We put mirrors on Smutyanka this afternoon, and she is now officially road-worthy according to the state of Virginia. We got some that are stable but easily removable, so that when we take her to reenactments, we can remove them easily, along with the modern license plate, luggage rack, etc. I’ll be ordering my helmet [...]
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The first casualty of the parking lot…
In true Russian fashion, now that we have gotten Smutyanka running, she has started dropping parts.
I was driving around the parking lot this afternoon, practicing my right-hand turns (which are difficult on a sidecar, because 70% of the weight of the bike is on the left, where the centrifugal force is on a RH turn) [...]
New Battery
Marc and I have hopefully figured out what was plaguing Smut’ka: a dead battery.
When she was delivered last Tuesday, she started up fine in the morning. But, when we tried to start her that evening, it was just a lot of fruitless kicking, and she wouldn’t turn over. We checked Soviet Steeds, and most folks [...]
