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[Norm]

And don't forget the Changs, quite a few out here and now they are importing new ones here that are made in South Africa, 2014 models fully complianced for Australia, sidecar on the left and they are selling them for around $10,000. They are also selling new Urals as well but they are around the $18,000 mark

[pomps]

jackdaw..buy a BSA A.10 for sidecar work.

[Beezabryan]

Seconded Pomps

[papasmurf]

As someone who has self fitted two sidecars, get a professional to do it. (Unless like me you were born with a spanner in your hand.)
I also would not fit a sidecar to any motorcycle that is less than 50bhp. My CX500 and Velorex 700 combo is barely adequate for modern road conditions. ( It has to be ridden on the temperature gauge not the speedo.)
I also have to keep telling my wife the sidecar wheel has to be in contact with the road for the side car wheel brake to work.)
My K75S and Squire ST1, on the other hand will happily run all day at 60mph uphill down dale, towing a trailer full of camping kit as well. As just an outfit without trailer it is (in theory of course) capable of over 100mph.

[Jojje]

Watsonian did it: http://www.watsonian-squire.com/compone ... ian-meteor

[Graham43]

Come on people - it is great fun riding a Royal Enfield outfit. Yes probably need a 500 for the sheer nose bleeding power!!!!!!! I have an Electra X powered replica 1940 WD/CO with girder forks which has amused me, my grandchildren, neighbours, friends and the general public every time I park up in town. Very relaxed to drive, you do not need special clothes, just a helmet and gloves. Top speed? about 45mph. I am about to build a slightly more modern outfit with a cargo box all self built.
Jackdaw have a go - it is brilliant fun especially as the roads are about to get slippery.

[Beezabryan]

Flash & a Box, done tens of thousands of miles home and away, on gravel roads, motorways, interstates, freeways, autobahn, two lane highways, gravel roads, cruises at 55mph, occasionally overtakes trucks on motorways, best fun with our pants on

Would not dream of riding the Infamous Enfield any other way than with the to wheels it came out of the factory with, like the Flash it has done tens of thousands of miles home & away and on the same types of road


Hope I've got the pics right

[Martin]

Enfields are pretty sparse out here in Lotusland Vancouver,
so you can sure I hopprd out my apartment quick when one was glimpsed
in the laneway outside. A stock black Classic 350
with a light sidecar arriving with a Alastian dog in box, and nubile
on the pillion to the dog play area at the mini park directly outside.
But young rider was oblivuois to my curiosty, star struck with his
sweetie, nor interested in tales of the Enfield Mecca of our Host's!
The lads are right about the Ural, am in awe at the ruggishness of a
friend's. Once read in a long 'Motorrad' article at the considerable
difference in price and quality if you picked up a home market unit
from the factory, and /or one built on Mondays! Gotta say Beezaboy's
Golden Flash outfit looks just right though, and fondly remember the torque
of a friend's once

[Mr Grumpy]

With the Ural Gordon I found they had tried to get the bike to meet EU regs at the expense of what made it useful. I had a 750cc Classic from new and most of the problems were down mostly to new bits. Its stable mate was the North Star only difference was the Classic was vaguely custom like and lower. The Japanese alternators failed mine had three in the first couple of years the first under guarantee ( they were about £150 each and it got so you couldn't get them.They put a K&N type frying pan air filter in which let in water (I had to put a jiggle pin in mine I believe the originals were oil bath type)Water used to run down into the Japanese carbs which would backfire and blow it off the rubber manifold the . Japanese kit is excellent but needs using in a suitable application. Apparently the extra stress from the higher power Alternator could also cause damage to the timing gears. It got so you could only take it out on sunny days daft for a Siberia crosser also it was prone to carb icing!To be fair it always got me hone even if it was on one cylinder. The resale value was very low if you could find a buyer. Thats why I suggested a well sorted 650c which had not been subject to EU regs you could with messing about put a 750 back to close to Russian spec but things like the air cleaner mounts had been ground off. The new ones may by now have been sorted and a plus is they are very easy to work on to keep running but I would still go for an older 650 one thats been sorted.

[Martin]

The Urals out here all seem to have filtered down
some time ago, hence these would be presumably 650cc.
My curmudgeon friend has sorted his out although that
is half the fun. Nevertheless,'tis nice to know the
750cc ones don't match the originals.Recently was over
one of the small Gulf islands here where a local
entrepreur had two Urals for carting summer tourists about
the art colony there. Doubtful he had a carriage license!