016, at 11:05 PM, 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.
