by Vernon Wade | Jun 14, 2020
I fashioned a skid plate from a sheet of steel diamond plate and welded it to the sidecar chassis. This prevents the sidecar from hanging up when bouncing over logs and rocks, gives the passenger a little more protection and provides a place to tie loads when I have...
by Vernon Wade | Jun 14, 2020
I made a vertical rack that runs along the Left side of the tub, between the bike and the sidecar. I can strap things lengthwise to the rack, anything from camp chairs to tipi poles. As long as I leave enough room to get my right boot on the footpeg, I am...
by Vernon Wade | Jun 14, 2020
Made in Russia, the Sputnik was originally fit to a 350cc two stroke twin cylinder IZH Planeta, Similar in dimension to the Velorex, the Sputnik is all steel construction with a slightly more robust frame. They superseded the Jupiter model which was very similar but...
by Vernon Wade | Jun 14, 2020
What looks like a rollbar on the sidecar is a support for an optional soft top that was briefly available for the Sputnik sidecar. The top entirely enclosed the passenger, leaving only a narrow field of vision, forward, through the windscreen. No one liked it. I...
by Vernon Wade | Jun 14, 2020
I made this rack from mild steel pipe. It looks a little like something from a claymation video, but it is rock-solid and provides a convenient place to strap down a load.