General Sidecar alignment setup By Duncan Oliver April 28, 2014 Search Search for: CTA Title CTA Content Follow Us Join Our Community Leave this field empty if you're human: A tutorial video from the team at Adventure Sidecar on how to align your sidecar. Read Also: General The ultimate track clearing tool Bikes 2022 Yamaha Tenere For Sale General Why do most motorcycles have their drivelines on the left hand side? General Eddieb's next sidecar General Dakar Rally 2020 – Saudi Arabia General Rider bike-jacked at gunpoint General Login Post Activity 26905 Share this post 0% Back to Top
Hi guys, I have a sabistan side car nz built in mid 80s was thinking about fitting to a nv 750 honda or bigger has anybody got any suggestions
Sidecar handling problems and solutions
We have available for download an article from Motorcycle Sport magazine published in January 1975 on setting up a sidecar.
A lot of information online is written from an American/European point of view where the sidecar is mounted on the right hand side of the bike, however this article is English so focuses on the sidecar being on the left side of the motorcycle.
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Now that my sidecar is moving I was looking at this chart to find guidance and I had a bit of an epiphany.
This chart is designed for a US audience where the sidecar is mounted on the right and are driven on the right side of the road with a right side camber so for New Zealand where Sidecars are (mostly) mounted on the left and we drive on the left some of the columns need to be reversed due to camber direction and sidecar mounting differences.
If I get a moment I will do a modified version of the chart relevant to NZ /Australian sidecars.
I’ve modified the handling problems and solutions table for NZ, Australia, UK where sidecars are typically mounted on the left, and also produced a side agnostic version.
I’d credit the original creator but I have no idea where the image came from, it’s scattered all over the internet.