Sidecars in Motion - What’s the Attraction?

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4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Riding a sidecar outfit is completely different from riding on two wheels, you could say like riding a horse of a different color. And some riders either love riding with a sidecar or simply find that it just suits their needs. Perhaps age, disability, visibility, pets, storage or stability are some of the reasons that come in to play when choosing to ride with a sidecar. And although many of us may never choose to give up two wheels, aren’t you just a little bit curious as to what it would be like to ride a sidecar outfit? How would you know until you try it? To find out more we talked with renowned motorcycle safety instructor David Hough, Jay from DMC Sidecars and Lee Coltharp who is the South Central Regional Director of the United Sidecar Association. If you've enjoyed this episode please consider supporting this show by going to adventureriderradio.com/support and also check out our sponsors. Follow Adventure Rider Radio: Facebook: AdventureRiderRadio Instagram: @adventureriderradio Twitter: @ADVRiderRadio For more on this episode see the show notes at Adventure Rider Radio.

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0:00.0	Telling someone you ride a motorcycle only gives a sliver of the story.
0:04.0	It kind of like if you were a painter telling them,
0:06.0	I'm a painter, painter of what?
0:08.0	Pictures, houses, cars, bridges, because we all know that motorcycles come in all shape, sizes, and thrills.
0:14.1	From a Takati monster to a Suzuki Bergman, to a K-Tm 450, a KLR 650,
0:20.3	onto a Gas Gas-Gas-T trials bike, or maybe even a Harley-Davidson Roadglide unlimited.
0:25.0	All motorcycles, all totally different experiences
0:28.0	with one common thread.
0:30.0	Two wheels.
0:31.0	But wait, you can throw a third wheel into the mix, mounted off to the side,
0:35.1	and the side car is a horse of a different color, because unlike all the bikes that have already
0:39.8	mentioned, the addition of that extra wheel off to the side changes the game completely
0:44.6	pushing the motorcycle into new areas of use and excitement. The side car has been
0:49.8	around for more than a century. It's been used to get groceries, deliver ice cream, drive families around.
0:55.2	It's been used as a mobile gun platform during the war, and it's been raced at the Isle of Man to speeds of up to
1:00.8	just under 120 mile an hour, hundred and twenty mile an hour.
1:03.0	That's a hundred and ninety kilometers an hour.
1:05.0	It's also been ridden around the world by Adventures.
1:08.0	This is one versatile machine.
1:10.0	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us. We got a good one for you.
1:15.0	I'm Sam Manic.
1:20.0	Simon.
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