Installed on a sidecar frame?? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cu...0/bike-camper-trailer-wide-path?source=images Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just imagine bucking a 20 mph headwind with that. Not to mention a side wind. I remember from my bicycling days tailwinds are a cruel myth
Damn that is one cool little trailer......me and Buck just might have to take a closer look. Seems we're both getting older don't you know Jack and Buck
去年夏天做加拿大东端camper rig. No RV parks, no campgrounds, boon docking every night. Western Canada and Alaska are next. Slacker's old Vstrom1000 moves that rig just fine. Weighs more than the bicycle camper for sure, but can sleep my 6'6" frame fine, stretched out diagonally. The road vibrations will eat thru or crack thin fiberglass, would be concerned with the bicycle camper.
Can we see more of this rig? Would like to see it all set up for camping. Is that an auxiliary fuel tank on top?
My first thought was, I wonder what kind of fuel mileage@CCjongets with that rig, and is it any better than@Ridn3?If he gets more than 30mpg, then that's pretty cool!
Ah, rolling down a steep hill... with a good tail wind, I'll bet I'm getting over 29 mpg...or not.... That 15 gallon aux fuel cell weighs down the rig when full, so normal mpg is 22-24 when cruising at 50-55 mph, which is better than my friend's RV. Am still pushing a lot of air even with the wedge front box. This winter have reconfigured the aux fuel tank down to an eight gallon model mounted over the rear tire. Less wind resistance with the tank behind me but now need to boost the rear shock capabilities. Read that the R1100RT shock fits the Vstrom, plus is designed for heavier weights. Claude and his crew at Freedom Sidecar built a sturdy extra-wide sidecar frame for the camper tub on Slacker's old Vstrom, an adventure tug that Claude had built for another rider several years previously. These Suzuki's are not a sexy marquee, but they run and run and run. Easy to repair and parts are available everywhere. Gearing down is a simple sprocket swap. As Claude said when drawing the paper napkin design I wanted, keep it simple if you want to ride around the world. Here are photos of it opened up. When I picked it up at Claude's shop in Middleburg, PA. Boondocking at a friend's cabin in Maine. The aux tank swung out and around so the camper top could be opened. Claude put a large skid plate under the camper tub just in case. With the wide width and Claude's anti-sway bar, there is no way that rig can fly the chair, yet it rolls easily. Running Stroker's 15" wheels all around.
Hmmmmm ! I'd bet that fuel tank is 2mpg at least ! Yikes ! The trick is to get the air to flow over things and attach to flat surfaces, it would be fun to tune on it a little. With all the tuner car crowd around it would probably be easy enough. You'd need a power commander so you could edit the fuel map and a chassis dyno. Go out on the road with twist grip marked 0 and 100% open note 50 and 25% if possible note how far throttle is open at cruise speed 50- 65 mph and engine speed. Duplicate those figures with load on the dyno example 40-50% throttle opening at 5200 rpm equals 63 mph (typical cruise speed) read the air fuel ratios at cruising speed and let the tuner edit the map till he thinks you have the most efficient air/fuel ratio for the load. It'll probably be way to lean Suzuki didn't figure you'd be powering a small pick with the Strom engine.Your not interested in power but efficient cruise mixtures, everyone will be going what about the O2 sensorI would be surprised if it did more than try and adjust cruise mixture.
It was a fun project and CCJon is a super guy. BRAINSTORM DURING CONNSTRUCTION : A sidecar chassis could be made that is expandable. It could handle the camper when desired and then could be reset to it's narrow position for a conventional sidecar body. In the conventional (narrow) position it could also pull the same camper in trailer form. >> 3 in 1 << lol
Looks to me like this is on it's way to being a camper. Made from a Busmar ?Might be a bit scary if the wind gets up.
Egads, post up photos of your latest bike/camper set up... and which of the three bikes used did you like best for camper sidecar work?
The bike it on now is my favorite. It is a 2003 Triumph Trophy 1200. Plenty of power and torque. 80mph all day with no sweat. Of course at those speeds stopping in a straight line requires a little concentration. My avatar is one picture of it.
