| According to the Oxford Compact
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| | smaller dome tent with a separate
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| Dictionary, the definition of a sidecar
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| | flysheet, the Budweiser, a two-burner
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| is:sidecar. noun, a small, low vehicle
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| | camping stove, sleeping bags and mats for
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| attached to the side of a motorcycle for
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| | all of us, clothes, food, a water
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| carrying passengers.Well, I guess that's
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| | carrier... plus the kids, of course,
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| not a bad definition, although I have
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| | sitting on the seat (the luggage all went
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| seen some sidecars that definitely could
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| | inside the nose and in the space behind
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| not be described as "low" in any sense of
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| | the seat). The weight of all this stuff
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| the word. Nor are all sidecars
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| | actually helped it to grip the road, as
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| particularly small. In fact, when you
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| | it was normally a bit light, particularly
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| boil it right down, the Oxford
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| | on right-hand bends.That outfit is long
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| Dictionary's definition of a sidecar
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| | gone, as is the guy on the front, and I
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| sucks! Maybe I should write and let them
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| | have to say sidecars have become
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| know.Anyway, this article isn't about the
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| | something of a niche market. To be
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| Oxford dictionary's accuracy or lack of
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| | honest, they were already that when we
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| it, but about sidecars.Where did they all
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| | took ours down to Kent, but at least you
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| go? You hardly ever see a sidecar
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| | saw them around reasonably often. I used
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| nowadays, unless you are an afficionado,
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| | to know a guy in Ilford who had a Triumph
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| of course. When I was a teen, in the
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| | outfit. He got it after he became
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| mid-late 60s, the law in the UK said that
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| | paralysed from the waist down, to help
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| you could ride a motorcycle on a
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| | keep the bike upright! I would often see
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| provisional licence up to a certain cubic
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| | him flashing by (his injuries didn't seem
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| capacity. I think it was 250cc or
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| | to have affected his enthusiasm for speed
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| thereabouts. But, if you stuck a sidecar
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| | one little bit). But I moved away, and
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| on, you could ride anything! So that was
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| | recently the sight of a sidecar outfit on
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| one reason why you saw a lot of sidecars
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| | the road has become rare enough that you
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| in those days, although to be honest some
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| | get the impulse to flag them down for a
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| of them really weren't any use for
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| | chat, not that I ever actually do
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| anything except making the rider legal -
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| | that.Rare beauties So, what's out
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| just extra wheels stuck on the side on
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| | there? Can you still buy a new sidecar in
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| whatever attachment they had managed to
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| | the 21st century? Well, you may be
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| juryrig together.The other reason
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| | surprised to hear that you can. In fact,
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| sidecars used to be popular was because
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| | there are at least a dozen different
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| it was much cheaper to run a motorcycle
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| | models available in the UK alone, mostly
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| combination than a car. In those days,
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| | home produced.If you're interested, there
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| insurance on motorcycles was not as
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| | are three main sources available that
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| prohibitive as it is today. It wasn't
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| | I've been able to trace, although there
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| uncommon to see an elderly couple going
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| | may well be more.In my opinion, the most
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| out on a motorcycle (or even a scooter)
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| | attractive of these is the selection
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| with the husband on the bike, and the
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| | available to order from Merlin Sidecars.
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| missus in the sidecar, well wrapped up
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| | They only do a couple of different
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| against the cold.I suppose the little
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| | styles, but both are very nicely put
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| group of fledgling bikers I belonged to
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| | together, and they are made individually
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| should have had more respect for them,
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| | by a family firm. They also have second
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| but we used to laugh at the pensioners
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| | hand outfits available.There's also
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| next door with their Lambretta and its
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| | Hedinghams, who have a number of
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| matching sidecar. Well, they did make
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| | different styles to choose from, all very
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| such a picture. And anyway, they used to
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| | nicely turned out, and Watsonian-Squire,
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| take it to a mechanic when it needed a
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| | whose range is very comprehensive, all
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| service! We just didn't understand that
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| | attractive in their own way. They also
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| at all, as we spent almost every weekend
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| | sell complete outfits.Should you be the
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| stripping down one bike or another, just
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| | proud owner of a Ural motorcycle, there
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| because we enjoyed it.The standard type
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| | is a supplier of specialist sidecars
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| of sidecar on sale in those days wasn't
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| | designed specifically for this marque,
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| much to look at, in fact they could be
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| | though to my mind they are rather
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| downright ugly, but if you can get the
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| | odd-looking.Finally, if you're on the
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| balance sorted out properly when you hook
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| | lookout for a second hand motorcycle
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| them up, they are very practical. In the
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| | combination, you may be lucky at Free
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| late 80s, we took one down to the Kent
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| | Bike Ads.If you're looking for a sidecar
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| Custom Bike Show from East Ham in London,
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| | or outfit, I hope this article has been
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| him and me on the bike, and the two kids
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| | helpful to you. It would be nice to see a
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| AND all our gear for the weekend,
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| | few more of them out there.Frann Leach
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| including a whole crate of Budweiser, in
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| | ('Tig') is a webmaster (?mistress) who
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| the sidecar.It was unbelievable just how
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| | lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more on
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| much this thing would hold. We took with
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| | motorcycles, visit her site at:
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| us a 4-man auto-erect tent, another
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| | motorcycles and motorcycling.
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