Looks beautiful!!
Maybe your next build should be a hill climber. Low gear, motor, massive traction.
Maybe your next build should be a hill climber. Low gear, motor, massive traction.
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That is a beautiful neighborhood. I can’t imagine trying to ride up that hill on a 110 lb sidehack bike with a couple of kids riding along. Very cool bike though. Should be really fun!
Maybe I can get those kids to push the bike back up the hill. They always are asking donations to support their basketball league or school project. I could make up a harness of some kind so they all could pitch in.
I thought I would get a lot done, but it's already 10am and I have little to show for 3 hours. I did get a test drive in but that just added more work. The bike leans out way too much. I thought I was going to fall over. The weight of the sidecar prevented that. So I modified the brace to level it up. I'll need to make it stronger once I have it at the right angle. I did a little sanding on the bike and that was it for now.
The brace was supposed to be flush with the bar, but the welder had a better idea. It moved the angle of the bike outward. I wanted the webbing cut out but the wife and him couldn't figure it out.
I cut out a piece of the brace to tilt it inward. Now I need a bar across to secure it.
The brace was supposed to be flush with the bar, but the welder had a better idea. It moved the angle of the bike outward. I wanted the webbing cut out but the wife and him couldn't figure it out.
I cut out a piece of the brace to tilt it inward. Now I need a bar across to secure it.
I measured for the aluminum mesh inserts. They go in after painting.
I cut off all the little nubs and cleaned up the welds a little. Then I wirebrushed it and it's about ready for paint.
When I read this, I pictured the poor kids hooked up to your charriot like horses with you on your bike with a bullwhip.
The welder really did add a big lean into the bike didn't he???? Couldn't notice in the ride bys, but when you rode into the garage, it looked like a 10 degree lean. That would have freaked me out. I know you'll work it out though.
I can persuade the neighborhood dogs with some leftovers from the frig. I'll have to make up a harness of some kind. I'll fly up the hill with all this dogpower! They ride for free downhill in the sidecar.
I already fixed the problem and bolted on a couple brackets to the rear mount. It might be leaning the other way too much, but I can adjust it now, by adding a spacer to the upper mount, on the seat stay.
I already fixed the problem and bolted on a couple brackets to the rear mount. It might be leaning the other way too much, but I can adjust it now, by adding a spacer to the upper mount, on the seat stay.
Quite the diverse pack going on there. 
Woof woof.
Woof woof.
Our neighborhood strays are nowhere near that good looking. I spray around the gate every week for all the fleas they bring. I pulled that photo off the web. Pushing my bike up the hill is exercise I need anyway.Quite the diverse pack going on there.
I started early this morning. I was going to yesterday afternoon, but I had to clean up our car after the wife took it through a flood. It actually made it through unscathed just needed a good wash. "The car went for a swim!"
I have another bottle of gold paint coming today if the flooding abates. It took a couple hours just to get the first coat on the bike and start on the sidecar. There's a lot of area to cover. But I have my gear and brake cables all set, so once it gets clear coat it's ready to put together, except for the headlight and cowbell.
I have another bottle of gold paint coming today if the flooding abates. It took a couple hours just to get the first coat on the bike and start on the sidecar. There's a lot of area to cover. But I have my gear and brake cables all set, so once it gets clear coat it's ready to put together, except for the headlight and cowbell.
Needs more Whippets.
WOW!!! That flooding was crazy.
For a brief moment I thought the 3 wheeler in front of her was you bike and I was amazed you were making it through that.
Hope all is well.
Digging the gold on the bike!
For a brief moment I thought the 3 wheeler in front of her was you bike and I was amazed you were making it through that.
Hope all is well.
Digging the gold on the bike!
I didn't think the water was deep until I saw waves coming over the hood!
That was crazy! I've driven in water over the hood before but in Army trucks that were made for it. I'm glad the car didn't stall out and they got through ok. Fun video though. 
I drove a lot of the old Army trucks in my first Guard unit, the 146th Signal Battalion. I was the driver selected to turn in the old trucks because I could keep them running long enough to get rid of. I just had to get them in the fenced turn in compound 30 miles south of our unit. The worst one made it right inside the fence then "Boom". I had been moving at 5 mph with it floored in first gear puffing smoke like an old locomotive.
I began clear coating the bike and finishing paint on the sidecar. It will get clear coat tomorrow. I used a silver paint pen to highlight the lugs. They are in contrast to the ugly welds all over this thing.
I began clear coating the bike and finishing paint on the sidecar. It will get clear coat tomorrow. I used a silver paint pen to highlight the lugs. They are in contrast to the ugly welds all over this thing.
I have, had, to tell my oldest daughter, more than once, her car is not a boat.I started early this morning. I was going to yesterday afternoon, but I had to clean up our car after the wife took it through a flood. It actually made it through unscathed just needed a good wash. "The car went for a swim!"
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I mentioned to the wife about ecoli bacteria in the brown sudsy water. If she had stopped the interior would have been ruined. I asked her to watch closer so she doesn't wind up in deep water again.
