Anybody remember these…

[Radar]

Sidewinder…what was it? What did it get around?

[TT07]

They got around the leaner capacity rule at the time. A sidecar or three wheeler car had no capacity limit so bolting one of these onto a big bike and tying on your L plates meant you could legally ride a big bike!

[TT07]

By the way, they leaned with the bike.

[Radar]

I remember seeing one bolted to a Suzuki RG250, although in theory it allowed you to ride any size bike on L plates!

I also seem to remember there was a tradesman version that could accommodate tools and such like

[katana]

A couple of my mates had RD350 powervalves (Kenny Roberts replicas) with these. I remember riding pillion and having to kick it back down because they used to stick up.

[Radar]

I think the loop hole in the law was closed pretty quickly and they faded out of use after only a couple of years

[HippoDrones]

I remember seeing them in my yoof, odd that folk would fit these rather than take a test tho!

[imperialdata]

Yeah, remember them. Crazy because the bike test wasn’t that difficult back then anyway.

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