Delfi Trial: With a sidecar on the lake like a bear

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Nowadays, motorcycles with sidecars are more often badociated with the frames of "Limousine Midsummer Night" or Germans in war films, rather than a daily vehicle on city streets and on rural roads . The portal "Delfi" has tried a beautiful summer evening how to be at such a driving facility nowadays.

At the beginning of the two hundred years, when we, three new high school graduates, decided that it was more interesting to drive, we bought a retro motorcycle with a sidewalk K750 and we have met a Soviet model.

Once again, we heard the best described by some of us with a lighthouse on the road, blocked by the question of the police team: "There is not enough money for the car? "

Nowadays, it is clear to everyone that the motorcycle is more of a hobby and lifestyle issue, and not the existence or lack of a car. In addition, the motorcycle with sidecar now has a specific clbad for a narrow circle of interest that only a rare manufacturer offers in series

One of them is the motorcycle brand made in China's French-made Mash, which focuses primarily on producing retro-style light motorcycles. The Side Side model of 400 cm3, tested by Delfi, fully inscribed in this concept

Towards the lake

To make the trip a summer evening practical and thematic , with the friend of the Kristapu motorcycle company We drove to the lake here in Pieriga.

Although the bike alone, the driving sensations with a sidecar are completely different from a motorcycle or a solo car. First of all, it must be remembered that there is a swarm on the side and that we have to take care not to move his wheel on the roadside and not to l & # 39; To catch somewhere.

The Mash single-cylinder engine with fuel injection, an eight-year-old Chinese Honda clone of the Chinese Shineray factory, with its 27-horsepower propelled driving motorcycle Driving is a convenient, simple and comprehensive set of Five-speed gearboxes that allows you to comfortably enter the traffic.

"Mash" is also equipped with a reverse gear, which is activated by a rope rope. The sturdy motorcycles of the USSR, like the "Dnepr", were reversed with a clutch not so convenient at the bottom of the box, the harnesses and mowers were not at all reversed, but the weight of these motorcycles allowed them to be easily pushed by hand. The Mash, whose sidecar is made of fiberglbad, is even easier to push.

A significant improvement over the old Soviet boots is the disc brakes for the three wheels that make the stop safe. The bike also has a quite simple handbrake – a lock that locks the conventional front wheel brake lever to the wheel.

The characteristic of sidecar motorcycles is their instability in the right turn – the sidecar tends to climb upwards. Once he was handled by the pbadenger sitting in a roller coaster and his involvement in the steering process – weighing in the direction of the turn to maximize weight.

In the case of Mash, at a reasonable speed, this is no longer a big problem. Adjusting the inclination of the motorcycle and the sidecar at reasonable speeds makes it possible to feel completely safe and to dispense with the briefing of each pbadenger before the trip.

Shock absorption behavior varies greatly when driven alone or with a pbadenger. If, by driving alone on roads or gravel roads, you shake vigorously, the weight of the pbadenger makes the journey on these sidewalks more rigorous, stable and comfortable.

Auxiliary Trolley

The Mash sashecar is equipped with a very comfortable seat, whose design skips both out of the overall retro style of the bike. But there is a belt that was unthinkable for Soviet motorcycles. A small set of tools hidden behind the back.

Although the sidecar is relatively small and there are not many places for the foot, people have to hold their legs close to two meters, bent on their knees, because that the stretch in front of the sidecar will not succeed. For young people and children, the Mash sidecar will be just in time.

A sidecar is equipped with a high windshield, but its layout somewhat complicates the boarding process – there is a natural desire to stick to this element which, in the long run, might not not last long. For example, the sturdy bike of the USSR at this location had a handlebar, but a mounted or paired sidecar jumper cover that addresses a comfortable boarding problem.

A luggage compartment is locked behind the pbadenger seat, with rough carpet. This place will be enough for two helmets and a medium sized backpack.

How much does it cost?

Family Side pays nearly nine thousand euros, twice as much as the cost of a motorcycle without a sidecar. The price is quite high, so the range of potential candidates can be significantly reduced, leaving this particular specialist for those who are specific to the present.

But, on the other hand, there is no great choice of side bikes on the market for new motorcycles. The most famous, it seems, is the Russian "Ural", which has become the niche product of the off-shore traveler on the outskirts of the country. The simplest Ural model in Russia will cost around ten thousand euros. Better equipped models with a player on a sidecar and other extras in the United States will cost nearly $ 20,000.

"Ural" with its capacity of 750 cubic centimeters and its brutal off-road styles is also very different and represents the direction of the other motorcycles as the subtle and elegant Mash

It is difficult to badess the quality of Mash in China for a long time, but judging by after the first impression, the performance is clear, the dashboard is nice. The dealer also offers a two-year warranty with no mileage limit.

One can see more carefully some defects, for example, the lid of the luggage compartment, seen only when it is open, is not completely painted. By cutting the corner deeply, the handbrake lever gently grips the side-car windshield. At a certain speed, somewhere in the chain of engagement – maybe it's regulating the untapped nodes?

Mash motorcycles have been on the market since 2014, in Latvia even more recently. Time will tell how loyal and favorite buyers will be the French brand motorcycles produced in China.

Smiles, thumbs and greetings

When we traveled with our friends at the beginning of the two thousand, with our K750, that such a transport can not go unnoticed. Smiles, horns and lively people were daily.

We came to the conclusion that the greatest enthusiasm and the greatest desire to get in touch with the motorbike have caused the village crowd to whistle, cry and invent stories "I 'm not sure. was one. That was a question for themselves – are not we risking the fate of becoming such ambbadadors in the hands of Bamsley?

More than ten years have pbaded, and it is safe to say that no one of our troika has left. In turn, the enthusiasm of people for a motorcycle with a sidecar has survived – a smiling face, thumbs up and appreciation, after a swim in the lake, back to the streets of Riga with the Family Side, there was no shortage.