nice , if f/glass would be a lot of weight , how does the xs handle the extra weight ? (one of my future ideas when the legs give out properly, never ridden a chair), have you thought about car tyres?
Hi FLEA,
the chair is an American Spirit which was built by the Spirit of America Co. The American Spirit's body ain't FRP though, it's rotomolded from Marlex
It's body shape became the pattern for the FRP-bodied California Friendship I which had a different chassis with a failure-prone torsion bar suspension.
I've never weighed my Spirit but the paperwork sez the complete chair weighs 135 lbs.
As the XS650 only has ~50HP the rig ain't the ticket collector that my XS11 rig was.
Running 17/36 sprockets it rides nice around town and likes to highway cruise at ~50/55 mph.
Driving a rig is different to riding a bike. "It ain't a bike no more, it only looks like one" A rig steers like a lopsided quad.
The other difference is social. Folks that shun bike riders bring their kids across the parking lot to see the nice man's sidecar outfit.
Sure I've thought about car tyres.
Mainly that you can't get 'em no more in a size that'll fit an XS650 back wheel.
Avon still makes a "sidecar universal" in 3.25-19 that'll fit the front but it ain't tubeless.
Sure, my sidecar has a car tire because it's wheel, along with it's hydraulic drum brake, came off a Honda Civic.