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		<title>Comment on Ballast by Vernon Wade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vernon Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dave, 
not seeing you or your rig, I can only make very general comments.

If you can&#039;t use your body weight effectively as movable ballast, you need to modify your driving as well as add a little weight to the sidecar. This is an instance where adding fixed ballast is a good idea. You may want to add a some ballast to the chassis of your sidecar. Out near the sidecar axle, inside the triangle formed by the contact patches of the three wheels is where you want to put it. 

You are fortunate to have a fairly stable combination, at least by all reports(I haven&#039;t personal experience driving that combo).

Since you probably can&#039;t shift your weight much into the corners,you are going to need to slow down. Get your speed way down BEFORE you get into the corner and use a little throttle coming out, controlling your speed with the front brake and throttle.

Practice in a safe, flat, open parking lot. Mark out a tight corner with an 8&#039; lane and practice slowing for the corner and using the throttle and front brake to get through it. 

Modifying your front end for less steering effort will also help you in the corners. It is expensive, but it can be worth the money, especially if you have limited upper body strength or range of motion. Contact a profesional sidecar builder or shop for help with this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dave,<br />
not seeing you or your rig, I can only make very general comments.</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t use your body weight effectively as movable ballast, you need to modify your driving as well as add a little weight to the sidecar. This is an instance where adding fixed ballast is a good idea. You may want to add a some ballast to the chassis of your sidecar. Out near the sidecar axle, inside the triangle formed by the contact patches of the three wheels is where you want to put it. </p>
<p>You are fortunate to have a fairly stable combination, at least by all reports(I haven&#8217;t personal experience driving that combo).</p>
<p>Since you probably can&#8217;t shift your weight much into the corners,you are going to need to slow down. Get your speed way down BEFORE you get into the corner and use a little throttle coming out, controlling your speed with the front brake and throttle.</p>
<p>Practice in a safe, flat, open parking lot. Mark out a tight corner with an 8&#8242; lane and practice slowing for the corner and using the throttle and front brake to get through it. </p>
<p>Modifying your front end for less steering effort will also help you in the corners. It is expensive, but it can be worth the money, especially if you have limited upper body strength or range of motion. Contact a profesional sidecar builder or shop for help with this.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Ballast by Dave Wanat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Wanat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being here in Massachusetts I obviously can&#039;t make your class but I have a question.  I have an &#039;05 FLHT/I with a H-D TLE sidecar. My wife is my ballast. I have muscular dystrophy so the bike has a Pingel electric shifter a Champion reverse and all three brakes on the bike work off the front brake lever.
My question is how can I safely negotiate a tight and steep downhill left hairpin turn without hiting a guardrail and then sail off into oblivion over Clarksburg? Also how can I safely do the reverse, a tight, steep uphill righthand hairpin?
Thanks for any tips.
Handicapped rider,
Dave</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being here in Massachusetts I obviously can&#8217;t make your class but I have a question.  I have an &#8216;05 FLHT/I with a H-D TLE sidecar. My wife is my ballast. I have muscular dystrophy so the bike has a Pingel electric shifter a Champion reverse and all three brakes on the bike work off the front brake lever.<br />
My question is how can I safely negotiate a tight and steep downhill left hairpin turn without hiting a guardrail and then sail off into oblivion over Clarksburg? Also how can I safely do the reverse, a tight, steep uphill righthand hairpin?<br />
Thanks for any tips.<br />
Handicapped rider,<br />
Dave</p>
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		<title>Comment on Black Dog 2009 &#8211; The Trail to Frog Lake by Andy</title>
		<link>http://adventuresidecar.com/?p=320&#038;cpage=1#comment-11</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great video Vernon! Man, that gravel pit was a bit hairy!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great video Vernon! Man, that gravel pit was a bit hairy!</p>
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