MikeFellows
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 04:07 PM |
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I was chatting to a guy around 2002 time at a service station on the M3, he had a busa with a side car (it looked more like you sat in it)
are they illegal now?
edit:
quick search and i found this - looked exactly like it
[Edited on 9/2/11 by MikeFellows]
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 10/2/11 at 07:48 PM |
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Doesn't look like they're illegal, although I would imagine they're rare due to the pointlessness. I mean if you're going to
be riding 3 up on a MC then for the same money you could have a trike or a car, and with a sidecar it's going to be empty sometimes and the
inherent problems there (someone menitioned turning left) also I don't think they exactly clip off
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Simon
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 01:02 AM |
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I'd imagine a subtle redesign of the racing sidecar outfit to essentially make a reverse trike would work.
All the benefits of RT handling and utterly mental performance.
ATB
Simon
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blakep82
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 01:14 AM |
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^ been thinking of a redesign today as it happens simon  not a reverse trike though, not overly keen on them for some reason. i know they're
better for handling and stuff, but i don't like the look, see below 
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Doesn't look like they're illegal, although I would imagine they're rare due to the pointlessness. I mean if you're going to be
riding 3 up on a MC then for the same money you could have a trike or a car, and with a sidecar it's going to be empty sometimes and the inherent
problems there (someone menitioned turning left) also I don't think they exactly clip off
surely building you're own car, when you could go out and buy one, is somewhat pointless? why does anyone build their own car? to enjoy having
something a bit different? to build something and enjoy having built it? i guess it comes under the same catagory.
however, with a slight redesign, i think a trike, that still looks like a sidecar could be done. the front wheel stays as is, the sidecar's
wheel, bring that in slightly, and have it driven, and the mirror it on the other side. essentially making a trike that looks a little like a lockheed
blackbird how could that be wrong?
stability restored (as much as it can be for a trike) low centre of gravity, ridden on a car license, looks awesome i think. done
something like this dodgy photoshop representation...
 
Description
[Edited on 11/2/11 by blakep82]
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 07:36 AM |
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Hi Blake,
What you have almost described above is Rolf Biland's BEO outfit. At this time the rules were pretty relaxed and the BEO had both driver and
passenger seated with an almost central front wheel.
It won everything for a year and then got itself banned.
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Andy D
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 09:25 AM |
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I saw this machine at Scarborough a few years ago. All I know about it is that it's front wheel drive, and was one of if not the fastest thing
up Olivers mount hillclimb.
Without bodywork in 2004..
..and the following year..
Cool or what! 
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 10:29 AM |
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that looks a lot of fun
cant see my misses hanging off the back though
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 11:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy D
I saw this machine at Scarborough a few years ago. All I know about it is that it's front wheel drive, and was one of if not the fastest thing
up Olivers mount hillclimb.
Without bodywork in 2004..
..and the following year..
Cool or what!
I agree these are about the fastest machines up the hillclimb.
there are two or three similar machines competing in the hillclimb championship
well worth a visit to see them
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blakep82
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 12:14 PM |
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yeah, kinda like that, but a normal trike, like i said not overly keen on reverse trikes. if i ever was to do it, it would be more of motorway
cruising thing, no motorsport or anything
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 12:25 PM |
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go and get a bike licence Blake it's not very expensive to do you can do a full course that lets you ride anything done in less than a week for
about £200
A bike powered trike is not really something you should just move to from a car licence even if legally you can as you still need to think like a
biker and always wear a helmet
I've been thinking about making a trike conversion for my bike like this as to buy a kit is mental prices
[Edited on 11/2/11 by Mr Whippy]
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