1 [solved]battery location in sidecar Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:22 am
tinyspuds
Life time member
Hi all,
When I first got my outfit (and I promise that feels like a long 6 months) it had a car battery sited on the floor at the back of the tub. Instinctively this felt like the wrong place, and given the fearsome headshake, I was looking for all the improvements I could find. As the tub is a utility box I can pretty much site the battery wherever I want so I moved it and the original bike battery alongside the rear wheel directly above the chair axle line.
I now want to fit a proper battery box in a more permanent fashion.
Before I do, are there views on the best location for adding this weight as my current spot is the least convenient in terms of loading the tub. I always tend towards the functional solution first but would, for example, moving the battery to the ‘bike’ side of the tub or further rearward make much difference to handling of the chair now that I have it set up pretty well?
Thanks as always, Stu.
Ps hopefully fitting my Ram Shock and doing my first spline lube today (so keep an eye out for my next adventure/crisis in the other forum categories later).
PPS I have re read the forum rules but am still unsure if its ok to report good news about a supplier/service recv’d.
When I first got my outfit (and I promise that feels like a long 6 months) it had a car battery sited on the floor at the back of the tub. Instinctively this felt like the wrong place, and given the fearsome headshake, I was looking for all the improvements I could find. As the tub is a utility box I can pretty much site the battery wherever I want so I moved it and the original bike battery alongside the rear wheel directly above the chair axle line.
I now want to fit a proper battery box in a more permanent fashion.
Before I do, are there views on the best location for adding this weight as my current spot is the least convenient in terms of loading the tub. I always tend towards the functional solution first but would, for example, moving the battery to the ‘bike’ side of the tub or further rearward make much difference to handling of the chair now that I have it set up pretty well?
Thanks as always, Stu.
Ps hopefully fitting my Ram Shock and doing my first spline lube today (so keep an eye out for my next adventure/crisis in the other forum categories later).
PPS I have re read the forum rules but am still unsure if its ok to report good news about a supplier/service recv’d.
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