Sidecar driving school.

On Thursday the 23rd  Sandy drove out to SD to visit with her parents and sister for a few days while I went to Milwaukee to take a class on driving a sidecar.

Our classes started on Saturday morning with 4 hours of classroom training and 4 hours of on the bike training in the afternoon. Of course, it would have to rain when we got on the bikes.There was one other guy, Tom, taking the sidecar class with me and three taking the trike class; they were Betty, Holly and Don. Although the three on the trikes had never driven motorcycles before, everyone did well during the maneuvers we had to do.

Because we had a small class and everyone was doing so well on the maneuver training, we did not start classes until 10:00 on Sunday morning. I had time to take a drive to the Milwaukee lake front. Along the way I drove past a house that reinforces my belief in rules and covenants for home associations.

 

 

 

When we started at 10:00 we again had some class instruction and then took a written test in the morning. In the afternoon we had some more maneuver training and then were graded on our skills. Everyone passed with flying colors.

Here is Tom with a sidecar furnished by the driving school and Tom by his Harley with a Lehman trike kit.

Here is Holly with her Honda with a Hannigan trike kit.

Here is Betty with her Harley with a Lehman trike kit.

Here is our instructor, Warren, showing us the maneuvers we have to do.

Here I am with the sidecar rig furnished by the school.

I know one thing for sure after taking the class and that is it’s a lot better to be on a trike or sidecar when you lock up the brakes on a wet surface. You don’t tip over.

Now I just have to wait for the sidecar to be built and then I go Murray, KY and have it installed at the Hannigan factory.

Until next time,

Dave and Sandy