I've had two different sidecars on three different bikes spanning 17 years as my son grew up,till he reached the point where it's no longer cool to be seen with mom and dad.It's a whole nother world with it's own clubs,American Sidecar Association,it's own nomenclature,caster and camber,trail and rake are argued when ever these folk get together.Like myself they tend to be family oriented,hence, the sidecar.Your question was about handleing and how hard would it be for a biker,of the two wheel persuasion,to learn.The first time you ride a hack you will realize that you steer with your arms and not your hipps like on a bike.You'll have to give up nimbleness at slow speed manuveurs but lose nothing at high speed cruzeing.Assuming that you've set up your hack properly.I've ridden rigs that pull to the right toward the car because the owner did not understand that relationship between caster and camber I spoke of earlyer.Indeed no two rigs handle just alike and riders are constantly ajusting their riggs trying to get that perfict set up.If you put a car on a bike with telscopic forks, which generally have alot of travel the rig will change geomitry between exceleration and brakeing which causes the rig to pull left then right all of whitch as a rider you have to take into acount as you ride.The hardcore sidecareist will spring for the old style Earls forks, whitch pivot instead of moveing up and down and helps elimenate alot of the left and right shenanigans you have to deel with while rideing.Because of their uniqueness they are not thought of as a threat buy the cagers and people are always wanting to get a closer look at a rig.I can't remember ever haveing anyone pull out infront of me while on a rig,I don't know if it's because of that unniqueness or that a rig has so much more frontal area than two wheels,but they seem to get more notice from the cagers,a pluss I'd say.
When we went to national rallys you would always see someone with a dog in his car,good for pet lovers.Unless you've got a Goldwing with a reverse gear you will have to be carefull how you park.Sidecar ownership is not for everyone they have,lets say, their quircks but if you think our Triumps draw a crowed try parking a rig out front of the local pup!!
