It's amazing the number of folks who otherwise wouldn't be able to ride a bike due to illness or injury end up with an outfit to keep the wind in their teeth. Just saying.......
Looks a well thought out and neat conversion. A less common sight today but my first experience of motorcycling in the 1950’s was as a passenger in a motorcycle and sidecar outfit. Andy
There is a chap who often turns up at Abergavenny bus station with his three wheeler Ducati. All the controls have been shifted from the bike to the chair and his wheelchair loads in and locks into it. If I remember correctly he also has a tow hitch for his dog trailer.
I like how they’ve matched the frame with the ducati frame (as good as) just needs some pin striping or decals imo.
I had a Jawa 350 outfit to get round on L plates when I was student in early 80's - I could use the powerband to lift the front - when it was working well, which was rare.
And how easy is that to learn? You read of all sorts of horror stories of massive handlebar shake at slow speed, having to creep out of T junctions when turning right lest you go straight on into a ditch in a forced skid with the handlebars still pointing right. But as you say they do strike as a giggle a minute. And now retirement is imminent the thought of of being a curmudgeonly old git holding up the traffic in a curmudgeonly slow outfit becomes more & more attractive. And fitting if I may say.. It also does have certain advantages like taking the good lady (and the de rigueur snappy two jack russells) out in relative warm dry comfort sans tartan blanket. Loads of space for shopping plus not being able to drop it when pushing it around the garage. And, of course, the fact they are so different from anything else on the road & are seen as 'weird' has gotta be a massive plus point
Back in the mists of time, one of the regulars at the pub we frequented used an outfit with a Norton Commando on L plates as he couldn’t be bothered taking his test. Eventually he succumbed to regular pisstaking and decided to take his test. The day after his test was due, he appeared outside the pub passing by on his now solo Norton and came to a halt at the traffic lights just down the road. Sadly, as a diehard outfit rider, he forgot to put his feet down and promptly dropped it on its side in front of half the pub who come out to congratulate him on finally passing his test
I borrowed a mates bike, can’t remember which one, but it had a sidecar attached And not being used to a sidecar outfit when I came to slow down for a set of red lights I inadvertently put my left foot down which quickly disappeared and became mangled under the attaching support bars. Sidecars are dangerous things.
I tried a GS750 with a Sidewinder when I was a nipper, but of course that wasn't a proper sidecar, just an excuse to ride a bigger bike before passing your test. Then years later I got to ride a Ural with the Chair on the wrong side. I quite enjoyed the experience, it was hilarious, but think if I was looking to extend my riding years beyond being confident to ride a 2 wheeler I'd be heading towards a Trike, with the 2 wheels at the front.
