…and the other from somewhere on America?s Mother Road, Route 66. The drab green motorcycle was outfitted for serious, heavy-duty travel. It was a sidecar outfit and had two five-gallon containers for extra gasoline?affixed to the front. This made it obvious to me that the pilot and passenger had traveled…

…picking your bike off the pavement was a testing criteria in the States? The owners of these bikes circumvented the Japanese law by buying a trike or sidecar, thereby skirting the "big bike pick-up" test.The idea of shipping or flying a motorcycle into Japan from America was foolishly prohibitive, being…

…Harley-Davidson and Indian.In the corner, a race bike with a leaning sidecar stands alone on a sloping display. A 61-cubic-inch Indian Daytona, it was built in 1920 and raced by the legendary Pop Dryer. With its flexible sidecar attached, it was regularly raced both on the boards and in the dirt. Behind…

…adult sidecar at modest speed but with a fuss-free style. Before the advent of affordable, reliable cars the working man who wanted to take his family for a day out at the seaside relied on a sidecar outfit. With Mum on the pillion seat, Grannie in the front and three kids jammed in the sidecar, the family…

…or the quality of rebound damping on Ceriani front forks. Truly, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.However, few will disagree that the Ural sidecar outfit must be a hot contender for the top slot in motorcycling mediocrity. This BMW inspired flat twin is outstandingly one of the worst motorcycles…

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…Guzzi. Back in 1994, Gruter gained attention with his Duetto bike/sidecar rig that used hub-center steering with a swingarm front end. The company says it sold 30 units worldwide.The GG Quad (left) poses next to the yellow GG Duetto sidecar, a former project of G+G's Walter Gruter. It features hub-center…

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…Bonneville Salt Flats with his road race sidecar, a BSA triple. He ran an impressive 114 mph and was later asked to write the sidecar rules for the SCTA/BNI sanctioned events. The Bub Speed Trials also counts on Bakker to help with their rules pertaining to sidecars. With the help of Mike Corbin - legendary…

…Motorcycle CombinationBonhams will recall the glory days of motorcycle sidecar combinations with an offering of no fewer than three historic examples at the International Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford on 26th April. The sidecars are: Eric Oliver?s 1949 Norton Manx/Watsonian, Harold Tozer?s 1949 BSA…

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…machine; (right) the futuristic looking MotoCzysz E1pc was ridden by American Mark Miller.Sidecar TT Race 2 So with the locals safely on their way home through crossing points created in the course, the sidecars lined up for their second outing after a long day of waiting. Nick Crowe and Mark Cox lead…

…forward to piloting "The Flying Kiwi."One first-time participant who caught our eye was Craig Anderson, who took some runs up and down the salt on his sidecar machine dubbed "The Flying Kiwi." The feat was made all the more interesting by the fact that Anderson lost both of his legs eight years ago in an…

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