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Re:Side Car mounting 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Thats a bummer on missing links. They also have to be setup correctly with certain measurements and lean to handle correctly.
 
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Re:Side Car mounting 11 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Well with the help of a few local machinists I'm sure I can replace to link fine. Now I just gotta read and try to understand all the measurements setups
 
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