R65 Sidecar?

[TXRider60]

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)...

[nhmaf]

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.

[NC Steve]

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-)

[montmil]

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.



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



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

[NC Steve]

2011??

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

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

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