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Forum: Hacks 03-22-2013, 01:35 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
Hi bully, live in bassendean mate. Ride anywhere....

Hi bully, live in bassendean mate. Ride anywhere. :)
Forum: Hacks 03-18-2013, 06:14 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
:rofl Sounds like a plan. That is along the...

:rofl Sounds like a plan.
That is along the way we are thinking and a reason I want the body built so I can mould the chassis to it.
Forum: Hacks 03-17-2013, 06:56 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
Wink Hi Jens, Thanks for your comments. We have...

Hi Jens,
Thanks for your comments.
We have altered the design of the new chassis so we should not have the same problem again.
We have found that one characteristic of the leaner is that on a hard...
Forum: Hacks 03-15-2013, 09:07 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
Hi Ian, The other bloke is my mate who did the...

Hi Ian,
The other bloke is my mate who did the build with me. He rides an FJR1300 and that is the single wheel trailer we built for the trip for him.
We are planning a side car for the FJR and will...
Forum: Hacks 03-14-2013, 09:41 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
On striking the rail the bike tried to keep going...

On striking the rail the bike tried to keep going which tore the sidecar off. Because of this i was thrown over the handlebars and the sidecar rolled, throwing my wife out. She cut her leg on impact...
Forum: Hacks 03-14-2013, 07:02 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
So it was finished and we went on our trip to...

So it was finished and we went on our trip to Tasmania. Some 4000ks to Melbourne and onto the ferry across to Tassie. We did about 5500ks touring the island and the ride and handling was superb. This...
Forum: Hacks 12-12-2012, 07:02 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,772
Posted By Hiho
Is that a square section you have used? We used...

Is that a square section you have used?
We used a 32nd pipe and found it had too much flex without the extra brace.
The leaners are a lot more fun though! :D
Forum: Hacks 12-12-2012, 06:12 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,772
Posted By Hiho
You may find that design for the single side...

You may find that design for the single side swing arm is not rigid enough. We started with a similar idea but had to put in another rod to stiffen it up. You can see it below, the one from the...
Forum: Hacks 11-18-2012, 03:31 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
So on with it, ...

So on with it,

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s201/hiho53/SidecarAugust2012304.jpg

Continuing with the English wheel to form the back, what a learning curve(pardon the pun)
...
Forum: Hacks 11-18-2012, 03:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
Thanks for the comments guys, i will try to...

Thanks for the comments guys, i will try to answer your questions and add some more photos.

The swing arm was a copy of one i saw in a photo and liked the idea of the lines and narrow width. As...
Forum: Hacks 11-15-2012, 05:20 PM
Replies: 5,167
Views: 1,754,688
Posted By Hiho
My first leaner that we built a year ago. Now...

My first leaner that we built a year ago. Now sold and just finished one for the Roadliner.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s201/hiho53/SidecarAugust2012100.png
Forum: Hacks 11-15-2012, 05:13 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
This was the set up of the chassis before...

This was the set up of the chassis before starting on the body. I had seen a similar swingarm and because it is narrower than a conventional double swing arm decided to go this way.
After the first...
Forum: Hacks 11-14-2012, 06:42 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,122
Posted By Hiho
A leaner for my Roadliner

Lurked here for a while now and got some usefull info and ideas.I built my first leaner twelve months ago and attached it to a Yamaha XJR1300. It was quite sucessful and we did some 10k with it...
Forum: Hacks 07-31-2012, 05:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,677
Posted By Hiho
I had my first leaner on a Yamaha XJR1300, with...

I had my first leaner on a Yamaha XJR1300, with 30mm of toe in and a steering damper it was ok to ride. The damper relieved the head shake it had. I was running a 70mm difference between the rear and...
Forum: Equipment 12-16-2010, 10:27 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 782
Posted By Hiho
Recently purchased one and did an 8500k trip over...

Recently purchased one and did an 8500k trip over 14 days.

Loved it. Room to move, park bike, cook out of the rain, enough adjustment to get airflow and comfortable from 8-20C overnight.
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