Saying goodbye to the chair

[marcmax]

Mine was outside edge to outside edge right at 6'. Wheel center line to wheel center line was 5.5'

[lucky]

I remember I read some where says the wider and heaver chair makes more stable ride?

[BPT]

What Marcmax says sounds about right for mine.  I measured it when I first got it after a discussion with a guy about trailers.  But I have since forgotten that......

As far as weight, the PO had a bag of sand in the floorboard for ballast and I also added some water jugs in the trunk.  I've recently taken the sand bag out, I was told that as my "skills" improve I should try it without so much weight.  I am more comfortable with it but will be playing around with the ballast to get the right combo.

I've got Perry Bushong's custom triple trees on the forks so my geometry is different up there.  I was wondering if that really made that much of a difference compared to stock.   I'm still finding myself slowing waaayy down on the right handers but straight ahead on the highway it feels fine, even in heavy wind at 70-75mph.

[marcmax]

I had about 75 lbs of sandbags in different size bags so I could move them around in different locations to try and get a good placement. My biggest problem is I live in a small coastal town on the FL/GA border. Around town I had no problem with it. Going anywhere else requires about a 30 mile trip on the interstate or the same distance on a narrow two lane country road with no shoulder. Either one was terrifying, the interstate because that stretch of I95 is filled with trucks due to two large ports in the area and the two lane road because it is so narrow and has a speed limit of 60mph and people routinely drive 75-80 down it. In the end I decided it just wasn't for me.

[Hammer65]

I had a Ural-T for about 5 years.  Parted with it to inherit my R65 which was a gift from my father in law.  I don't miss the Ural.  It was good for trips where i needed to carry a ton of gear (camping, groceries).  That being said, I don't miss idling in bay area traffic and knowing the engine is near overheating.  Also don't miss explaining it to everyone all the time! That got old after 3 years!

Never felt really scared on the thing though, it wasn't zippy enough to feel fear on!

[marcmax]

So the sidecar has been sold and is gone. I got a new set of tires mounted on the bike and got everything set and ready to go out for a ride.

I got to the corner leaving my neighborhood and was half a second away from falling over before I realized I had to put my foot down. I had gotten so used to just rolling to a stop with three wheels I forgot the basics.  [smiley=thud.gif]