The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: TXRider60 on June 13, 2013, 12:12:01 PM

Title: R65 Sidecar?
Post by: TXRider60 on June 13, 2013, 12:12:01 PM

Am I dreaming (could happen, at my age) or do I recall one of our forum regulars-- also a Texas resident-- being a sidecarist?  I contacted one of our State's Boxer experts about building a rig around my R65, and he told me to sell it and buy a specific, bigger displacement rig... I'm hoping that his bias was only because of my BMW being yellow, which always seemed to irk him)...

Title: Re: R65 Sidecar?
Post by: nhmaf on June 13, 2013, 12:41:22 PM

You are thinking of "scottyintex" - and yes, he did have an R65 sidecar rig, though I believe he traded it for an R90/6 based rig.    An R65 rig will work OK, provided that you used a lighter sidecar, like a Velorex, Texas Ranger, or maybe a Cozy (though the Cozy needs structural improvements) and kept in mind that you'll likely be limited to around 65-70MPH top speed with it - better for secondary roads, etc than superslabs.

After I get my R100/7 road worthy again I am going to resume my project of attaching a Sputnik sidecar to it using the Dauntless Motors (DMC) subframe kits, and will keep my R65LS as the 2-wheeled Sunday rider.

Title: Re: R65 Sidecar?
Post by: NC Steve on June 13, 2013, 12:43:35 PM

That would be scottyintex, who has a beautiful R65 rig.
There are pics in here somewhere, back a ways I believe.

All R65s aside, it's one of the finest sidecar rigs I've ever seen. 8-)

Title: Re: R65 Sidecar?
Post by: montmil on June 13, 2013, 04:55:37 PM

Scotty sold the R65 rig. I met him at Perry's in Fort Worth during June of 2011 when he worked the deal on his new, bigger n' better rig.

(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi196.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa1%2Fmontmil%2FBMW%2520pics%2FScotty02.jpg&hash=ed4a34bc7dae1631e82d75bac8f1560d3005bae8) (http://s196.photobucket.com/user/montmil/media/BMW%20pics/Scotty02.jpg.html)

Scotty off-loading his R65 side car rig. He was having issues with the car's chassis fracturing.

(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi196.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa1%2Fmontmil%2FBMW%2520pics%2FMonteScotty01.jpg&hash=4431f548472213ef3d7d6af0d1edf9bed13a87be) (http://s196.photobucket.com/user/montmil/media/BMW%20pics/MonteScotty01.jpg.html)

Many wonderful bikes stashed all through the multiple buildings at Perry's.

Title: Re: R65 Sidecar?
Post by: NC Steve on June 13, 2013, 05:37:26 PM

2011?? :o

Gee, time really flies when you're between R65s!! [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

Title: Re: R65 Sidecar?
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on June 13, 2013, 07:10:09 PM

(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Ftomfarr%2Fimage%2F125985283.jpg&hash=0b348fce54563559c93a38e9bd8ec6a5130cce2a)

More pictures here: http://www.pbase.com/tomfarr/scottys_rig