Sunday, February 26, 2023

Sidecar Sunday


The 1912 Wilkinson is an oddity and the deletion of the sidecar doesn't help the appearance much.
 

6 comments:

  1. Rear drum only? Doesn't look like very much brakes for such a heavy machine.

    Don in Oregon

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  2. 1912, stopping was less important than going:-)

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  3. Also: No pedals in view, and almost certainly no clutch as we understand clutches. So, like, stall at every full stop, then paddlefoot to start again? -- If so, brakes would be way down my list of improvements.

    I think the thing is kool-looking though; and it must have looked positively magisterial rolling down the road, bearing a well-dressed, well-fed, well-off rider + passenger (or two).

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  4. real mean ladies would ride in the sidecars while you take them fancy store shopping. I would wear a monocle and smoke a pipe while driving them around town-
    https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/0WAAAOSw1Lphst81/s-l1600.jpg

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  5. Purring along with that 4 cylinder engine... mature lady in a hat beside you, yes, king of the road...

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  6. Looks like a Ner-A-Car on steroids!

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