Thanks for the comments, Jonathan!

Yes,it's great fun to drive a motorcycle and sidecar. The BSA isn't fast but it's reliable. Thanks for your greetings from Poland!

In Poland, we had such a thing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/it-bqaWd3ZrSoIE.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrGRgdSazsrIZJs.html This is SFM M10 "JUNAK" with side car WB3. Motorcycle with a capacity of 350 cm, 4 stroke, 4 gears, 17-19 horsepower. Designed in the early fifties, produced 1957-65. Below is an early version of this motorcycle (around 1957-59), SFM M07 "JUNAK" with side car "Sum" ("catfish"): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/at2fgdx4qbjSoGw.html

We'll do our best to make another film before Christmas! The autumn is here now so the trees are developing nice colours but it only takes one gale and the leaves will be gone - then it's winter. That can be still a good time to film - perhaps we'll see how to ride a sidecar bike in the snow...

We'd love to make a film about a Panther-powered outfit but we don't know anyone who has one! We've got a few more films planned, including a 1930s Triumph, before the end of the year so hope you enjoy them.

Many thanks for the comments - it's always great to get such encouragement!

They're all different and good fun. These two steer very well and are well-behaved but it's still surprisingly easy to lift the wheel of an empty sidecar when turning into a narrow side road!

Glad you enjoyed it, Phil. We try to make little films with decent sound and clear pictures - just what we look for in KZfaq ourselves!

@@sgch101 perfect

Spot on. They really are good fun.

We constantly strive to charm! Many thanks.

Glad you enjoyed the video. The music is called "April Day" and is available on an album called "The Golden Age of Light Music: Highdays and Holidays" by Guild Light Music. The CD Number is GLCD 5115 and it's available as an MP3 download

@@sgch101 wonderful. Thank you Simon! I've subscribed and look forward to more of your videos.

Hi Raj, I'd choose the faster one. The Norton will comfortably cruise at 55 - 60 mph on solo (non-sidecar) gearing, whereas the BSA is about 5 - 10mph slower and doesn't accelerate so quickly. In fact the overhead valve (OHV) 350cc BSA B31 has a better performance than the side-valve (solo) 600cc M21. These old OHV bikes, with a long piston stroke, are still quite torquey, especially compared to more modern engines with a shorter piston stroke. Modern engines' performance is great but one needs to use the gearbox a lot more! Best wishes, Simon.

@@sgch101 your reply has been immensely helpful . I can now begin to appreciate my B31 for what it is ! 😍

No, they had no reverse gear. You just have to push them backwards but this is quite easy to do when you are sitting on the bike, as long as there isn't too much of an adverse gradient. Otherwise you have to get off and push the whole thing backwards. The sidecars weren't really detachable. It would take some time to loosen the bolts at the four attachment points. It's normal to fit tyres with a flatter profile on to the bike and sidecar, as the outfit behaves more like a car I.e. It doesn't lean like a solo motorcycle. Hence there's no need for tyres with a rounded profile which bikes normally use. I think these tyres were also fitted to early cars like the Austin Seven!

Hi Colin, Yes, no problem. Please send your email address to me.

They sound really interesting. There were lots of sidecars on the roads here in the 1950s, and some were like you describe. Try searching for "Busmar sidecar" in Google Images to see what I mean. They were not very nimble so your modern ones sound even better!