Hi James, Did you have no luck at the SideBike sidecar dealers? I'm sure that there must be 14 GTS front ends as left overs in the Netherlands but I've told that to more people. But there are also GTS outfits without the originally front ends in Germany and France.
At the moment Technoflex is making a new custom build front end shock for me. Designed for the high speeds and extra weight of my outfit. I hope it works out as good as they told me. Maybe it is a possibillity for your project. Ohlins did not have the parts at stock, Hyper Pro was not at home when I called (twice), I've allready a WP Benelux shock on the sidecar wheel and have good experience with a rear shock on a FJ1200 outfit. I did doubt wich brand to choose, Technoflex do have a better sales story at the moment. The originally shock is gone, there is no damping left over at all. But don't compare it to a shock used on a two wheeled GTS. I do abuse those poor shocks and hope the rear one will survive a year longer to spread the costs http://www.technoflex.nl/index.html http://members.aol.com/sidebike/Yamaha_GTS_Sidecar.html (for nice detail pics of the SideBike steering construction) John Dreuning "Sidecarmaniac" The Netherlands http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning Also webmaster of the Dutch sidecarclub "Het Derde Wiel" (Sorry only in the Dutch language); http://hdw.vinden.nl James Bolger wrote: > I am interested in anyone that owns a "GTS" telling me how the steering feels as >opposed to conventional motorcycle steering.. > I would like to use the suspension / steering for a vehicle I am building. Pro's >... Con's.
