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Offline 1983_Enduro_YAMI

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Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« on: November 23, 2015, 03:06:35 pm »
G'day all,

I'm thinking about modify my 1981 Dr500S into a nice sidecar. Can anyone give me some basic instructions of building a sidecar and where could I get the parts such as steering damper and leading link forks from please? will be appreciated if anyone could help me out. (Just do some research before I start to working on it...it won't start till the end of next year. Got a 3 wheeler project ATM ;) )

Thanks,
Jacky
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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2015, 05:13:09 pm »
The leading link needs to be built to suit the bike. You will be wasting time and money trying to fit one that was built for something else. I am not a fan of steering dampers, especially those heavy Volkswaggon ones that many seem to use. They make the steering so heavy and require a lot of effort to turn the bars. Speak to member 'EML' on here, he has experience with DR500 sidecars.
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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2015, 05:36:27 pm »
       I will donate a frame for free to hack up ... all yours come and get it.
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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2015, 05:48:55 pm »
OK which part or state of "Australia"ya in? Tim754 :)
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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2015, 07:06:53 pm »
NSW to TIM754

Yeah, thanks for that but I will build myself a sidecar frame to suit it.
I will talk to EML about this. Thanks all
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Offline Nathan S

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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2015, 07:33:17 pm »

Did you see any of the articles from ADB about Geoff Udy's DR500 sidecar?
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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2015, 07:36:07 pm »
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Re: Turning my 1981 DR500S into a nice sidecar.
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2015, 08:24:03 pm »
Quote from: Nathan S on November 23, 2015, 07:33:17 pm

Did you see any of the articles from ADB about Geoff Udy's DR500 sidecar?
Nah, do you have it??
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