How to meet an Interstate OzSTOC Member

[West Aussie Glen]

Yesterday I flew to Brisbane to check out what is to be my new toy, see below,
(it is not an ST and not red but is a Honda and hopefully is going to be a lot of fun) only to be pulled over in the Airport Terminal by Skip who I hadn't met before. Unfortunately we didn't get to have a chat.
 

[Biggles]

Beautiful looking outfit.
I see the front attachment is to the wheel.  How does that work?

[West Aussie Glen]

Beautiful looking outfit.
I see the front attachment is to the wheel.  How does that work?

That is a steering damper. A strange position but appears to work

[Gadget]

Yesterday I flew to Brisbane to check out what is to be my new toy, see below,
(it is not an ST and not red but is a Honda and hopefully is going to be a lot of fun) only to be pulled over in the Airport Terminal by Skip who I hadn't met before. Unfortunately we didn't get to have a chat.

I work just below the control tower. If I'd known I'd have come across to the terminal and met up with you.

TJ is there sometimes too.

[Shiney]

Gaz also works at the Airport.
It looks like a lot of members spend a bit of time there

[Sabie]

The front wheel assembly is called a leading link

The advantages of Leading Link, you can adjust the trail to lighten the effort required to steer the outfit, Floating calipers can be fitted which means braking load is transferred to the main fork tubes, so under heavy braking you still have normal suspension travel, and only minor dive due to weight transfer and Coil over shocks give adjustability and ensure a smooth ride.

The advantages of Leading Link make the outfit riding experience much more enjoyable because your not fighting the steering to turn and then straighten again.

[West Aussie Glen]

The other advantage of leading link forks is that there is no side load on the suspension components. Normal telescopic forks are really only designed for axial load/movement.

[Brian]

And how are you going to get this back to WA? On Cordens?

[West Aussie Glen]

And how are you going to get this back to WA? On Cordens?

I would love to ride it back but it is not registered and it needs a little attention before I would do a long trip so the seller is organizing the transport company he normally uses to truck it to Perth.

[Skip]

Yesterday I flew to Brisbane to check out what is to be my new toy, see below,
(it is not an ST and not red but is a Honda and hopefully is going to be a lot of fun) only to be pulled over in the Airport Terminal by Skip who I hadn't met before. Unfortunately we didn't get to have a chat.
 

Yeah sorry Glen. If I wasn't boarding I would have offered to take you to your destination. We'd never met but recognised you from this forum. Good to meet you, if only briefly. Glad it was a fruitful trip for you.

[Yorkie]

It looks like what you have been chasing, well done 

[West Aussie Glen]

Sidecar was delivered to the transport yard in Brisbane on Thursday and I was notified on Tuesday that it was ready to be picked up in Perth. Did the right thing and got a permit to ride it home.
The first thing I did was to remove all the bling.



Have started tidying up the sidecar wiring, shall give it a good service and a mechanical check over before getting an engineers certificate so I can get it registered.

[West Aussie Glen]

Update.
After a lot of work tidying up things both mechanical and electrical but mainly electrical the sidecar passed engineering and then rego inspection.

I rewired the sidecar lights with the help of this nice piece of equipment:-

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products/1744/trailer-wiring-harnesses


Its first outing with Theresa on board in the car was a short pre Christmas RTE. Round trip about 80 kms
Previously Theresa had only been keen on the thought of travelling on the pillion seat but problems with her knee meant she went in the car.
On the way home she gave riding in the sidecar the tick of approval and asked if we could take the sidecar to our Christmas eve family gathering, a round trip of about 140 kms. She now really enjoys watching the looks from the public as we ride and being able to easily use her ipad.
One really needs to get some hours up on a sidecar to retrain your brain. After dropping Theresa off at the hairdressers the ride home was the first time I rode it with the sidecar empty. On a lefthand sweeping exit off a main road I thought "I think the sidecar wheel is off the ground and this feels OK" this was confirmed as I straightened up and felt the wheel touch the ground.

Below are photos of Theresa and me on the side and one of a GL1200 outfit that we saw on a trailer when on holidays recently. The sidecar on the the GL1200 is an EML.  When arriving home I found this interesting unit on the EML webpage:-

http://emltrike.com/en/sidecars/gt-twin/









 

[Shiney]

Awesome work mate

[Biggles]

A very good looking outfit!

[Sicman]

Nice Glen - I bet its fun learning to adjust your riding style to adapt to the outrigger