In addition, I am a dealer or importer of Touratech products, Tractive, BITUBO and Shock Factory shocks, GPR Rotary Steering Stabilizers, and MLJ Inc. Aside from our LBS products, I am an authorized URAL Service Center. Due to demand, I can longer service or accessorize outfits other than those LBS has built.įor Shops – I will supply what I am authorized and able to sell. I will share what I know or believe and admit what I do not. If you want to build your own, and have the skills and experience to do so (yet, there will be a test!) I can supply kits, bodies and components. I supply kits, bodies, leading links, components, and accessories to owners and shops.įor Owners – I will build a complete outfit for you. I install, wire, and align selected sidecar kits and accessories. No retail store, build visits by appointment only.Ī: I am a motorcycle accessory installer and supplier.
Subframe: components attached to a bike that interface to the rigging.Ī: USA, Washington State, PNW (Pacific NorthWest), Greater Seattle/Eastside, City of Kenmore. Comprised of a body, chassis, wheel, fender, rigging, and subframe. Sidecar: one-wheeled device attached to either the right or left side of a bike. Shop: registered commercial business that builds sidecars to customer spec. Rigging: components of a sidecar that interface the chassis to the bike. WA State (where I live) was the second state (after Virginia) to require a special Trike/Sidecar endorsement.
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Other than those specific to the motorcycle itself, there are no inspections, regulations, title, or registration changes required to build and operate, or build and sell a sidecar. It is generally not a special category of motor vehicle. In the USA, although helmet laws differ, a sidecar is considered a “motorcycle accessory” and is registered and insured as such. Outfit: bike with an attached sidecar (aka combi, hack, or chair). A variation of a Leading Link is called an Earle’s Fork.įor a primer on motorcycle forks, see (clicking this link will open a new window and take you to the Wikipedia website): Other advantages may include reduction in front-end dive under braking, increased resistance to side load-induced flex in turns. The front wheel is suspended ahead of its pivot point through a link. Installing an is one of several methods of reducing steering effort by reducing trail. The opposite of a trailing link suspension. Sells knock-down sidecar kits, bodies, leading links and components to both shops and owners. Builds selected mid-to-high-end touring and adventure outfits. LBS-USA: WA State registered LLC (Limited Liability Corporation), doing business as LBS-SIDECARS LLC, USA. The LBS-NL website may be found at (clicking this link will open a new window and take you to the LBS-NL website) : Founded by Ad Donkers, who I consider the world’s finest sidecar engineer, designer, fabricator, builder. LBS-NL: LBS Sidecars (LBS Zijspantechniek), Netherlands.
Includes a leading or trailing arm and its shock absorber to attach a sidecar’s wheel to the chassis. Bike: motorcycle only, or the motorcycle attached to a sidecar (aka tug, tractor).īody: a sidecar’s body (body only), attached to a chassis.Ĭhassis: components that interface to the rigging.