Talk:Sidecar

Combination

Sidecar owners and the motorcycling community also refer to motorcycles with a sidecar as a rig or hack. I suggest that these terms are just as useful and possibly more widely used than combination.

Drink

Wikipedia needs to add another entry for "Sidecar," a popular alcoholic beverage in NYC. See http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=966&drinkname=category:15 Winhink 05:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Scooters

Is there somewhere where I can get information on which scooters can be used with sidecars? I see plenty of photos of scooters (usually Vespas) with sidecars, but can't seem to find the info anywhere. Exploding Boy 07:07, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

External links - trimmed

I have removed several of the more commercial links from the External links section because it's starting to look bloated and anyway they don't seem to add to the article.--A bit iffy 10:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Taiwan

Is there some relevance to including an uninteresting detail about Taiwan's vehicle registration laws? 210.233.194.143 (talk) 12:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

"Tricycles" in the Philippines

Any information about this? Tricycles are a disambiguation for a fare-based motorcycle with a customized sidecar. Tricycles are used to drop passengers off to places that are not in the lane of trains, buses, and Philippine Jeepneys. Tricycles are often used by commuters to travel from place to place in short distances, usually within subdivisions and barangays. They replace the role of taxis. Tricycles, like taxis, have 'Terminals'. Tricycles have 2 kinds of fares: Regular or Special. In regular, it operates like a Share taxi. The dispatcher fills up the tricycle (3-6 people, depending on the design and capacity of the sidecar) and travels to a fixed route and the passsengers will pay with lower rates than the Special or a Regular taxi. In Special, it operates much like the taxi but the fare will depend on the location, not by the distance travelled, and is usually higher than the regular fare but much lower than the taxi fare in short distances. I hope that any Filipino wikipedian or any other people who are interested in the transportation in the philippines to please add the article about Philippine Tricycles in this article. This type of transportation is completely legal and are governed by the Tricycle Regulatory Office. However they are also a major pollutant in the philippines because of their sheer numbers, overloading, and using 2-stroke enginesTriadwarfare (talk) 02:48, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Do sidecars make motorcycles less safe?

I've always understood that a standard sidecar, because it makes the motorcycle asymmetrical, made driving less safe, specifically when braking. I see no mention of this here; is it true? -- Dan Griscom (talk) 01:32, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

• It's possible but it depends. Google "sidecar dynamics." Some sidecar rigs require a completely different front suspension, others get by without it. I think it would be a challenge to write a good Wiipedia answer to this question; one that was correct, verifiable, and didn't run on into a 5,000 word treatise. And wasn't a How-to on building sidecar rigs. Mabye the article should just say "it's complicated, don't try this at home, kids, without reading a good book on the subject." But it's worth a try if someone thinks they can write a decent summary.--Dbratland (talk) 02:30, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

You can get options such as a steering\braking side wheel. However, the main reason sidecar rigs may seem more dangerous is that they handle differently than normal motorcycles. For example, you _cannot_ countersteer. Trying to do so will make you go in the wrong direction. It is recommended that you take a class on learning to ride with a sidecar rig (or at least get something like this: http://dauntlessmotors.com/yellowbook.html). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.35.223 (talk) 22:04, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Gespanne

My sidecars are never a "rig" or "hack". They are "Gespanne". I didn't rig the sidecar to the motorcycle and I don't hack around with the geometry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.65.157.196 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps, but we don't use German names/phrases on en.wikipedia, which is for English speaking users and therefore the article features the most common English alternatives to motorcycle and sidecar. --Biker Biker (talk) 00:09, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Regulations

The terms nearside and offside have been mixed up under: "6 Regulations" in the article. Nearside is the side from which one mounts a horse; so left when on the bike, facing front. I'm too stupid for decent editing. Help!

Newer Honda Goldwing sidecars have 2 wheels. Therefore, they would not be sidecars by this description.

The word "usually" would improve the correctness of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.133.169.92 (talk) 20:35, 1 June 2011 (UTC)