maverick said:
The words "man handle" sure takes on a new meaning with these beasts
It takes alot of hard work driving it through tight corners and did put in a railway sleeper in the rig for ballast
My first ride on an outfit ended up with us in a field - sort of 'rights of passage' I guess
Once you get comfortable with the bike you won't have to 'man handle' it, not even in tight corners.
The secret is to use acceleration and breaking to make it turn, so, as your chair is on the 'wrong' side roll on the trottle into right handers and the bike will try to overtake the sidecar which will, in effect, help you turn right. When turning left, use engine breaking/a dab of rear brake to make the chair try and overtake the bike which will help you turn left.
Once you get the hang of that you'll be surprised just how manouverable the things can be.
Once you have mastered the above practice, drifting the back around left handers by entering a bend a bit too fast and 'snapping' the bars quickly to the left. You can then control the understeer with the throttle - NB this is not a 'stunt', it's an oft used and very smooth/quick way of getting around a bend.
Then.............you can practice lifting the chair on r/handers
BTW the most 'scary' thing you can have happen on an outfit is to have the back whell of the bike lift around a bend...........
Andres
PS All the above is obviously reversed on l/h chairs
