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BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 3:11 pm
by mrequipe
Something different.
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:10 pm
by Foxy57
Nice job Mike, looks good. Cant wait for next season to see how Jon goes on it and see if his theories prove to be good, interesting!
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:20 pm
by mrequipe
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:26 pm
by steve-e
Very nice Mike. I bet that gets confusing

Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:18 pm
by Triplebrew
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:34 pm
by steve-e
With the chair on the other side, do you move the brakes so they're still inboard, so they would be the same as a solo, or leave them on the left? I guess that would be more complicated to do well and would leave them out in the open and vulnerable (the reason I was always told they were moved was to make them simpler and less prone to getting knocked - not because of the old brit bike system).
What else would have to move - don't go trying to tell me you put the throttle on the left, I'm not that gullible

Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:49 pm
by mrequipe
Its quite a lot different Steve, I thought it would be a mirror image but it isnt

I had to move all the mounting holes on the bed for my jigs. The rear suspension is off the diff instead of the swinging arm. The brakes stay in board but I did one for a Dutch chap last year with chair on left and had to put brake pedal on right foot

I did it through a linkage with master cyliders under the left kneeler
One of the next bikes to do is a Guzzi for Henk Jonker that will be interesting
Any welder /fabricators need some work give me a shout lots of bikes to build

Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:19 pm
by steve-e
Thanks Mike that was what I was thinking. There must be all sorts of things that are in different places.
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:27 pm
by Eddy Wright
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:05 am
by steve-e
Thanks for the expert insight Ed

Even as a passenger I'd think I would notice that at the first corner.. get that wrong and things would get messy
I hadn't even thought about the drive, even a chain drive would be quite a bit of work but a shaft hadn't entered my train of thought (see what I did there, drive.. train?

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Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:57 am
by NickR
steve-e wrote:Even as a passenger I'd think I would notice that at the first corner..
Are you sure?

Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:21 pm
by RARING TO GO
neat work Mike, makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:47 pm
by den etheridge
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:51 pm
by Bob B
Great Idea Den, no need for a passenger at all;-)
Re: BMW Right hand chair for a change
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:06 pm
by mrequipe
We will see if its any better than a right chair

The corner weights are interesting

Its good to have variety . The Guzzi option is a viable alternative to the BMW at a fraction of the cost with similar power outputs according to Henk
