I honestly never appreciated just how much fun they are 
That's all really
That's all really
Fun fun fun
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What? T-birds? Beach Boys singles?
Given the posting area Id suggest an Outfit....... maybe in Pink with bows and such 
Pet Sounds is overrated, outfits are underrated
Certainly the most bizarre album cover given the work they put into recording it! Anyway, post some pics of the outfit and impressions of riding it please! Always fancied an outfit.
Edit: doh! Didn't look at where the post had been lodged!
Certainly the most bizarre album cover given the work they put into recording it! Anyway, post some pics of the outfit and impressions of riding it please! Always fancied an outfit.
Edit: doh! Didn't look at where the post had been lodged!
Great album cover and the songs are ok but I wouldn't say more than that.
Outfit is a Diversion and Watsonian Squire. Couple of pics below.
I started riding and driving in 1977 and this is so different to everything else, even paddling a white water kayak is more like two wheels than this!
Riding my GS brings a smile because everything feels great and sort of in the right place.
A 3 wheeled "awesome steed" brings a manic grin as it's more like being on an unbroken animal p'raps the novelty will wear off but at the moment it's exciting
'One of the main reasons for getting it was so that we could trundle around with the dog on board, that's why he has "doggles"
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Given the posting area Id suggest an Outfit....... maybe in Pink with bows and such
Only at weekends
Nice one, Spike!
Your dog looks cool in his doggles.
In the other pic he looks like Clay from Sons of Anarchy.
Cheers Tarka
Only just seen your reply.
Sidecar ain't really fit for our purposes, so we're looking to change to a Watsonian Oxford. Either the car on it's own or a ready made outfit. The Oxford seems a bit like rocking horse shit. You don't know of anyone who wants to offload one?
Oh yeah, and in my younger days I've been compared to Tom Selleck, Cliff Thorburn, Mr Sheen & Russell Crowe, but Ron fucking Perlman is below the belt
UPDATE
A K100 Watsonian Oxford outfit has just dropped in my lap!
About to pay a deposit to secure the deal, chap said I will be able to get wife and dog on front seat and another woman in the back
Looking at the K100 spec the max speed is only 137 mph so I can't race Stick with it
Anyhow here's a few pics, any comments on the set up are welcomed. Apparently sidecar wheel has an 8" disc brake and you can just see the tow bar and electrics.
So the diversion is definitely going up for sale!
A K100 Watsonian Oxford outfit has just dropped in my lap!
About to pay a deposit to secure the deal, chap said I will be able to get wife and dog on front seat and another woman in the back
Looking at the K100 spec the max speed is only 137 mph so I can't race Stick with it
Anyhow here's a few pics, any comments on the set up are welcomed. Apparently sidecar wheel has an 8" disc brake and you can just see the tow bar and electrics.
So the diversion is definitely going up for sale!
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Awesome outfits
I know its an old thread, but I'm plain jealous and so here's my tuppence worth even if nobody reads it!
Both are awesome looking outfits. Good luck with the K100, but you'll probably want to at least stiffen up those weedy front forks with a brace (you can still get 'em for about 60quid) or better, get some leading link forks for it like the Yam has got. They change the nature of the beast beyond measure. Quite an investment on an old bike but if you really need to carry your harem with you....
I haven't seen a big sidecar like that Oxford in a rather long time...Not since I was passenger in a family size car attached to a Beezer A10 in about 1965 or 66 - I was a little feller then and thought the whole affair was brilliant.
Happy miles!
I know its an old thread, but I'm plain jealous and so here's my tuppence worth even if nobody reads it!
Both are awesome looking outfits. Good luck with the K100, but you'll probably want to at least stiffen up those weedy front forks with a brace (you can still get 'em for about 60quid) or better, get some leading link forks for it like the Yam has got. They change the nature of the beast beyond measure. Quite an investment on an old bike but if you really need to carry your harem with you....
I haven't seen a big sidecar like that Oxford in a rather long time...Not since I was passenger in a family size car attached to a Beezer A10 in about 1965 or 66 - I was a little feller then and thought the whole affair was brilliant.
Happy miles!
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Wasp used to make a set of leading link forks for the K100 along with smaller, wider wheels so car tyres could be fitted. When I had a K100 with a smaller Watsonian chair I picked up the forks along with the chair, sub frame and smaller rear wheel but the bike had been broken for parts and someone had already grabbed the front wheel. I paid about £600 for all the parts, fitted new bushes and shocks to the leading links plus fitted a steering damper because without one the steering was very light due to the small rear wheel running a car tyre and a standard K100 front wheel and motorbike tyre.
I had no end of issues with the handling which had me baffled because the geometry was spot on and I’d fitted a heavier duty Hagon shock on the back of the bike so it should have been ok but had what was best described as a death weave where it pitched left to right about the centre line of the bike. Just before I sold it I suddenly realised that the shock absorber on the sidecar was no more use than a spring on a length of stud bar so replaced it and all was well.
I had no end of issues with the handling which had me baffled because the geometry was spot on and I’d fitted a heavier duty Hagon shock on the back of the bike so it should have been ok but had what was best described as a death weave where it pitched left to right about the centre line of the bike. Just before I sold it I suddenly realised that the shock absorber on the sidecar was no more use than a spring on a length of stud bar so replaced it and all was well.
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