The picture is too small to be sure, but it looks like an early /2 BMW,
maybe an R60 or R69. And I'm no expert on sidecars, but that's a fairly
common look--I think it's a Watsonian, though those might be the ones that
look more like dirigibles. I love the way sidehacks look, but they suck out
loud to drive. I nearly took one off the bike with my boss in the hack
because I kind of forgot that the hack was there--came within a microsecond
of scraping him off on a parked car. Thirty years later and he's still
giving me s$#t about it.
Hacks should really only be fitted to older bikes--newer bikes--meaning BMW
/5 or anything from that era (early 70's on) can't stand the sideways forces
on the frame--the sophisticated frames were actually engineered instead of
being built from heavy pipes and brazed lugs. I probably replaced ten BMW
frames in my career as a mechanic because people insisted on sticking hacks
on modern BMWs
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
To: gp89@charter.net; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 10/2/2005 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: TR4 racecar on eBay
In a message dated 10/2/2005 9:49:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gp89@charter.net writes:
There is a pair of fiberglass fenders on eBay for a tr4/250. They are
shown on a full race e-prod tr4. The add mentions that the car might be
available off eBay. Being the curious pack rat that I am I inquired.
This sounds like a well sorted racer. The asking price seems reasonable
($8500). If anyone is looking check eBay item 4579429404. I have no
recourses to buy this, nor the space to store it unfortunately.
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Anyone know what the motorcycle/sidecar make is, seen in the background
of
the main picture on the auction listing above? That looks pretty cool,
too! :-)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald
Database at its new URL: _http://triumph-herald.us_
(http://triumph-herald.us/)
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