Countless Corners from Adventure Sidecar on Vimeo.
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Continue reading about Eastern Gorge Mini Tour Sept 17~19, 2010
September 17-19, 2010 Eastern Columbia River Gorge
We will spend Friday evening in the classroom and Saturday morning driving around the cones, finishing after lunch then riding up in the mountains Saturday pm and out again riding the gorge and up in the mountains all day Sunday. This is a fantastic chance to hone your sidecar skills at the same time enjoying the driving and sightseeing opportunities the Columbia Gorge has to offer!
SkidMark from Adventure Sidecar on Vimeo.
Coming upon an unexpected car in his path, this rider goes wide to avoid it, effectively turning this into a decreasing radius, downhill, right hand turn. He has almost completed the turn when he gets nervous and pegs the rear brake, sliding out of his lane to the opposite shoulder. [...]
The Sputnik is a nice low end sidecar from Russia. No longer manufactured as far as I know, they are often found used at around $1000.
With a steel body and a slightly heavier chassis, it is a little more robust than the Velorex. A locking trunk is standard. They are a good match for a [...]
My Brother, his son, Jon and I pre-ran the August tour route last weekend. (August 20~22, 2010 Dualsport Sidecar Skills Mini Tour $600) I wanted to make sure the route was passable and wasn’t unreasonably long. It includes the old Barlow Road, a pioneer wagon road at the end of the Oregon Trail. This has [...]
Continue reading about Pre-riding the August Mini-Tour Route
Andy had some problems with his sidecar during the BlackDog. The Spirit of America chassis didn’t allow us to set it up with enough ground clearance and the suspension was way too soft!
The struts failed and he folded up the rig.
We decided to strip the bike and check for other damage and beef up the [...]
Adventure Sidecar meets Smokey Bear from Adventure Sidecar on Vimeo.
We have our first Advanced Class/Mini Tour scheduled for July 16~18, 2010. We rode out July 3rd to check the Western Gorge Mini Tour route. Amy hopped in the sidecar and my brother, David, joined us aboard his Harley.
We crossed over to Washington and headed up SR14
Road construction was halted for the holiday weekend, [...]
Continue reading about Dependence Day Ride – Confirming the Route
I just got off the phone with Tawm. Adventure Sidecar will once again be providing the sidecar trophy for the BlackDog Dualsport Rally.
The rally is Saturday and Sunday June 5 & 6 with a special night ride Friday evening. The BlackDog stages out of Hood River County Fairgrounds in Odell, Oregon USA
Get your roll chart [...]
Continue reading about BlackDog Dualsport Rally June5~6,2010
Adventure Sidecar’s first S/TEP class for 2010 is a week away! The bikes are prepped and the field is ready.
I was at it 4 1/2 hours yesterday and I finally finished getting the field set up.
We got word from one of the students coming out for the May class. He ’s just left Utah, [...]