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The tank goes over the sidecar brake actuating rod to increase it's volume!
Can you spot the battery box?
It's under the back box.
Looks like it's always been there.
Many thanks to Tim Stevens of Beer Divers in Beer, Devon. He made some modifications to my new tank yesterday whilst I repaired his computers.
Please note that today (14th March) was a practice run and I set the unit to track me every 10 minutes. I will not have it on much during the coming weeks but it will be activated at least once per day on my journey.
It does not log the same way as a Garmin GPS unit. It only reports the Lat/Long of where I am at the moment I tell it to track me. If I set it to do it automatically every 10 minutes then you get a rough track log where the individual locations are joined together by straight lines.
Back home safe n sound
Evie and Kristian having a sit on Grampy's bike
Pictures soon.
I then did it all wrong but got there in the end!
The order of work is...
1 - get the subframe of the sidecar level first - it was too low near the bike.
2 - then adjust the tracking - it was 62mm toe-out and it is now 23mm toe-in
3 - then adjust the lean-out on the bike.
I managed to do 2, 1, 2, and 3, thus doubling the amount of work required.
I then road tested it to my son-in-law's and put it in his garage to check how level the sidecar chassis was and it was spot on. I used a short spirit level (500mm) and checked the floor of the garage and then the sidecar chassis to find they were identical.
The bike seems to handle more crisply. Job's a good 'un!
I had them cleaned, blasted, etched and powder coated by S L Powder Coatings. Steve Leach is an interesting character as he is into flying planes and he went to great pains to explain the whole process of powder coating which I found extremely interesting. A superb job done very quickly. A+++++
For those that are interested the paint bonds to the alloy rocker cover and will not come off when being cleaned or from stone chips. It is very similar to the old stove enamelling.
The new Ural screen turned up last week and I managed to get the paint colour matched to the bike and had www.ntsr.co.uk to paint it. I got it back today and fitted it with Robin Hill's help (he's staying with us this weekend).
Sorry it's been a long time but I suffered from the flu from 31st Dec '10 to 21st Jan '11!
Updates to the bike are
1) The first service has been carried out successfully
2) The new rubber 7" headlight has been fitted to the custom bracket on the sidecar - see photos below
3) I have decided to fit a fuel tank UNDER the sidecar body. I'm getting quotes in now but it will give me a 55ltr tank with electric pump to fill the main tank. This will give me a theoretical range of over 600 miles!
4) I'm going to clean the black paint off of the rocker covers to make it look like a 'Parade' model.
5) I swapped the tyres for Mitas H02's so I can save the more expensive Heidenaus for the trip.
The front panel (the one with Ural Cross stamped into it) kept breaking it's rivets so I've bent the top and bottom to 45 degs to stiffen it up and fitted it with nuts and bolts.
I took Brenda out for a 20 mile ride today and apart from cold fingers she seemed to enjoy it. She said she would need better gloves next time.
The new 7" rubber headlight fitted to the sidecar. I've wired it through relays with a fused feed from the battery
You can see the bends in the front panel in this shot
So I bought a Ural sidecar outfit and then it snowed. I have never had so much fun on a bike. More snow please!
Photo Courtesy of Martin Coard at The Back Centre, Ivybridge
The ride home was without serious incident other than the sun shining head on as I approached Sparkford making it very difficult to see through my smeary visor. I think the Councils 'oop North' must put the salt on the roads with the same volume as used by someone rendering a house!
Told you she'd fit in OK!