Rigged4Life
Pack Dog
Hi all,
A lot of questions received about the sidecar I fitted on my 1150 GSA... I bought mine in kit form and without a garage I put it together in my lounge and driveway. Because the vast majority of sidecars are built for right hand drive countries ie: The sidecar is fitted to the right hand side of the bike... the manual they sent me was for the same, I even used to look at the manual photos in a mirror sometimes to see how it would look for my installation!
Below are just a few pics of the process, it took me 1 week to build and 1 month to perfect it to what I wanted it to look like for the offroad conditions I was planning to take it through, two of the most notable modifications were a 6mm steel plate I fitted under the sidecar body for extra strength and protection for Tau, also for her being such a big dog (55kg) and getting on in age, I decided to cut the body in half and hinge it in the front for easy access.
Yesterday I gave my rig his name... Rafiki... it means friend in Swahili and this is what it has very much become to me and Tau.
You can check out our blog and journal at www.smilinginthewind.com
Cheers from the road
Keith & Tau
A lot of questions received about the sidecar I fitted on my 1150 GSA... I bought mine in kit form and without a garage I put it together in my lounge and driveway. Because the vast majority of sidecars are built for right hand drive countries ie: The sidecar is fitted to the right hand side of the bike... the manual they sent me was for the same, I even used to look at the manual photos in a mirror sometimes to see how it would look for my installation!
Below are just a few pics of the process, it took me 1 week to build and 1 month to perfect it to what I wanted it to look like for the offroad conditions I was planning to take it through, two of the most notable modifications were a 6mm steel plate I fitted under the sidecar body for extra strength and protection for Tau, also for her being such a big dog (55kg) and getting on in age, I decided to cut the body in half and hinge it in the front for easy access.
Yesterday I gave my rig his name... Rafiki... it means friend in Swahili and this is what it has very much become to me and Tau.
You can check out our blog and journal at www.smilinginthewind.com
Cheers from the road
Keith & Tau
