Sidecar?

I haven't one. One of those Chinese scooter sites is selling a Honda Z50 clone with a side car attached. However, The side car on that site had a low, flat platform for cargo, rather than a brave passenger.
 
Has anyone made a sidecar to carry a passenger?
Your best bet is to google it as DIY, as in "DIY bicycle sidecar".I was looking up "DIY tandem bike" and some really neat stuff on the indestructibles site came up.There was one where a bike was made to hold two people side by side, looked like they were floating.
 
the pedals always make it awkward. you need enough clearance front and back, some sort of "fence", and theres a lil bit of geometry in side wheel placement. anywhere other than on the same axle line as the rear wheel, it starts to need steering or it skids. turning becomes very difficult.

not to mention you have to "steer", not lean and "countersteer" like on normal two wheels. but thats something you deal with if you ride a trike too... any corner becomes a challenge :)


thought about it before and always opted out for a trailer instead...



now, what got me thinking the other day was watching an old tv series...they have a tandem tandem! at some point they must have paid a custom builder, as early on its a tandem with a third seat over the rear wheel, later on it is a real three seat, 3 pedal job....
 
ditto. wheres the PICS?

and some measurements. distance of sidecar wheel from rear axle? lengthwise, not width... well, both please.

changes to steering, if any.

linkage setup so it lets bike tilt...
 
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