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What's the possibility of mounting up a side car to my F3-T .. Anyone ever done it?

WOW

I’m impressed with your project! I don’t doubt you will make it safe, if it is possible.
My first thought was to swap the rear end with a IRS, from a Trike manufacturer. Extend the one side of that transaxle to support the sidecar. I’m hoping your plan works out. If not, that K1600GT with sidecar looks perfect for taking her for a ride!
 
A fit for both you and the wife

If you're not totally attached to your F3, maybe given your wife's opinions on motorcycles and her health...have you considered getting a slingshot. Not sure given her health if she would have difficulties with getting in and out.
Wishing you both a happy medium.
 
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Hopefully he got a nice little convertible sports car and flipped the top down, and is riding the heck out it!!
 
And no, you are reading this correctly .... What's the possiblity of mounting up a side-car to my F3-T ... Anyone ever done it?

I'm a 66 year old lower left leg amputee .... love riding, always have. February just gone this year, I splashed out and bought my latest ride, a 2017 F3-T in the SE6 variant ... so all paddle shift auto - fantastic.

My wife has had MS for the passed 35 plus years.... (and in any case, being an ex nurse she is far from partial to motorcycles at all at any time ... In her words .... she has seen first hand all the damage that can come from them) .. Despite this I have always quietly tried to coherse, poke and and gently 'push' her towards relaxing and join me on any of the bikes over the years, but always to no avail.

Taking this into account I've still always had it in the back of my mind to some how, totally include Cathy as much as possible with this current ride as well. I was 99% sure when buying 'any' traditional bike, the pillion set up even physically for her could not work.

My quandry also right now is Cathy's MS is to the stage where she cannot self support very well and is extremely tentatively of taking more than just a couple of steps at all, unsupported.

So this has still been going over and over in my mind and for no particular reason, even more so of late.

Then just the other day and again for no particular reason, I thought ... I wonder if it would be possible to mount up a side car to the new Spyder ... To me this would be the perfect solution ... Previously and to tell the absolute truth, I had not even vaguely given any side car option a thought. I guess you just very rarely see them about, if at all these days.

Leading up to this revelation I now have Cathy to the stage where she would be keen to come along (so she now says) if I can find a way. To me the side car thought would be fantastic as all I need her to do would be sit in there and let the day go past and 'enjoy the ride'

Anyone had any experience with this type of 'adaption' for the Spyder ... Cheers and thanks in advance

Just a heads up with a quick edit ... I had also posted this same thread in the how to do it yourself section also looking for alternate comments from there. It appears I am not allowed to comment on more than one of the same thread .. fare enough ... also as an aside we are not allow to tow folks in a trailer in Australia end of story .. cheers and thanks again for your inputs ...
Thats awesome. I was just thinking about it too a side car for a Spyder. I have the RT my girlfriend has a hard time getting into the back seat. I have a back rest that gets in the way too. At 81 she still likes to ride. I'll be following and learning
 
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