for those who ask how the sidecar manage on
snow or ice?
It's all in the right wrist!
as long as you are under any sort of acceleration, the sidecar pull you to the right, the rear wheel try to pass in front of the front wheel by the left and the only way to go straight is to do some "counter steering" when you arrive in the snow, the sidecar wheel is like a "floating anchor" and pull you even more to the right make you put more "counter steering" what happens is that if you go too fast (and the floating anchor pull you too much to the right) you loose the front direction and go very quickly to the right. the only and simple way to go back on track is to reduce the gas slightly and the sidecar will push you to the left and put you back straight. you re-accelerate gently to keep your momentum..(too much gas and you just spin the rear wheel) the more the snow, the slower you can go and at one point, you don't have enough grip and you are stopped. generally, the snow is not consistent on the road, every time there is a hard track you get more momentum an slow again when you are on the soft. i never touch the brakes, just playing with the ga s... and it works. i just don't enjoy driving in the snow with the traffic of the east cost like on the Ohio or Indiana Turnpike... car are very close to you and you can't keep your safety distance at your own rhythm but here, on the alaska highway, it is pure play and pleasure... noting scary yesterday, i was between 45 and 55/mph above that, i was loosing it. From: hubert@thetimelessride.com |
