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Originally Posted by Sawyer911 View Post
I did get the bike home titled and riden. Bit of a learning curve. I need a bit of ballast before I start putting around with the wife. Got to pay attention to the far right side.
I have a decent amount of time riding a sidecar rig (and have professional training and the WA license accreditation as well) and they are definitely not going to handle or have similar dynamics to a motorcycle. Forget what you know about countersteering, tail breaking, etc. Take it very very easy and give yourself a lot of time in a closed course/parking lot until you are comfortable scrubbing the brakes to assist your turns, taking emergency evasive steps where you must turn right, emergency braking with weight in the car (the car will try to pass you so you must steer into it), etc etc.

There are some really good books on sidecar/sidehack riding, worth the investment. They are super fun (and my kids loves when I fly the car) but you need to train yourself to go into "sidecar mode" so you don't fall back on your 2 wheel training. Good luck and be safe!
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