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Old Jan 12, 2020 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Eddy G
I have next to no time on it yet to judge anything.
Maybe a couple hundred miles.

I felt comfortable but admittedly nervous at first but got a little more comfortable every mile.
Its tight and solid enough.
What I mean is there isn’t any shaking or pull either way on the front end when moving or breaking.

Left hand turns aren’t an issue but right hand turns are harder then I expected. By harder I mean a little intimidating.

I’m excited to get back on it in the spring and get more proficient.
Take your time . Not like riding a bike you know that already. You will learn the muscle memory over time. If your car comes up flys the car easy. Find an open lot and practice it so you become use to it when happens. It is the right turn and the move back left that makes it come up. Power off it generally comes right down. Watch high speed lane changes from right to left until you have some time with it. The more you ride the more fun they are. Looks like you do not have ECC on yours so crowned roads will require a bit of adjustment.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2020 | 11:17 AM
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. Looks like you do not have ECC on yours so crowned roads will require a bit of adjustment.
What's an ECC?
 
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Originally Posted by Eddy G
What's an ECC?
ECC (electric camber control) years back we had manual ones that were a pain. It allows you to adjust for the road camber on the fly making for easier steering on road that have a bank to the right shoulder . Allows compensating for weight in the sidecar.
 
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ECC (electric camber control) years back we had manual ones that were a pain. It allows you to adjust for the road camber on the fly making for easier steering on road that have a bank to the right shoulder . Allows compensating for weight in the sidecar.
I looked into the ECC and found a clip on YouTube.
Looks helpful and interesting.
To my knowledge Harley never offered anything like that in modern area sidecars.

Best part of the video was watching the person doing the demonstration (feet only) in open toe sandals while the horrible Russian (Eastern European whatever it is) music and moaning plays in the background...lol...safety first Conrad’s
 

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Originally Posted by Eddy G
I looked into the ECC and found a clip on YouTube.
Looks helpful and interesting.
To my knowledge Harley never offered anything like that in modern area sidecars.

Best part of the video was watching the person doing the demonstration (feet only) in open toe sandals while the horrible Russian (Eastern European whatever it is) music and moaning plays in the background...lol...safety first Conrad’s
No they did not The last HD sidecars were 2009 and even then they were from a different time. Even now many cheap out and do not add the ECC. Once you have had it you see what it does for you.
 
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