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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 09:10 AM
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I am thinking abut adding a sidecar to my 2003 road glide.

California Side car is located near me in Va so they are one brand I am going to check out.

Any recommendations out there on other brands?

Pros or cons to adding the side car to a Road Glide?

Anyone running a California Sidecar and have any feedback?

My step Son is Autistic but likes the bike so I figured a side car is a great way to take him and the wife while making it a safe ride for him

Thanks Louis
 
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 09:58 AM
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Have you checked out this forum?
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/hacke.../?daysprune=-1
 
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No personal experience with California Sidecars, but I have seen them installed on a couple of bikes and they look like an excellent product!

I had a 99 Ultra with a HD sidecar and I had a blast with it. It was much more fun than I ever imagined driving a hack would be.

I purchased the rig so that my wife who has Multiple Sclerosis could enjoy riding again. I enjoyed taking her out until she became too weak to hold her head up anymore and I ended up selling it.
 
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I've got a 94 Road King with a Champion sidecar on it. I thought it was a California due to the similarities between the two! Nice feature of the flip up top, easy entry, easy exit - really does attach in 20 to 30 minutes after your initial set up. Mine was set up with the bike prior to me owning it, so I don't know how much screwing around with the adjustments was done.
 
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