Hog Heads,
I've got a couple of questions if you don't mind. If you bought your sidecar in the US it would have come from me. The units that I've gotten over the past decade have been brilliant. You would have a 5-year warranty from me and if you have issues please let me know.
My RE 650 mounting kit is a rigid 5 strut arrangement. It is custom designed and manufactured for the 650. Are you having trouble with one of mine? I stand behind everything that I sell so please contact me if you are having trouble.
Although the RE's that I sell today all come with steering dampers, most customers don't use them for the 650. If you are experiencing wobble I would suggest that you fine-tune your alignment. Most sidecars have some sort of low speed wobble but the 650 does not. That's a whole other conversation with many variables depending on the bike
Does your car not have suspension or are you just wanting to modify it?
The alloy wheel is something that I'd like to sell. I have seen too many Indian alloy wheels fail with disastrous results. I would be OK with wheels made by RE but until RE brings them to the US I won't sell them. When they make a wheel for their US bikes they will have to be DOT approved and only then will I sell them.
No I am in Thailand and this sidecar was imported about 8 years ago directly from Cozy India, and I presume a domestic market version. I bought it used, as no sidecars available here other than local fiberglass copies of a copy, and not the sort of craftsmanship that I would be happy with.
Nothing to do with your company, and possibly not the same US approved version as you import.
I did not like the 19" wheel as supplied, and as RE 17" wheel conversions are popular here, I bought a low km, stock 18 x 2.5 alloy front Interceptor rim; and using stainless spokes, laced it to a Honda hub, with disc brake. This necessitated changing the front mount to retain the stock mudguard. I am still tempted to cut off that inordinately heavy rear guard mount and design something more aesthetically pleasing to my eye.
I hear what you are saying about the alignment, and this needs a bit more work, requiring more experience with sidecar mounting than I can provide. Buying a proven mount is very expensive to import given the weight, Covid freight rates, and about 50% import costs. I have no alternative but to figure it out for myself.
Now that I have the 200 USD YSS unit, I will keep it mounted as a bit of high tech bling, as even low speed shakes give me the shakes.
The sidecar suspension is still a work in progress. I changed the swingarm pivot to a bearing design, a new stub axle design, and cut a new swingarm from a single 10mm plate. I used the same swingarm geometry and shock mounting arrangement, and in retrospect could have done it a bit differently. I am now pondering the shock mount, spring rate, and damping.
BTW, it was me that emailed you last week about a replacement shock, and the spring rate.
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