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ponytail
Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 6 Location: rainbow city alabama ,usa
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject: hay from alabama |
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marc here in alabama , this site really hit the nail on the head, fast aggressive riding! i am on my second sidecar. 2005 v-strom 1000 with a conti classic hannigan car. my first rig was a 1500 wing /champ escort. it really was the poo. looked like the circus was in town,all lit up with lights and a matching trailer to boot. more like a bus than a bike lol my other habit is fast bikes, old new it dont matter, now fast sidecars. ok i am invested in this suz conti set up. its quick but its tall and moves around alot. whant to try to modify what i can afford. leading link and hub steering is out to much money. i can afford a good shock and front springs,maybe a leading leg mod offered by Daughtless sidecars, or triple tree mods.its about a grand not bad bang for the buck, mean while i am spending the winter redoing everything,adding brakes to the car, and am goinr through all the adjustments. any advice on toe in and suspension set up would be appr. the hack has an electric trim control so i hope this helps in make it a good day to day ride this aint going to be no duel sport hack i ride all sreet |
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bmcsheehy
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 991 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Have you checked out the for sale page?
http://hpsidecars.com/ForSale/ForSale.htm _________________ Bill
High Performance Sidecaring... ...There is nothing "HACKED" about it.
2006 ZX-14 / HANNIGAN HP.
2011 Concourse / California Friendship III.
2016 Suzuki Bandit 1250s
1936 Ford Fordoor Humpback
www.Yankee-Engineering.com |
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Gazza
Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 78 Location: Durham,England
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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hi marc, welcome to the forum,
have you considered 2nd hand leading links? |
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ponytail
Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 6 Location: rainbow city alabama ,usa
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject: second hand |
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for a vstrom 1000 ? lead the way |
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Gazza
Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 78 Location: Durham,England
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:54 am Post subject: Re: second hand |
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ponytail wrote: | for a vstrom 1000 ? lead the way |
ok ok was just an idea |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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But if you had a used LL you'd only need to build triple trees to fit the Strom
Welcome
Mike _________________ Mike Currin
93 BMW K1100RS / EML Speed 2000
89 Honda GB 500 (6,700 miles, all original except tires)
67 Triumph 650 chopper
92 Suzuki GS500 (eldest son) |
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ponytail
Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 6 Location: rainbow city alabama ,usa
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject: used LL? |
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so please expand on this idea ?! |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Marc,
Most leading link conversions (at least EML and Unit) use the stock triple trees. The Unit even uses the stock front wheel, where as the EML uses their own wheel with a car tire. If you could find the whole leading link front end used it would just be a matter of modifying the triple trees to fit the V-Strom.
Or just watch for used already set up rig.
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
So where in AL are you. I've lived in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Auburn, many years ago.
Mike _________________ Mike Currin
93 BMW K1100RS / EML Speed 2000
89 Honda GB 500 (6,700 miles, all original except tires)
67 Triumph 650 chopper
92 Suzuki GS500 (eldest son) |
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ponytail
Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 6 Location: rainbow city alabama ,usa
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:58 pm Post subject: used LL |
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so when was the last time u saw a LL front end on e bay? LOL bold idea but not very viable i dont think |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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I sold one a while back, there was one on the IBMWR list a few weeks ago, have seen them for sale on the USCA site _________________ Mike Currin
93 BMW K1100RS / EML Speed 2000
89 Honda GB 500 (6,700 miles, all original except tires)
67 Triumph 650 chopper
92 Suzuki GS500 (eldest son) |
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