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Trailer/sidecar

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There are a few guys who have attached a sidecar to a KLR650. A KLR boasts maybe 35hp, about half of what a GS850 is supposed to put out.

A Ural sidecar rig puts out maybe 40hp. There's a guy I see regularly around Indy who's towing a sidecar with a Honda 600 shadow (also about 40hp).

So I suppose the question is more what your criteria for "enough" speed and power are.

The KLR650 and Ural sidecar rigs are not much fun on an interstate highway at 80mph, and may even not be able to attain 80mph. They seem to work OK everywhere else.

Then again, interstates aren't the least bit of fun on any motorcycle in the first place.
 
The GS850 was many sidecar haulers' bike of choice for a few years in Europe. At one point it seemed that every third one I saw was pulling a chair. There's no question of it being powerful enough or up to it, chassis-wise.
I'd trike one of mine before I did that, though.
 
I built this trailer with a swivel tong and can turn it upside down while connected to the bike. It has a short tong and has low center of gravity, and trails very well with load.

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Hey wait a minute..I recognize that photo!! that's a real place???
 
it is not just a set, it is a town south east of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, down hwy 39 towards Weyburn, and the border crossing at Portal,
Town is named Rouleau, "Dog River" for the tv show, even the old elevator name has been changed to Dog River
http://www.townofrouleau.com/
 
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