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Big problem is quite a few people set a sidecar up wrong, the orientation is counter intuitive.
You are correct. I bought my current rig confident that since it was dealership installed I would have a leg up and not have to spend much time redoing the work. I'll show me! The car wheel was 8" too far forward, the toe in was toe out, the fork springs were way too weak. It was a terrifying ride to the DOT to get the paperwork completed; since then I've gotten a lot of that corrected but work really got in the way.
That said, you really have to work at driving a rig. Too fast on a left turn and you can put the tub's nose into the ground and flip, that's known as a "ground over." Too fast on a right turn and the chair "flys" and your center of gravity violently shifts past your left shoulder...that induces a reaction that makes you want to straighten the steering and cut across oncoming traffic. You really drive a rig instead of ride it and it takes practice. After a while it becomes just like right shifter, left shifter and your brain remembers which vehicle you are on. Not intuitive by any aspect, though, where I think (but do not know) a trike might be more "bike-ish."
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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