Sidecar Trials

I had a go in the chair of a friend's outfit when I was at Robregordo 2009 - great fun! I have just acquired my own outfit and am looking for events to ride in the SE of England. I could direct you o a solo trial in my ares every weekend but I have no idea where to find a sidecar trial, I guess it's 'being in the know' isn't it? Can anyone point me in the righty direction?

does any one have any plans or websites on how to make a trials side car

I made a start on my next sidecar project today. Been making the brackets and re-enforcing the front frame legs of a Beta Evo. Every thing so far is made from 3 mm flat bar. ether 30 mm or 50 mm wide. I will also be replacing the left hand foot peg hanger with one I am fabricating out of 5 mm x 50 mm flat bar. I will keep you all up to date with how things go.

is anyone still doing side car trials in europe? I thought side car trials was all but dead, I recently saw an article in the AMA magazine where they were riding a big event at the ile of man, I have never seen a trilas side car rig in person, always thought it looked like a lot of fun, I have not seen any mention of on trials central

Hi folks,does anyone remember Charlie Shopland and his father in the 60's and 70's on I think, ariel and greeves outfits.I'm trying to find any photos of them competing ,as charlie has told me he has none at all,and hopefully I (you) can surprise him.After finishing with sidecars Charlie has been really successful with trials cars down here in the west country.Hope you can help.

Hi Guy's. I have promised Natalie James, that I will try and find her father Derek, and late uncle Ray's Ex works BSA Victor sidecar outfit. This is the one built firstly and ridden by Arthur Pullman. Derek has recently got involved again with the classic trials scene and spent the weekend with us at Stoneleigh, and enjoyed it immensely. He can not remember who bought the bike from the Round's but thinks they may have been local to the midlands. If any of you, Have any information or have, or can remember this outfit, in shall we say from the eighties, or know if it is still about today, Natalie and myself would be more than interested in meeting up with the plot ag…

I have always had a desire to ride a trails outfit and, after many years of prevarication, I have finally taken the plunge and bought a chair. I am planing to attach it to my 1986 JCM 320cc. The bike has an air shock and I am hoping pumping it up to the max will make the rear stiff enough for the extra weight. There is plenty of information here about fitting but would welcome guidance on some specific points. I was going for a vertical bike/sidecar wheel. Should I be looking load the bike to allow for any sag in the suspension when in use? It is suggested that some tinkering to the mountings may me necessary to get the best ride. Do adjustable mount…

check these out..! I cant believe how they hopped the front of that sherco accross!!!!

How the hell do you ride these things!!!!! This morning I set off to the MOT station on my Suzuki SP400 and trials chair, along with two bags of sand as ballast. I now know that you can't brake and turn left at the same time. Anyway now road legal so off this afternoon with my newly press-ganged monkey in the chair and we soon come to terms with left and right turns on tarmac. I presume that the set up is something like as it goes in a straight line, but on right hand turns it under-steers and the front wheel hops sideways. On really tight right turns it feels as if the back end slides sideways under power. When we got the thing off road the fun really started! I do…

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silly question but a a complete novice to metal work so here goes............I am making some brackets up to fit my trials chair to a bike. what thickness of steel should I use to make the brackets? I am learning to mig weld and can just about do steel so stainless and ali are out of the question for now.

I have bought a Trials sidecar is there any clubs out in the Cambridgeshire/Norfolk area? I have heard of Southend MCC but can't find details atm.. having said that just started to look!!!

My bultaco has been the base of this project and its not quite finished but here is a few pics. Thanks to paul and bultaco uk for the help I first stripped the bike to a rolling chassis. Lined the chair up and prepped for welding Took lots of measurements and got the thing ready to be welded. More pictures to follow

Hi to all of you chair enthusiasts, I'm after some advice to get us going. I've ridden solo's to a reasonable level in the past but have been road racing for the last 20 years. For some reason my wife has desiceded that having a go a trials both solo and sidecar would be fun, (probably got something to do with me having two big crashes at the Manx Grand Prix in the last four years) we get a chair next week. I still have my old Fantic 309, my original plan was to bolt the chair onto this just to start with. However having looked round this site for a bit I am starting to realise how old it is! Since it's registered as a solo I'm thinking that I will leave it as is and g…

Hope you find these fun. If you look close you can find Mike Rapley! Mike's in the next post.

Hi, A friend and I have done several car-based motorsport activities together but, for various reasons, would like to try trials on a combination. We won't want to do it every weekend but would like to compete with someone (even though we'll come last!). Are there four or five combination-friendly trials per year in Norfolk / Suffolk / Cambridgeshire? We're in Norwich but don't mind travelling. Also what would you recommend for a couple of beginners? Cheaper end would be good while we see if we like it. I'd like twin shock, just cos I like the look of them. Thanks

Just to let you charioteers know that the Norfolk & Suffolk Junior Mcc will be including sidecar classes in all there trials this year. for details check out the eastern centre Acu web site. http://www.easternacu.org

Hello can someone tell me how a sidecar trial is observed?

Hi Guys and Girls, how about some talk about your chair setups, and any Eureka moments you've had or techniques to share. Lots of solo techniques available on line and in print but I've yet to see no sidecar technique vids or found any technique advise, how about we share our positive and negative experiences on this forum. Setup: What do you find is the best set up for the chair suspension? on a solo the front and rear should compress equally when you push down on the pegs whats ideal for chair? We have only 10-15 chairs that's regularly compete in Aus and their suspension are set up from super soft to super hard there is defiantly no one size fits all. …

Having had a try in the chair last year I am putting an outfit together to move from solo into sidecar next year. I have managed to get a very nice rushton clair off of a club member and am planning to pair it to TYMono I have in the garage. The rear shock is shot to pieces and once the outfit was paired with two riders the bike pitched right over to the right with the inside of the mudguard on the tyre! As the replacement mono shocks for this are getting scarce I have planned to do a twinshock conversion on the TY and would appreciate advice on shocks? The main thing I assume is spring weight? I am about 76Kg in kit as will be the passenger. The main reason for the TY …