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Sidecars?
I've owned one and ridden or driven a few others. For American conditions, only three brands of motor-cycles, or more precisly one model each, are really satisfactory. Harley-Dacidson big twins, Indians, especially 80 inchers, and Ariel Square Fours. I owned a 1938 Indian with an Indian Princess side car. I've ridden a couple of H_D's with their sidecar, and one Square Four with a Sports chair, I think a Watsonian. One thing you will notice; these 3 beasties all had big engines. The Indian and Harley could cruise at 75 all day long because the had a big enough oil tank to keep temperatures under control. The Ariel didn't really have enough tank capacity, but if you added an oil cooler it was fine. I've ridden or passengered various 650 cc BritBikes, but they were 10 mph slower, and got hot too easily. So now you Know more than you ever wanted to know about sidecars. Except that they are fun...ARH
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