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on: March 22, 2016, 08:30:22 am
First time I've seen one. Looks better than I thought. Still prefer a Cozy though. :)
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Reply #1 on: March 22, 2016, 09:37:53 am
That does look nice.

 The lines of the car would go well with many brands of bike. They must be somewhat popular.
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Reply #2 on: March 22, 2016, 03:50:04 pm
We like the Cozy-Kozi better too!! :)
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Reply #3 on: March 22, 2016, 05:17:35 pm
We like the Cozy-Kozi better too!! :)
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Reply #4 on: March 22, 2016, 05:20:15 pm
I see it has some custom paint/ We have plenty of Kozi's in stocl
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Reply #5 on: March 22, 2016, 05:26:38 pm
I see it has some custom paint/ We have plenty of Kozi's in stocl
But no left handers?
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Reply #6 on: March 24, 2016, 04:12:46 am
Well, I don't know.  It's not bad looking but seems a little oversize (?) for the Enfield.  Guess I'm just accustomed to seeing Enfields with Kozis and Inders.  I have a Kozi Rocket on my G5 and it has a well balanced look to it.  I have a Velorex on my Yamaha V-Star and it to looks balanced.  If I was to swap the cars, it just wouldn't look right though I suspect either bike could handle either tub with about equal performance.  Guess it all depends on what we expect to see.  Isn't there a term in psychology for that?   :-\
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Reply #7 on: April 02, 2016, 05:55:21 pm
"Scotoma" comes to mind.  :)
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Reply #8 on: April 02, 2016, 10:17:41 pm
Here's a couple of Watsonians, they are huge,and more expensive than the bike. The Kosi perfectly compliments the Enfield. (In my opinion anyway).
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Reply #9 on: April 05, 2016, 12:21:48 am
Watsonian-Squire were the UK Royal Enfield importers from the late 1990s to 2013, so they hooked up more than a few of their own to various Bullets (and still will, as they remain RE Bullet dealers). I remember at their 2008 open day one of their demonstrators was offering some quite er... enthusiastic rides for interested customers.

Velorex is inevitably associated with the 350 Jawa two-stroke twin over here.

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Reply #10 on: April 10, 2016, 08:15:43 pm
I bought a Velorex 562 last week to put on my DR650 to haul the puppy up into the mountains. Not as simple as bolting it to a RE as it will need 1/8 steel plate welded on top of the frame to beef it up and add a bit of ballast, custom sub frame on the DR and a custom torsion bar. A $700 sidecar is going to end up costing another $3,000 to get it dual sport ready and bolted to a $2,600 motorcycle........I can't wait.


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Reply #11 on: April 10, 2016, 08:36:24 pm
I bought a Velorex 562 last week to put on my DR650 to haul the puppy up into the mountains. Not as simple as bolting it to a RE as it will need 1/8 steel plate welded on top of the frame to beef it up and add a bit of ballast, custom sub frame on the DR and a custom torsion bar. A $700 sidecar is going to end up costing another $3,000 to get it dual sport ready and bolted to a $2,600 motorcycle........I can't wait.
Try to get some rust inhibitor inside the chassis tube, mine rusted from the inside out and fractured just in front of the suspension swing pivot.
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Reply #12 on: June 23, 2016, 09:00:35 pm
Yes!  This is what I want.
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Always wanted a Watsonian Squire sidecar figuring I could use it on other bikes as well.  Then, I saw the Kozi paint scheme on the bike in Texas and thought I liked it better.  The custom paint makes it almost as pricey as the Watsonian however which is really unfortunate.  For now, I will keep my C5 a two wheeler and use the Ural when I want three.
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