And to some extent the heavy steering has a mental component. On a two wheeler the steering on most bikes is very light and you only have to think right or left and you go there. With a sidecar you actually have to physically make the bike change direction. That may be a bit of an over simplification!thanks for the incite I have changed out the bars to wider and I believe I set the chair at 1/2 " toe in.And maybe I should spend some time at the gym. JohnB
I rode a XS650 sidecar outfit with actually pretty narrow `bars to work for around 20 years. Only around a one mile commute so not a lot of curves to deal with or build up strength. But more than once I had a bit of a shock the first ride in the spring on my Sportster with leading link front end the first curve down the road. I used way too much steering power and almost went off the road on the inside of the curve!
Once I was back to riding both during the warmer months my brain seemed to adjust for what ever outfit I was riding at the time so both seemed pretty much normal. So there is at least some of the mental aspect to how an outfit handles.
I rode my first Sportster for about 4,000 miles without a sidecar and then around 14,000 with stock front end and sidecar before building the leading link front end. So I have had some experience of the different ways this outfits can handle.