My Sidecar Project

[woody1]

He will listen to NOBODY. 

[Gerrard]

He will listen to NOBODY. 

Only what they say.

[DUSTRIDERS]

En soos gesę, die keer fok ek nie rond met die belrank nie

Jirre G, and you say my idea is Overkill   

Lyk of hy bietjie op Caterpiller se sites was!!

[Gerrard]

Some revision and reinforcing required to the chassis, but no reports of trouble with the alloy sidecar body.

So, rubber mountings not required eh?

If you tell me the right thing I do it. Vibration on the tub and discomfort of the monkey has nothing to do with it. But I did learn that when you ride there is a lot of sideways swaying movement on the tub and when hard mounted the inertia transfers directly to the stabiliser joints.  Combined with incorrect joints and stabilisers mounted at incorrect angles, it caused excessive wear. The latter has been fixed. The rubber mounts are there to absorb the swaying on the tub.

I also found the correct rubber mounts suited for the correct pupose.

[Gerrard]

En soos gesę, die keer fok ek nie rond met die belrank nie

Jirre G, and you say my idea is Overkill   

Lyk of hy bietjie op Caterpiller se sites was!!

Meskien moes ek hom ge-rubber mount het

[Tiger8]

  

[woody1]

 

[Oshkosh]

@Gérrard


Some inspiration to help you along!! 
Link: http://www.bike-urious.com/sidecar/

[Gerrard]

  As my sidecar is a DMC copy I have pics of it in my album

[Oshkosh]

As my sidecar is a DMC copy I have pics of it in my album

 

[Gerrard]

Been doing some paper work on the cost of building my sidecar for tax purposes. Reconciled my invoices, notes and bank statements. Taking into account I only worked on the sidecar from May 2019 to mid December I counted all hardware shop expenses. Most expenses I can ID as specifically for the sidecar. Bear in mind a lot was R&D and tooling I did not have and needed. I also allocated the expenses to the bike, like over hauling the drive train and tyres. Otherwise the exercise would be useless as the sidecar would not run. There is a lot of hidden expenses when you only estimate.

My rough guess was about R65k. It started out as a once off project with no expense spared. Actual cost which will go on my tax return is R100 810.71.  Maybe 25% will be chopped as I don't have some invoices.

Next I must analyze it all to see what the bare cost of the car only will be. My aim will be to get to around R45k without compromising the build.

[MellowJo]

Been doing some paper work on the cost of building my sidecar for tax purposes. Reconciled my invoices, notes and bank statements. Taking into account I only worked on the sidecar from May 2019 to mid December I counted all hardware shop expenses. Most expenses I can ID as specifically for the sidecar. Bear in mind a lot was R&D and tooling I did not have and needed. I also allocated the expenses to the bike, like over hauling the drive train and tyres. Otherwise the exercise would be useless as the sidecar would not run. There is a lot of hidden expenses when you only estimate.

My rough guess was about R65k. It started out as a once off project with no expense spared. Actual cost which will go on my tax return is R100 810.71.  Maybe 25% will be chopped as I don't have some invoices.

Next I must analyze it all to see what the bare cost of the car only will be. My aim will be to get to around R45k without compromising the build.

Eish, R100k  is serious money for a project ......

You could have put in a Subaru turbo engine in the bus ......

[Gerrard]

Been doing some paper work on the cost of building my sidecar for tax purposes. Reconciled my invoices, notes and bank statements. Taking into account I only worked on the sidecar from May 2019 to mid December I counted all hardware shop expenses. Most expenses I can ID as specifically for the sidecar. Bear in mind a lot was R&D and tooling I did not have and needed. I also allocated the expenses to the bike, like over hauling the drive train and tyres. Otherwise the exercise would be useless as the sidecar would not run. There is a lot of hidden expenses when you only estimate.

My rough guess was about R65k. It started out as a once off project with no expense spared. Actual cost which will go on my tax return is R100 810.71.  Maybe 25% will be chopped as I don't have some invoices.

Next I must analyze it all to see what the bare cost of the car only will be. My aim will be to get to around R45k without compromising the build.

Eish, R100k  is serious money for a project ......

You could have put in a Subaru turbo engine in the bus ......

That is so but lot of that cost is also long wanted add ons to my workshop, so investment. The actual cost comes to R62k. This includes a lot of expensive luxuries like the suspension actuator which will not be fitted to a basic build but be for buyers choice. Like spending unnecassry money to upgrade your F800GS suspension. Engineering also cost a lot most of which I hope to do myself once I get my lathe/milling machine

[Gerrard]

Also eg the tub was a once off custom job which came to R12k. Building a commercial glass fibre tub I hope to half that cost.

[Gerrard]

I had to do an interesting excersize to give Superfoxi suspension specs. The static weight on the car wheel is 26% (118kg) of the curb weight of the whole rig. The parameter is 30%.

So even though I threw a lot of metal at it with the build I came out light. And it includes 40kg ballast. The tip is if you build yourself a car, just build and dont worry about weight.

[Oshkosh]

@Gérrard

Something to think about on adding to your build!!! 

[Gerrard]

@Gérrard

Something to think about on adding to your build!!! 

Love it. Maybe somewhere in my future

[Fudmucker]

This one will be easier to tow: