Gotta Get a Sidecar
Pauljo, the time has come for me. I've always wanted to get a sidecar, but my wife was more than just a little cool toward the idea. Things have changed (no, still have the wife) and I clearly see the handwriting on the wall. Doctors thought what I had was asthma, but it turned out to be pulmonary fibrosis which literally takes your breath away. So combine that with residuals from a spinal cord injury, I am forced to face reality. Get rid of the Burger, or get a sidecar. Not a hard choice to make.
So, I'm looking for anybody who's got any experience in adapting fittings to the Burger. I'm now gravitating to the 500 series of the Velorex, but the key to installing any sidecar will be the mounts. There's a guy in Honolulu who will help me on this project, but we'd have a headstart if anybody has already done this and can enlighten us.
Texas Sidecar put one of their models on a 650 (or was it a Silverwing) which was probably the one you saw at Scootercade. I'm not sure that the 650 and 400 share the same frame, so it's likely even they would have to "re-invent the wheel."
Doug Bingham in San Fernando Valley (Van Nuys) is an expert and known as the father of sidecars, see
http://sidestrider.com/ , but he too, has to have a Burger in hand to be able to make the mounts. I'm not crazy about the cost of shipping my 400 to him, but if that's what it takes, I'll bite bullet and spend the dough. Good time to ride it up to Gilroy for a Corbin seat
What the hell, I know I can't take it($) with me, have no other vices, and I need a way to haul my ukulele and guitarron to the beach.