[ST] RE: ST-triumphnet.com Digest, Vol 4, Issue 11

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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:01:26 +0100 (BST)
From: Barry Croft <barrycroft@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ST] Re: Side Car
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I had a 'sidecar' on one of my early bikes - a Matchless GL650. It took
some getting used to, especially on tight corners! I wouldn't recommend
using an old Brit bike now though.

My first modern Triumph was a Thunderbird 900, so I was on a Thunderbird
list for a while - and a guy on there from the States had a lovely
Watsonian fitted to his. Sprayed in the same British Racing Green, it
looked gorgeous, and ferried his wife and his two kids about with ease.
It's got a nice soft torquey engine and takes a sidecar well. He had the
classic Zeppelin-shaped GP.

I've lost touch with that list, but I still have the Watsonian address,
which is well worth checking out for ideas. I've just looked and the main
example bike pic for the GP on their website is ... a Thunderbird! But
they show many other good sidecar bikes too, and also show all the sidecar
types and prices:

http://www.watsonian-squire.com/

Barry


There was an orange Tiger at the Seattle bike show this year that had a
(color coordinated) sidecar attached.  I did briefly speak to the
owner/builder and  I asked him "Why ?" and he indicated he did it just to
be different.  Looked very nice.
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