accessories » Is a sidecar considered an accessory?

I would like to enlist some assistance from our German-speaking members. I am interested in learning more about a Kalich Swinging Sidecar, but the web site is only in German and I can get the basics from Google translate, but that is of little help in wanting to get more information.
I'd really like to know the price, delivered to Tucson, AZ (85718). If anyone here has experience with this brand/model then I'm all ears. Thanks, in advance.

- Sam

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It seems rather wide, to allow for the lean into the chair....

I built my 1st outfit in 1981. I have had 2 GL1000 outfits and a long term loan of an XS1100 one. I now have a Spyder.

The RS would make a truly crappy outfit.

It has no frame.

Access to the motor would be really poor.

You cannot change the gearing or the rear wheel size.

The telescopic forks will have too much trail and it will be a right pain to steer especially to balance wind pressure on the chair at speed.

The electronics will have fits trying to adjust to the changes.

An outfit is not a bike with a chair bolted on. It has to be built and developed as a unit. Once made, you cannot simply detach the chair and ride it as a solo.

Maybe the tilting one is like the USA brand, the Swinger, in the 80s. That did not catch on either. Come to think of it, the social craze died out too.

My advice: buy a cheap large displacement bike with chain drive. Find a good engineer to make Earles forks to fit your front wheel and brakes. Spend $,$$$ up to $$,$$$ and also make it pretty and have FUN with it.

ps also fit an independent brake ("a fiddle brake") on the sidecar wheel.