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Found on a Chinese bbs ...
http://www.motorfans.com.cn/bbs/t_626201.htm
and here is the link to the original youku video ...
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjA0OTUxMDA4.html
I think it is great that people have some keen initiative to build stuff in their backyard. The rider seems to have some pretty decent skills, although I must say that pillion rider is certainly courageous (aka "damn stupid").
Anyone have any idea what brand of 150 that is?
This guy is indeed a character! He calls himself "the wolf from the North Pole" and states he's pretty satisfied how this project came out, though he doesn't dare ride faster than 80kph because it becomes hard to control. At the end of the little video he proclaims that "head-turning rate" is satisfyingly high. Indeed, there are dozens of comments in the thread that would translate roughly as "you da man"!
As for the bike, the brand seems to be Chuanjing (川井), which despite the name is in Guangdong not Sichuan.
One question: What is it about sidecar bikes that make riders want to ride on two wheels? I guess this is about the one stunt a sidecar can do and is so easy to do (given the laws of gravity and centripetal force and momentum) that the first time usually happens inadvertently for most riders. Still, I just don't get the appeal of this kind of riding, or of the whole sidecar concept, to be perfectly honest....
Lao Jia Huo, as a sidecar aficionado, would you care to explain?
thanks/cheers!
http://i.imgur.com/rqVka.jpg
http://images2.webpark.ru/uploads54/100423/Dogs_07.jpg
http://images2.webpark.ru/uploads54/100423/Dogs_10.jpg
Maybe not directly related, but I just remember this when I read "the wolf from the North Pole"
As the saying goes ... "If you have to ask ..." :lol8: ... you ain't da man! :lol8:Quote:
Originally Posted by euphonius
I remember my first new bike - a Kawasaki 500 triple, two stroke (aka "the death machine") - and the first time I popped the clutch, up came the front wheel - scared the bejeezers outta me! Until, of course, I realized that this was a great way for a 16 year old to impress the girls in the high school parking lot.
The nice thing about sidecars is they don't fall over (tiny people can easily ride them), they carry a LOT of stuff, and can have a high degree of Indiana Jones style coolness! The bad thing is Beijing traffic - no threading, no lane-splitting, and no sneaking in/out of bike lanes. Oh, and the original Chang engines break down every 5 kms (hence, BMW conversions).
So, when you're ready to increase your chick-magnet factor, give me a call and we'll head out on a couple (sidecars, that is ... not girls ... I'm happily married!).
That first image is amazing, especially with the little black dog flying alongside the huskies.
OK, Slabo, since we are playing free association, here's what your posting triggered in my mind:
http://i35.tinypic.com/2zs6umt.jpg
http://chicago.metromix.com/content_...595225/560/370
Name the movie and the actor? (And the bike?)
That is friggin' hilarious - and definitely has maximum "head turning rate".Quote:
Originally Posted by slabo
I wonder what he is? A northern bat-man?
I see he has heavy tires mounted on the rear, for snow no doubt.
Damn, i can't figure out who/what that is! Looks like a good watch though. Here's who he reminds me of:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/madmax2050/Nightrider.jpg
About the sidecars, i never understood them before i got one, i always thought they were ridiculous and pointless machines. I probably never would have owned one if not for the indisputable charm of the CJ. Now though i am a convert. I appreciate that they don't offer the same kind of fun as a motorbike like leaning in corners and such, but they are a great deal more fun than a car. With the sidecar i can haul around all the shit that i like to have with me, like bikes, boats, tools, camping stuff or wives. And lots of it too. I once did a 50km round trip with 7 passengers. All this whilst still sitting on top of a bike with the wind in your face. Now that i understand sidecars, i've started thinking that it may possible to live out my entire life without ever having to own a car.
I think I'll need to experience the three-wheeler to truly understand what you are describing, though I do recall numerous pictures of you hauling all manner of goods in the pod (though I don't recall seeing any quantity of wives...).
Lao Jia Huo has piqued my curiosity with his comment about babe magnetism.
As for the movie, OK, a few more hints.
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz07.jpg
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz11.jpg
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz13.jpg
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz04.jpg
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz01.jpg
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz02.jpg
http://www.tigersweat.com/movies/arizona/ariz06.jpg
Raising arizona!
Now what was mine?
And yes, the women do love the sidebox. I'm not sure it's technically magnetism though, i don't think women are ferrous. It's my job to know these things...
Found on the Suzhou bikers forum, here's another home made sidecar!
http://www.szmoto.net/xin/attachment...804586b673.jpg
http://www.szmoto.net/xin/attachment...a849c6f270.jpg
Hey Lao Jia Huo, i had visited in your link which you have provide here, in this link the pictures of homemade sidecar is really amazing, that both the guys had done a really great work and they have made a awesome sidecar, i like the face of wolf in that sidecar, they have given the very nice look of sidercar, i like it very much, thanks for sharing a wonderful link.