sidecar rentals?
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sidecar rentals?
So I'm planning an 10-15 day multi-state road trip for this summer with my two boys, and figure I'll have to leave the bike at home, since there isn't room for both passengers.
I know H-D (and others) make sidecars, but I can't afford one even if I knew I wanted to own one. But having one for a couple of weeks this summer might be just the ticket … does anyone offer these as rentals? I know you can rent bikes, but what about sidecars?
I know H-D (and others) make sidecars, but I can't afford one even if I knew I wanted to own one. But having one for a couple of weeks this summer might be just the ticket … does anyone offer these as rentals? I know you can rent bikes, but what about sidecars?
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Never heard of that, but I must say that you are onto a cool idea.
We were following a guy for a while on the way out of Sturgis last year who had a sidecar, with his young son in it, and strapped to the back was one of the plastic battery powered kid trikes. Was truly a Kodak moment but my camera was packed away. Father/Son Sturgis.
I do advise some serious practice with that sidecar first though. Was a horrible story in our local paper a few years back. Dad got a new sidecar and took the kid for a tryout spin. Killed his son.
We were following a guy for a while on the way out of Sturgis last year who had a sidecar, with his young son in it, and strapped to the back was one of the plastic battery powered kid trikes. Was truly a Kodak moment but my camera was packed away. Father/Son Sturgis.
I do advise some serious practice with that sidecar first though. Was a horrible story in our local paper a few years back. Dad got a new sidecar and took the kid for a tryout spin. Killed his son.
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Good point about the practice; I know that adding a sidecar would make it handle like a completely different beast, and would definitely get some road miles in before we packed up & moved out.
It's a good point about the liability; it may be that no one rents them for that very reason. I knew a delivery driver once who complained that he had to have a CDL to drive a panel truck, but any yahoo could rent a 20' Winnebago!
It's a good point about the liability; it may be that no one rents them for that very reason. I knew a delivery driver once who complained that he had to have a CDL to drive a panel truck, but any yahoo could rent a 20' Winnebago!
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Some places rent the Tri cars, but have never seen a sidecar for rent in the States.
Connie and I rented a hack two years ago for a 6 week trip around the north and south islands of New Zealand. Really had a blast. I later tred to find someplace to rent one either on the east coast or Europe. As I remember, I did find a couple places that rented Urals, but nothing with more power.
As others have said, they are quite different than a moto. Lots of unique issues which take practice to learn.
Connie and I rented a hack two years ago for a 6 week trip around the north and south islands of New Zealand. Really had a blast. I later tred to find someplace to rent one either on the east coast or Europe. As I remember, I did find a couple places that rented Urals, but nothing with more power.
As others have said, they are quite different than a moto. Lots of unique issues which take practice to learn.
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I do not know all the dedailes as I have never had one myself but a freind I used to ride with did and like I said before there are a lot of things that were put on the bike for brakes , lights , he had a tilt sensor so the bike could lean and so on , any how yes they do come off fairly easy [ not like unhooking a trailer ] most of the stuff eather unplugs or unpins i'm not sure about the brake connection I think it was a quick coupling and then some of the stuff just stays on the bike, good luck