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JohnK9JGS
Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Noblesville, Indiana
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: FNG Intro |
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Hi,
I'm John from Noblesville, Indiana. I ride a '95 BMW K75 with a Hannigan Astro GT. I'm age 75 and about half retired, still working about three days a week.
I have sitting in the garage a beautiful 2005 Yamaha FJR1300 with less than 10K miles. I'm in conversation with Hannigan about putting a sidecar on it.
They can do the job, but it will be the first FJR for them. It will require a custom subframe because the FJR is pretty much all aluminum and there are no good attachment points such as you find on other bikes with steel frames.
I hope that you HPS folks can advise me about what changes might be needed to the steering of the FJR to make it reasonable to ride with a sidecar. I have a Leading Link on the BMW. There is a question about whether a Leading Link is even available for an FJR, or if such a thing would even be needed.
I have seen pictures of HPS rigs in Europe using FJRs but it doesn't seem to be at all a popular tug here in the US. Maybe that is because of the aluminum frame.
Anyway, I'm glad to meet you all and thanks in advance for any suggestions. |
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Ralph
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 603 Location: Lexington, Ky
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sidecarkeith
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: yorkshire uk
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Hi John,
Welcome from England to a true international sidecar site.
Hope to hear more from you.
Keith |
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docmike
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 630 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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John,
Welcome,
I'd take a close look at the RDS setup on Jayboy's rig, it seems to move along pretty well.
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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